Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 4:10 on Jonas Blancke.
Over the same races everyone got 4:16 quicker, so 0:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Rotterdam 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 5:52 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.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:09 PB336/898Beat 63%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:19 PB281/687Beat 59%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:35153/394Beat 61%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 5:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:52 better than the field: 5:58 faster on the clock, against 0:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete5:58 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:33310/570Beat 46%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 6:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:53 behind the field: 7:14 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete7:14 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:19291/561Beat 48%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 3:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete1:22 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:41666/1428Beat 53%