Progress against the field
Joeri Maes has gained 14:25 on the field from Belgium 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
The clock says 19:35 faster, but the races themselves got 5:10 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, still ended 1:54 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:25447/1119Beat 60%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:47 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 0:47 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete1:00 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:25 PB590/1363Beat 57%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 1:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 better than the field: 10:13 faster on the clock, against 8:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete10:13 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:58 PB769/863Beat 11%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:38697/1352Beat 48%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 11:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 10:22 faster: 11:44 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete10:22 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:001343/1638Beat 18%