Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Christina Velthaus pulled 1:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:39 quicker, so 7:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 3:00 on the field in 64 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:16 PB70/169Beat 59%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 better than the field: 4:18 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:34147/287Beat 49%
↑ 40 days after Frankfurt 2025 1:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:21 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:35:27615/1071Beat 43%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:48 PB386/711Beat 46%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Women1:25:29 PB147/250Beat 41%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:37:02523/609Beat 14%