Progress against the field
Matthias Stoffels has gained 9:09 on the field from Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:31 quicker, so 15:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Belgium 2025 and Utrecht 2025, still ended 10:54 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 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:28:28 PB305/316Beat 4%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:42 PB979/1363Beat 28%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 1:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete4:23 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:44 PB1037/1164Beat 11%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:05896/1337Beat 33%
↑ 237 days after Belgium 2025 10:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:54 better than the field: 11:17 faster on the clock, against 0:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This athlete11:17 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:221447/1638Beat 12%