Progress against the field
From Maastricht European Championships 2023 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 6:04 on Eron De Bels.
The clock says 5:38 faster, but the races themselves got 11:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 719 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Mechelen 2026, cost 3:05 on 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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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:42 PB365/561Beat 35%
↑ 719 days after Rotterdam 2024 3:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:57 faster for everyone, so 3:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:57 faster This athlete4:52 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:34657/1380Beat 52%
↑ 441 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 2:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:45 faster for everyone, so 2:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete0:46 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:20425/556Beat 24%