Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Tom Thyberghien lost 8:04 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:00 quicker, so 2:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 7:40 in 40 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
4 races · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:18502/561Beat 11%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 15:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 15:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete12:41 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:37 PB362/608Beat 41%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 7:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:40 better than the field: 10:41 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete10:41 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:181163/1428Beat 19%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete4:56 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:14492/584Beat 16%