Progress against the field
Brian Van Gemert has dropped 9:48 behind the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:43 quicker, so 0:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
274 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:59 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:08 PB842/962Beat 13%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Nikita Gillesen 4:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 better than the field: 5:39 faster on the clock, against 1:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This pair5:39 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:10990/1363Beat 27%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 3:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:32 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:40:47470/506Beat 7%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:38 PB401/608Beat 34%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 2:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 2:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:30975/1428Beat 32%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 0:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:30 faster for everyone, so 0:44 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete3:46 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:16374/575Beat 35%
↑ 274 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This athlete2:11 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:05370/584Beat 37%