Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Thomas De Visscher and Pieter De Maesschalk got 3:58 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:39 quicker, so 6:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 3:06 on the field in 177 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Pieter De Maesschalk, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men59:39 PB29/816Beat 96%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Pieter De Maesschalk 3:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 3:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair2:45 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:00162/439Beat 63%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:32 PB98/348Beat 72%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:23 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:16 faster: 1:39 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 slower This athlete0:16 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:2487/867Beat 90%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Pieter De Maesschalk 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 0:52 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair3:52 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:48216/457Beat 53%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:16216/1164Beat 81%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:34 PB226/1442Beat 84%
↑ 62 days after Maastricht 2025 3:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:44 better than the field: 8:53 faster on the clock, against 5:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:09 faster This athlete8:53 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:27336/1352Beat 75%