Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Rotterdam 2026, Bart Van Wensen got 16:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:10 quicker, so 20:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 15:21 in 104 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
3 races · 3 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:01 PB326/556Beat 41%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:25 faster: 0:46 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete0:25 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:26520/747Beat 30%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 15:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:21 better than the field: 19:52 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete19:52 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:181334/1428Beat 7%