Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Thomas Marchal pulled 2:13 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:04 quicker, so 4:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
365 days between Maastricht 2025 and Maastricht 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:34 behind 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
5 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:13 PB179/399Beat 55%
↑ 365 days after Maastricht 2025 2:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:34 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete1:25 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:34 PB270/1164Beat 77%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:06 PB170/863Beat 80%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:3846/104Beat 56%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:55 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:52 faster: 4:47 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 slower This athlete2:52 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:30113/203Beat 44%