Progress against the field
Thomas Pals has gained 30:04 on the field from Maastricht 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:03 quicker, so 36:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 732 days between Maastricht 2024 and Amsterdam 2026, still ended 17:38 ahead of the field.
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
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:47 PB1256/1363Beat 8%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 12:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:26 better than the field: 14:50 faster on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete14:50 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:01:371576/1620Beat 3%
↑ 732 days after Maastricht 2024 17:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:38 better than the field: 21:17 faster on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete21:17 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men2:22:54780/781Beat 0%