Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Younes Rondas pulled 7:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:44 quicker, so 10:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 9:29 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 · Men1:28:31 PB213/394Beat 46%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 9:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:42 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 9:29 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete7:42 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:131104/1363Beat 19%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 1:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:131182/1428Beat 17%