Progress against the field
David Derensy has gained 3:11 on the field from Paris 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 11:42 faster, but the races themselves got 8:31 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 19:39 on the field in 104 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
3 races · 3 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:27 PB345/561Beat 39%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 19:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 19:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete24:10 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:371316/1428Beat 8%
↑ 51 days after Paris 2025 16:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:28 behind the field: 12:28 slower on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete12:28 slower -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:091016/1397Beat 27%