Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Nick Debusschere and Frank Desimpele pulled 0:38 ahead of the field.
The clock says 3:17 faster, but the races themselves got 2:39 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 2:07 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
4 races · 4 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:31 PB256/587Beat 56%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:50390/816Beat 52%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Frank Desimpele 1:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 behind the field: 1:50 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair1:50 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:00357/867Beat 59%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Frank Desimpele 2:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 better than the field: 5:07 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair5:07 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:07763/1164Beat 35%