Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, Richard Budding pulled 4:58 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:02 faster, but the races themselves got 5:04 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 4:36 in 40 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:06 PB195/549Beat 65%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:39184/570Beat 68%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 1:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 1:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete1:35 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:04532/1363Beat 61%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 better than the field: 4:00 faster on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete4:00 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:04229/570Beat 60%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 4:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 better than the field: 7:37 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete7:37 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:41981/1428Beat 31%