Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Jeroen Bats has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 7:06 faster, but the races themselves got 6:57 quicker for everyone.
188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:14 behind 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 · Men1:13:19 PB288/1363Beat 79%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 3:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete5:05 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:24273/1352Beat 80%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 3:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:01 faster: 3:23 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete2:01 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:25559/1638Beat 66%