Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Vincent Van Lieshout lost 7:15 to the field.
The clock says 0:07 faster, but the races themselves got 7:22 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 251 days between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025, cost 13:26 on 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 · Men1:14:07 PB314/1363Beat 77%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 6:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 better than the field: 10:42 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete10:42 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:49755/1428Beat 47%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 13:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:51 faster for everyone: 13:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete10:35 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:14317/1638Beat 81%