Progress against the field
Tim Koppen has dropped 1:02 behind the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:27 quicker, so 3:25 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:43 PB686/1363Beat 50%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 1:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, so 1:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete3:25 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:40:35809/863Beat 6%
↑ 428 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Marijke Vanderschueren 10:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:45 behind the field: 6:48 slower on the clock, against 3:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This pair6:48 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:08819/1638Beat 50%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:47 PB524/618Beat 15%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:20:47 PB469/722Beat 35%