Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025, Justin Vellemans pulled 35:33 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:13 quicker, so 39:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 24:55 on the field in 84 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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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:58 PB82/1428Beat 94%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 24:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:55 better than the field: 30:30 faster on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete30:30 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:28424/584Beat 27%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 10:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:16 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 10:38 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete9:16 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:441455/1638Beat 11%