Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Utrecht 2025, the field gained 4:22 on Dimitri Melen.
The clock says 2:08 slower, but the races themselves got 2:14 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Belgium 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 2:16 on the field 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:23341/816Beat 58%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026, with Ozgur Ilkaya 0:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:08 slower for everyone: 0:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 slower This pair1:07 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:16 PB152/490Beat 69%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:34782/1164Beat 33%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:36804/1337Beat 40%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 6:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:38 behind the field: 3:02 slower on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete3:02 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:34 PB659/1352Beat 51%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:54 faster: 2:16 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete0:54 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:281017/1638Beat 38%