Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Hans Stoffers pulled 3:49 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:49 faster, but the races themselves got 7:00 quicker for everyone.
288 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:16 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 · Men1:29:29 PB947/1363Beat 31%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 5:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 better than the field: 9:36 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete9:36 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:051175/1428Beat 18%
↑ 288 days after Rotterdam 2025 1:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:181047/1283Beat 18%