Progress against the field
From Madrid 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Maxence Sappen got 1:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:55 faster, but the races themselves got 5:38 quicker for everyone.
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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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:47 PB414/561Beat 26%
↑ 119 days after Madrid 2025 1:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:38 faster for everyone, so 1:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete6:55 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:03:0512/36Beat 67%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:42988/1312Beat 25%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:48 PB1/5Beat 80%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:22 PB106/190Beat 44%