Progress against the field
Paul Blanpain and Sophie Devillers have gained 1:45 on the field from Gent 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:01 quicker, so 3:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Sophie Devillers, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:19:11 PB261/316Beat 17%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:50 PB120/544Beat 78%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025, with Sophie Devillers 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 3:46 faster on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This pair3:46 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:33459/867Beat 47%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025, with Jordan Debooser 3:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:14 faster for everyone: 3:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This pair0:37 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:36359/863Beat 58%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:56 PB411/821Beat 50%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:30:44 PB1168/1562Beat 25%