Progress against the field
Nick Piessens has gained 0:44 on the field from Mechelen 2026 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:47 slower, so 1:03 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:53148/316Beat 53%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:589/546Beat 98%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:44 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 0:44 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete1:03 slower -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:3468/271Beat 75%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:29 PB241/493Beat 51%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:55 PB23/747Beat 97%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:59 PB87/243Beat 64%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 3:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 better than the field: 4:58 faster on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete4:58 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:57127/305Beat 58%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:28:10 PB726/851Beat 15%