Progress against the field
Hugo Houtepen has gained 21:26 on the field from Gent 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:09 quicker, so 26:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 13:35 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:25 PB436/1192Beat 63%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 7:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:51 better than the field: 9:59 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete9:59 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:20 PB269/962Beat 72%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:241158/1620Beat 29%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 13:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 13:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete16:36 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:001308/1428Beat 8%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · MixedDNF—