Progress against the field
Olivier Pirotte has dropped 3:39 behind the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:20 quicker, so 5:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:16 PB128/797Beat 84%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:01 PB210/1363Beat 85%
↑ 155 days after Paris 2025 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:33 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:33 faster This athlete6:20 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:21125/587Beat 79%
↑ 33 days after Maastricht 2025 0:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:38 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:16 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:37281/1352Beat 79%
↑ 154 days after Paris 1 2025 2:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:38 slower for everyone: 2:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 slower This athlete6:29 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:08268/1422Beat 81%
↑ 13 days after Belgium 2025 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:34 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete4:34 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:42406/1638Beat 75%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:10337/1370Beat 75%
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New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:27167/895Beat 81%