Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2024 and Mechelen 2026, Sam Mannaerts lost 23:51 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:38 quicker, so 14:13 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025, cost 11:49 on 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 · Men1:57:441317/1363Beat 3%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 13:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:27 faster for everyone: 13:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete8:50 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:541489/1638Beat 9%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 11:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:49 behind the field: 4:49 slower on the clock, against 7:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete4:49 slower -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:44:051100/1380Beat 20%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 1:15 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:49 slower for everyone, so this was 1:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete0:34 slower -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:31 PB670/781Beat 14%