Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Pieter Verschueren and Femke Hellinx pulled 12:27 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:51 quicker, so 21:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Belgium 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 7:11 on the field in 167 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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Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:52 PB399/913Beat 56%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:22 PB272/962Beat 72%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Femke Hellinx 1:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, so 1:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair2:08 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:30263/863Beat 70%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025, with Femke Hellinx 7:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 better than the field: 12:48 faster on the clock, against 5:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:45 faster This pair12:48 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:44906/1312Beat 31%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:18390/658Beat 41%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025, with Femke Hellinx 7:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:22 faster: 7:11 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 slower This pair6:22 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:40639/722Beat 12%