Progress against the field
Between Paris 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Christopher Brinkhuysen pulled 4:24 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:31 quicker, so 12:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris 2025 → Gent 2025: 3:41 in 51 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
4 races · 4 events
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Mumbai17 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:3412/927Beat 99%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:32 PB112/561Beat 80%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:43 better than the field: 5:14 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete5:14 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:46411/1428Beat 71%
↑ 51 days after Paris 2025 3:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 better than the field: 7:41 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete7:41 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:27638/1347Beat 53%