Progress against the field
Between Valencia 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Marouan El Bali pulled 6:03 ahead of the field.
The clock says 12:39 faster, but the races themselves got 6:36 quicker for everyone.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:06 PB253/747Beat 66%
↑ 160 days after Valencia 2025 6:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:36 faster for everyone, so 6:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete12:39 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:45261/455Beat 43%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:561111/1638Beat 32%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:57 PB293/898Beat 67%