Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Sébastien Peters got 11:39 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:19 quicker, so 19:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 11:50 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
4 races · 4 events
-
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:37 PB323/1119Beat 71%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 11:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:03 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 11:50 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete10:03 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:40891/1363Beat 35%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 8:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:31 faster for everyone: 8:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete3:29 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:11718/1428Beat 50%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 7:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 7:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete13:24 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:35912/1352Beat 33%