Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2024 and Mechelen 2026, Steven Vandenbrande kept pace with the field.
The clock says 13:08 faster, but the races themselves got 12:54 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025, still ended 4:52 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:0773/1363Beat 95%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:54 PB24/570Beat 96%
↑ 291 days after Belgium 2025 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, so 1:01 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete2:29 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:23101/1638Beat 94%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 4:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 better than the field: 11:52 faster on the clock, against 7:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete11:52 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:15210/1380Beat 85%