Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Lars Mertens and Jorn Van Dyck pulled 13:48 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:13 quicker, so 17:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Utrecht 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 18:25 on the field in 118 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
4 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:19182/816Beat 78%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Jorn Van Dyck 4:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 behind the field: 4:58 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair4:58 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:21 PB85/867Beat 90%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025, with Jorn Van Dyck 18:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:25 better than the field: 21:59 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This pair21:59 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:20708/879Beat 20%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:35:24873/898Beat 3%