Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025, Simon Verhaegen pulled 11:23 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:13 quicker, so 15:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Belgium 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 7:06 in 167 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 · Men1:18:59 PB480/1428Beat 66%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 4:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:17 better than the field: 9:52 faster on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete9:52 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:51628/1352Beat 54%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 7:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:44 faster: 7:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete5:44 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:351171/1638Beat 29%