Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Gary Lenaerts pulled 1:56 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:11 faster, but the races themselves got 3:15 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 2:25 on the field in 177 days.
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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:08 PB523/1119Beat 53%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 2:25 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete0:38 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:46771/1363Beat 43%
↑ 350 days after Cologne 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:02 faster for everyone, so 0:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:02 faster This athlete4:33 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:19713/1182Beat 40%