Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Alexandre Merchiers got 0:50 faster than the field.
The clock says 5:30 faster, but the races themselves got 4:40 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 281 days between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, still ended 6:12 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
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:36 PB50/394Beat 87%
↑ 281 days after Gent 2025 6:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 better than the field: 8:01 faster on the clock, against 1:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete8:01 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:41264/424Beat 38%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:37570/1428Beat 60%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 5:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:22 behind the field: 2:31 slower on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete2:31 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:52 PB702/821Beat 15%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:06458/1638Beat 72%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:09 PB105/220Beat 52%