Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Pieter De Maesschalk and Thomas De Visscher pulled 3:58 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:37 faster, but the races themselves got 2:39 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 3:06 in 177 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 · Men59:39 PB29/816Beat 96%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Thomas De Visscher 3:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 3:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair2:45 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:2487/867Beat 90%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Thomas De Visscher 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 3:52 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair3:52 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:16216/1164Beat 81%