Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025, Tommy Baes pulled 1:14 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:13 quicker, so 5:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Belgium 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 7:21 in 167 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:13226/399Beat 43%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 5:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 behind the field: 7:32 slower on the clock, against 2:04 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 slower This athlete7:32 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:41 PB213/457Beat 53%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:01160/1428Beat 89%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 behind the field: 0:32 slower on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete0:32 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:29 PB44/584Beat 93%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 7:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 7:21 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete5:59 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:28394/1638Beat 76%