Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Rotterdam 2026, the field gained 4:02 on Glenn Monsaert.
The clock says 6:00 faster, but the races themselves got 10:02 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 3:07 in 64 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:15178/816Beat 78%
↑ 281 days after Gent 2025, with Vic Leneeuw 1:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 behind the field: 0:29 slower on the clock, against 1:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 faster This pair0:29 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:24468/1192Beat 61%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 2:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 behind the field: 2:39 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete2:39 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:45 PB558/1363Beat 59%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 3:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete5:31 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:16902/1620Beat 44%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 4:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 4:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:46 PB235/1164Beat 80%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:24607/1352Beat 55%