Progress against the field
From Paris 2024 to Mechelen 2026, Julien Marécaux and Albano Specogna got 2:04 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:51 faster, but the races themselves got 10:47 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 2:48 on the field in 104 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
6 races · 6 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:55 PB361/402Beat 10%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Albano Specogna 2:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 better than the field: 5:48 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair5:48 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:431111/1164Beat 5%
↑ 51 days after Paris 2025, with Albano Specogna 0:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:12 faster for everyone, so 0:23 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This pair3:49 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:38:32802/851Beat 6%
↑ 347 days after Paris 2024, with Albano Specogna 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This pair3:14 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:15:50 PB1620/1638Beat 1%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:41:46839/865Beat 3%
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Paris11 Nov 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—