Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Gert Saelen got 14:22 faster than the field.
The clock says 18:49 faster, but the races themselves got 4:27 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
3 races · 3 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:04 PB452/561Beat 19%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 14:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, so 14:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete18:49 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:18 PB607/821Beat 26%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:531526/1638Beat 7%