Progress against the field
From Mechelen 2026 to Cologne 2026, Peter Boonen got 0:48 faster than the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 1:15 faster on the clock is the real picture.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:50727/924Beat 21%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 0:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:05646/747Beat 14%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:59822/935Beat 12%
↑ 174 days after Belgium 2025 8:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 behind the field: 8:38 slower on the clock, against 0:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete8:38 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:21 PB1299/1638Beat 21%