Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Thomas Hoole pulled 24:37 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:09 quicker, so 27:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Heerenveen 2026: 20:25 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:55 PB157/1119Beat 86%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 4:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 4:12 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete2:46 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:41228/966Beat 76%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 20:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:25 better than the field: 25:00 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete25:00 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:53 PB1/5Beat 80%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:33 PB140/994Beat 86%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:411192/1428Beat 17%