Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Mechelen 2026, David Van Hooren pulled 5:08 ahead of the field.
The clock says 12:39 faster, but the races themselves got 7:31 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 217 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Gent 2025, still ended 4:22 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 · Men1:12:28 PB264/1363Beat 81%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 better than the field: 5:17 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:45409/1428Beat 71%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 4:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:22 better than the field: 7:22 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete7:22 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:07157/325Beat 52%