Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Bert De Rocker pulled 17:20 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:45 quicker, so 19:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Heerenveen 2026: 9:38 on the field in 153 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:11 PB223/399Beat 44%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 7:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:18 faster: 7:42 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete6:18 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:29325/454Beat 28%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 9:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:38 better than the field: 12:47 faster on the clock, against 3:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This athlete12:47 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:16 PB156/867Beat 82%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:40:16275/305Beat 10%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:25 PB856/1352Beat 37%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:24274/898Beat 70%