Progress against the field
From Rotterdam 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 0:19 on David Defrenne.
The clock says 5:03 faster, but the races themselves got 5:22 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 355 days between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026, cost 3:17 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
3 races · 3 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:50 PB58/747Beat 92%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 3:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, so 3:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:0096/1638Beat 94%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:55 faster for everyone, so 2:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:5350/584Beat 91%