Progress against the field
Valentin Billen has gained 14:23 on the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 19:56 faster, but the races themselves got 5:33 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 204 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Maastricht 2025, still ended 7:45 ahead of the field.
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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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:3989/348Beat 74%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 slower for everyone: 3:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 slower This athlete4:31 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:08 PB135/457Beat 71%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 9:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:46 better than the field: 16:59 faster on the clock, against 7:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:13 faster This athlete16:59 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:25 PB47/1428Beat 97%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:07117/208Beat 44%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025 7:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:28 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:17 slower for everyone: 7:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 slower This athlete7:28 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:35131/196Beat 33%