Progress against the field
Between Marseille 2024 and Mechelen 2026, Rudy Ruelle lost 7:05 to the field.
The clock says 2:34 faster, but the races themselves got 9:39 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Marseille 2024 → Belgium 2025: 3:01 in 119 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
7 races · 7 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:131157/1363Beat 15%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 2:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete6:54 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:071284/1428Beat 10%
↑ 51 days after Paris 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 5:12 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete5:12 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:191224/1347Beat 9%
↑ 33 days after Maastricht 2025 10:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:32 behind the field: 8:38 slower on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete8:38 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:41486/584Beat 17%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 3:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 behind the field: 4:31 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete4:31 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:10 PB1271/1638Beat 22%
↑ 119 days after Marseille 2024 3:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:36 faster for everyone, so 3:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete3:37 faster -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:41:471298/1477Beat 12%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:36:01 PB818/865Beat 5%