Progress against the field
Karel Cardinaels has dropped 4:35 behind the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:57 quicker, so 2:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:24 behind 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
8 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:06 PB239/816Beat 71%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026, with Bernd Van de Cruys 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 better than the field: 3:21 faster on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This pair3:21 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:0299/308Beat 68%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:27201/580Beat 65%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025, with Bernd Van de Cruys 3:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:11 faster for everyone: 3:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This pair1:14 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:05 PB486/1363Beat 64%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 2:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, so 2:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete5:55 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:00 PB74/107Beat 31%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:13460/1164Beat 61%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:00463/1352Beat 66%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 2:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 behind the field: 3:33 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete3:33 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:27561/1638Beat 66%