Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 1:42 on Benjamin Desmet.
The clock says 1:12 faster, but the races themselves got 2:54 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Rotterdam 2026 → Stockholm 2026: 2:10 in 64 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men56:41 PB6/419Beat 99%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:5916/316Beat 95%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Maxime Dupont 0:43 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:24 slower for everyone, so this was 0:43 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This pair0:41 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men58:239/399Beat 98%
↑ 93 days after Stockholm 2026 1:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 behind the field: 0:49 slower on the clock, against 0:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men57:3429/767Beat 96%
↑ 64 days after Rotterdam 2026 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:18 slower for everyone: 2:10 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete0:52 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men58:264/348Beat 99%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:13 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:23 slower for everyone, so this was 0:13 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 slower This athlete1:10 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:18 PB26/493Beat 95%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men57:1610/457Beat 98%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 2:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:00 faster for everyone, so 2:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men59:357/305Beat 98%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:136/87Beat 93%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men55:25 PB9/898Beat 99%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:01:33 PB20/1539Beat 99%