Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Matthias Meyskens pulled 5:44 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:11 faster, but the races themselves got 3:27 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Rotterdam 2026: 4:45 in 139 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:24 PB350/1119Beat 69%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 better than the field: 1:05 faster on the clock, against 0:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:29365/1192Beat 69%
↑ 139 days after Madrid 2025 4:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 4:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete8:06 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:35741/1312Beat 44%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:31:19633/1003Beat 37%