Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2023 and Heerenveen 2026, jesse mellema pulled 3:15 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:25 quicker, so 17:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
414 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:45 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 11 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men58:37 PB17/535Beat 97%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025, with rene mellema 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This pair2:16 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:29 PB42/490Beat 91%
↑ 167 days after Utrecht 2025 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 better than the field: 8:36 faster on the clock, against 7:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:07 faster This athlete8:36 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:47 PB197/493Beat 60%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:34:58215/243Beat 12%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:5364/1164Beat 95%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025, with rene mellema 4:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:48 faster for everyone: 4:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair1:09 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:05241/1337Beat 82%
↑ 414 days after Amsterdam 2024 4:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 behind the field: 3:56 slower on the clock, against 0:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete3:56 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men59:442/354Beat 99%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:03:467/40Beat 83%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:4762/529Beat 88%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:05 PB25/62Beat 60%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:09230/1539Beat 85%
↑ 341 days after Amsterdam 2023 6:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:29 faster for everyone, so 6:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:29 faster This athlete13:00 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:35196/722Beat 73%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:09438/1079Beat 59%