Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Matthias Cloet pulled 0:45 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:43 faster, but the races themselves got 5:58 quicker for everyone.
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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:59 PB26/454Beat 94%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:25 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:2426/348Beat 93%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:42 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:23 slower for everyone, so this was 0:42 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 slower This athlete0:41 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:4371/457Beat 85%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:00 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete4:59 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:4261/305Beat 80%