Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Gent 2025, Jules Geskens pulled 3:55 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:59 faster, but the races themselves got 5:04 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 3:55 on the field in 84 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 12 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Relay · Men1:02:3313/37Beat 65%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:57470/704Beat 33%
↑ 35 days after Heerenveen 2026, with Elliot Vandeleene 3:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:20 slower for everyone: 3:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 slower This pair5:41 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men58:3415/535Beat 97%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:16 PB25/315Beat 92%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026, with Elliot Vandeleene 0:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 better than the field: 1:05 faster on the clock, against 0:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This pair1:05 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:2187/493Beat 82%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men56:04 PB12/1164Beat 99%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:44 PB21/1428Beat 99%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 3:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:55 better than the field: 9:30 faster on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete9:30 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:4615/97Beat 85%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:3420/240Beat 92%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:4319/102Beat 81%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:14100/1352Beat 93%
↑ 344 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:31 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete0:31 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Relay · Men58:366/21Beat 71%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men59:1924/604Beat 96%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:28 PB94/203Beat 54%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:43151/1539Beat 90%