Progress against the field
Tom Vanswijgenhoven has gained 9:54 on the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:22 quicker, so 17:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 251 days between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025, still ended 10:09 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:18 PB267/561Beat 52%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete4:16 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:34740/1428Beat 48%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 10:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:51 faster for everyone, so 10:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete13:00 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:341260/1638Beat 23%