Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to Cologne 2026, Timothy Cobbaert got 6:25 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:03 quicker, so 13:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Valencia 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 3:29 on the field in 160 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:25 PB154/924Beat 83%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 better than the field: 3:23 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete3:23 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:48473/1363Beat 65%
↑ 160 days after Valencia 2025 3:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 better than the field: 10:05 faster on the clock, against 6:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete10:05 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:30 PB513/863Beat 41%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:53649/1018Beat 36%