Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Kevin Van Esch pulled 4:06 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:27 faster, but the races themselves got 4:21 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 2:32 on the field in 177 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:32 PB35/546Beat 94%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 2:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:47 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:45 faster: 2:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete0:45 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:17105/747Beat 86%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 better than the field: 7:42 faster on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete7:42 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:59104/575Beat 82%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:58 PB272/821Beat 67%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:26281/335Beat 16%