Progress against the field
Ben van Melick has dropped 4:31 behind the field from Maastricht 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:20 quicker, so 2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
208 days between Maastricht 2025 and Rotterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:06 better than 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
4 races · 3 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:01294/394Beat 25%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 12:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:37 behind the field: 12:31 slower on the clock, against 0:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete12:31 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:50 PB336/580Beat 42%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:30 PB510/1192Beat 57%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025 8:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:06 better than the field: 15:20 faster on the clock, against 7:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:14 faster This athlete15:20 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:50439/584Beat 25%