Progress against the field
From Maastricht European Championships 2023 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 13:18 on Matij Mersch.
The clock says 10:49 faster, but the races themselves got 24:07 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 322 days between Rotterdam 2023 and Rotterdam 2024, cost 3:16 on 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
10 races · 10 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men58:29 PB10/580Beat 98%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:12 PB8/561Beat 99%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 0:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:53 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0532/1620Beat 98%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 7:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 7:22 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:427/584Beat 99%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 0:23 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:38 slower for everyone, so this was 0:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete0:15 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:04:408/40Beat 80%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:2716/494Beat 97%
↑ 182 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:12 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete1:32 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:04:5949/1539Beat 97%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024 2:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete3:57 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:5631/1380Beat 98%
↑ 322 days after Rotterdam 2023 3:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 behind the field: 0:13 slower on the clock, against 3:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete0:13 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:08:4327/575Beat 95%
↑ 119 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 0:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 0:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:18 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:12:01112/556Beat 80%