Progress against the field
Mick Van Eersel has dropped 13:45 behind the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Amsterdam 2026.
The clock says 8:43 slower, but the races themselves got 5:02 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 428 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Gent 2025, cost 7:59 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
3 races · 3 events
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:46122/243Beat 50%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 5:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:46 behind the field: 4:15 slower on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete4:15 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:3189/305Beat 71%
↑ 428 days after Amsterdam 2024 7:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 behind the field: 4:28 slower on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete4:28 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:08:03 PB26/147Beat 82%