Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 3:25 on Melvin Van Boxtel.
The clock says 1:45 faster, but the races themselves got 5:10 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Rotterdam 2026: 2:15 on the field in 20 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:08495/1119Beat 56%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 1:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete1:20 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:48228/490Beat 54%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 5:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 behind the field: 4:06 slower on the clock, against 1:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete4:06 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:42 PB143/570Beat 75%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:54 faster: 2:15 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete1:54 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:36549/1363Beat 60%
↑ 104 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:10 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:53860/1883Beat 54%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:08619/1337Beat 54%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 8:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:32 behind the field: 8:25 slower on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete8:25 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:43363/1217Beat 70%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 6:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 6:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete9:24 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:07312/584Beat 47%