Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Maxim Sercu lost 7:42 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:36 quicker, so 4:06 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 281 days between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, cost 4:08 on 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
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:35:56352/399Beat 12%
↑ 281 days after Gent 2025 4:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:11 faster for everyone: 4:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete1:57 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:29:35 PB483/493Beat 2%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:33:59255/305Beat 16%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 2:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:35:02162/208Beat 22%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 behind the field: 3:12 slower on the clock, against 1:55 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 slower This athlete3:12 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:31:50 PB175/203Beat 14%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:54 PB1065/1585Beat 33%