Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Thiemo Theunissen pulled 10:41 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:25 quicker, so 16:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 6:03 in 64 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 · 4 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:32 PB50/434Beat 89%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:40 PB136/561Beat 76%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 6:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 6:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete8:27 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:07211/570Beat 63%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 better than the field: 7:39 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete7:39 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:051108/1164Beat 5%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:46950/1428Beat 34%