Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 2:29 on Kristof Vanden Brande.
The clock says 3:34 faster, but the races themselves got 6:03 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 355 days between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026, still ended 3:43 ahead of 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:31 PB215/316Beat 32%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:47163/580Beat 72%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025, with Bert Palmans 4:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 behind the field: 2:28 slower on the clock, against 2:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This pair2:28 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:11 PB124/561Beat 78%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, so 3:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete8:10 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:19 PB305/1164Beat 74%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025, with Bert Palmans 1:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, so 1:46 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair5:34 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:53131/354Beat 63%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:21604/1638Beat 63%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 6:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:36 faster for everyone: 6:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete4:36 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:45144/659Beat 78%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Men1:27:28240/288Beat 17%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:15:19289/558Beat 48%