Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Nicolas Swennen got 3:20 faster than the field.
The clock says 10:42 faster, but the races themselves got 7:22 quicker for everyone.
251 days between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:13 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:08 PB237/561Beat 58%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 3:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete0:38 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:46523/1428Beat 63%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 7:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:13 better than the field: 10:04 faster on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete10:04 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:50981/1638Beat 40%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:21:54630/855Beat 26%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Michel Pierobon 8:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:29 faster for everyone: 8:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This pair5:19 slower -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:35 PB331/722Beat 54%