Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 1:32 on Kenneth Versteels.
Over the same races everyone got 11:07 quicker, so 9:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 9:07 in 64 days.
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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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:41 PB1309/1363Beat 4%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 9:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 9:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete11:31 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:07:121594/1620Beat 2%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 2:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:40:49 PB1133/1164Beat 3%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:09:361300/1337Beat 3%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 7:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 behind the field: 4:20 slower on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete4:20 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:05:161289/1352Beat 5%