Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Olaf Verton pulled 7:13 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:32 quicker, so 13:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:05 better than 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:40 PB240/546Beat 56%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 3:08 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete1:21 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:01453/747Beat 39%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 4:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 better than the field: 12:24 faster on the clock, against 8:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete12:24 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:25937/1352Beat 31%