Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 1:44 on Bart Vandenbussche.
Over the same races everyone got 9:53 quicker, so 8:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 14:27 in 177 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
8 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:29152/546Beat 72%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 14:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:47 slower for everyone and the clock still says 12:40 faster: 14:27 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete12:40 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:13 PB152/962Beat 84%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:09989/1363Beat 27%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 17:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 17:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete15:03 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:29297/747Beat 60%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:06 PB167/608Beat 73%
↑ 91 days after Paris 2025 1:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:22 faster for everyone, so 1:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:22 faster This athlete8:52 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:37 PB897/1164Beat 23%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:58629/1347Beat 53%
↑ 33 days after Maastricht 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:40 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:38293/584Beat 50%