Progress against the field
Cédric Smet has gained 1:29 on the field from Utrecht 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:16 quicker, so 8:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Rotterdam 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 4:24 on the field in 157 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 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:15 PB38/1119Beat 97%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:06 faster for everyone, so 4:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:4552/570Beat 91%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 2:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 behind the field: 2:44 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete2:44 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:0196/1363Beat 93%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:3040/570Beat 93%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 1:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 better than the field: 6:30 faster on the clock, against 5:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete6:30 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:28 PB134/863Beat 85%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:00157/1337Beat 88%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:38 PB144/821Beat 83%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025, with Jonas Bosman 14:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:41 better than the field: 16:32 faster on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair16:32 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:10707/898Beat 21%