Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 3:54 on Christophe Hopchet.
Over the same races everyone got 6:57 quicker, so 3:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, cost 8:46 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
5 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:23:33 PB291/316Beat 8%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:13:2419/67Beat 72%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:42418/747Beat 44%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 8:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:46 behind the field: 0:27 slower on the clock, against 8:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete0:27 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:15 PB441/1352Beat 67%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 4:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:30 faster: 4:52 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete3:30 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:45845/1638Beat 48%