Progress against the field
Nick Machielsen has gained 3:53 on the field from Gent 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 8:24 faster, but the races themselves got 4:31 quicker for everyone.
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 2026Doubles Open · Men59:52 PB36/816Beat 96%
↑ 498 days after Heerenveen 2025, with Stephan de Graaf 2:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:37 faster This pair1:19 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:47 PB31/561Beat 95%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 better than the field: 8:24 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete8:24 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:11227/1428Beat 84%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:44174/879Beat 80%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:1127/529Beat 95%