Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2022 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 17:39 on Kevin De Smet.
The clock says 7:23 faster, but the races themselves got 25:02 quicker for everyone.
364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:41 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
16 races · 15 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:0051/1119Beat 95%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 0:35 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 0:35 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete0:51 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:09 PB53/966Beat 95%
↑ 224 days after Hamburg 2025 2:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:59 faster This athlete2:23 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:36 PB51/962Beat 95%
↑ 321 days after Heerenveen 2025, with Marie-Jeanne De Smet 1:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:13 faster for everyone, so 1:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This pair1:20 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:1662/215Beat 71%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:3254/1486Beat 96%
↑ 180 days after Belgium 2025 2:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:5615/492Beat 97%
↑ 211 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Marie-Jeanne De Smet 1:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:31 faster for everyone, so 1:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This pair0:48 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:51117/1638Beat 93%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 6:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:00 faster for everyone, which leaves this 6:41 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Relay · Men59:547/16Beat 56%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:4435/618Beat 94%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:1028/1380Beat 98%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 4:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:15 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:49 slower for everyone: 4:04 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete2:15 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:2559/781Beat 92%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 5:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:01 faster for everyone: 5:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete0:05 slower -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:2045/1079Beat 96%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023 4:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 behind the field: 1:41 slower on the clock, against 2:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete1:41 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:08:3926/575Beat 96%
↑ 119 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:4899/556Beat 82%
↑ 91 days after Amsterdam 2022 1:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete2:35 faster -
Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:13:2352/561Beat 91%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:14:34 PB441/830Beat 47%