Progress against the field
Henri Van Opstal has dropped 5:15 behind the field from Cologne 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:02 quicker, so 0:13 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:58 PB210/457Beat 54%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:09341/561Beat 39%
↑ 350 days after Cologne 2025 5:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:02 faster for everyone: 5:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:02 faster This athlete0:13 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:49195/309Beat 37%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:56 PB523/1182Beat 56%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:22:09550/706Beat 22%