Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Virginie Impens and Sam Flies pulled 6:50 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:18 quicker, so 10:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 6:50 on the field in 104 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
3 races · 3 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:07620/687Beat 10%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Sam Flies 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:37 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 slower This pair0:37 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:41:30 PB907/962Beat 6%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Sam Flies 6:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 better than the field: 10:45 faster on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair10:45 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:52:15849/863Beat 2%