Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, Edward Bruyère pulled 3:39 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:31 faster, but the races themselves got 5:52 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Belgium 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 2:51 in 167 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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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:00 PB187/401Beat 53%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:14 faster for everyone, so 0:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:14 faster This athlete8:02 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:17 PB346/962Beat 64%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:02743/1352Beat 45%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 2:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 2:51 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete1:29 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:311133/1638Beat 31%