Progress against the field
Xavier Vanhaecke has dropped 6:11 behind the field from Gent 2025 to Hamburg 2026.
The clock says 0:21 faster, but the races themselves got 6:32 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 10:21 in 104 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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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:43:45573/653Beat 12%
↑ 167 days after Heerenveen 2026 6:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 6:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete8:07 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:51:52435/454Beat 4%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 23:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:16 faster for everyone: 23:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete23:07 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:45 PB384/457Beat 16%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 10:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:00 faster for everyone, so 10:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete15:21 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:44:06286/305Beat 6%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:42:11303/340Beat 11%
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Katowice22 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men2:04:06179/183Beat 2%