Progress against the field
Christophe De Smet has gained 1:28 on the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 8:48 faster, but the races themselves got 7:20 quicker for everyone.
251 days between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:28 better than the field.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:55 PB173/385Beat 55%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:56 PB298/457Beat 35%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 5:00 faster on the clock, against 5:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete5:00 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:56199/305Beat 35%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 better than the field: 3:48 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:44155/203Beat 24%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:4771/99Beat 28%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 1:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, so 1:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete3:28 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:33:15117/147Beat 20%