Progress against the field
Jan Van Hest has dropped 9:10 behind the field from Amsterdam 2023 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 15:47 quicker, so 6:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 615 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Gent 2025, still ended 5:53 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:07 PB12/237Beat 95%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:35 PB552/704Beat 22%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:40173/428Beat 60%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:32222/1363Beat 84%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 6:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:31 faster for everyone: 6:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete1:58 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:34 PB123/1428Beat 91%
↑ 615 days after Rotterdam 2024 5:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:46 faster for everyone, so 5:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →8:46 faster This athlete14:39 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:3624/89Beat 73%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:0772/364Beat 80%
↑ 344 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Eline Van Hest-Bierings 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
No different on the clock in a race that was 1:28 slower for everyone: 1:28 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 slower This pairno different -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:0780/376Beat 79%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:13384/1380Beat 72%
↑ 154 days after Amsterdam 2023 8:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:34 behind the field: 6:04 slower on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete6:04 slower -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:09171/1079Beat 84%