Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Nicola Staelens got 0:23 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:00 quicker, so 11:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 4:50 on the field in 84 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
4 races · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0832/1363Beat 98%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 behind the field: 0:04 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete0:04 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:04 PB31/1620Beat 98%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 1:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 1:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete1:02 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:0645/1428Beat 97%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 4:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 4:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete10:25 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:31167/1352Beat 88%