Progress against the field
Michel de Boer has dropped 0:33 behind the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:31 quicker, so 5:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · Men1:11:50 PB240/1363Beat 82%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 6:24 faster on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete6:24 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:14127/575Beat 78%
↑ 237 days after Belgium 2025 0:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 behind the field: 0:26 slower on the clock, against 0:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:48449/1638Beat 73%