Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Bert Vandermeiren lost 3:55 to the field.
The clock says 3:02 faster, but the races themselves got 6:57 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 7:54 in 84 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
7 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:41254/546Beat 54%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 0:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete2:35 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:48 PB326/867Beat 62%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Joris Vanmalcot 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 1:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair1:39 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:06 PB405/747Beat 46%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete1:28 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:27536/1164Beat 54%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:34742/1428Beat 48%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 7:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 7:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete13:29 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:03924/1352Beat 32%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 7:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:58 behind the field: 9:20 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete9:20 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:43928/1638Beat 43%