Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Valentin Delfosse lost 3:35 to the field.
The clock says 3:08 faster, but the races themselves got 6:43 quicker for everyone.
180 days between Belgium 2025 and Hamburg 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:51 better than 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 · Men1:10:15187/1363Beat 86%
↑ 175 days after Hamburg 2025 7:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:26 behind the field: 3:14 slower on the clock, against 4:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete3:14 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:01 PB26/409Beat 94%
↑ 180 days after Belgium 2025 3:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 better than the field: 6:22 faster on the clock, against 2:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This athlete6:22 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:23282/1638Beat 83%