Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2022 to Gent 2025, the field gained 10:52 on Sam Hoedemaekers.
Over the same races everyone got 12:24 quicker, so 1:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
896 days between Amsterdam 2022 and Belgium 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:19 behind the field.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:24506/1428Beat 65%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 6:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:33 behind the field: 3:42 slower on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete3:42 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:42364/1638Beat 78%
↑ 896 days after Amsterdam 2022 6:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:19 behind the field: 1:04 slower on the clock, against 5:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:15 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:51 PB85/534Beat 84%
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Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:14:38 PB59/561Beat 90%
↑ 231 days after Maastricht 2022 2:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:18 faster for everyone, so 2:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:18 faster This athlete6:18 faster -
Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:5694/243Beat 61%