Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 1:32 on Tom Van Hoomissen.
Over the same races everyone got 11:00 quicker, so 9:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 4:30 on the field in 40 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:12 PB226/687Beat 67%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026, with Vera Timmermans 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:58 faster for everyone, so 2:45 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This pair3:43 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:58 PB242/535Beat 55%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:55437/884Beat 51%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:36551/1363Beat 60%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 4:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 behind the field: 2:24 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete2:24 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:12 PB467/1620Beat 71%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 better than the field: 7:31 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete7:31 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:43748/1428Beat 48%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 1:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete4:21 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:04637/1352Beat 53%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:20:32742/1562Beat 53%