Progress against the field
From Mechelen 2026 to Rotterdam 2026, Lars Van Hecke got 6:32 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 6:11 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:55 PB666/1192Beat 44%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 6:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 6:32 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete6:11 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:061078/1363Beat 21%