Progress against the field
Melvin Root has gained 0:48 on the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Dublin 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 8:56 quicker, so 9:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2024 → Rotterdam 2025: 11:43 in 140 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
16 races · 10 events
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:18 PB161/298Beat 46%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:5242/381Beat 89%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Men56:4611/38Beat 71%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:30 PB15/701Beat 98%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:16249/955Beat 74%
↑ 41 days after Hamburg 2025 3:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 3:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:03114/954Beat 88%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:37201/1486Beat 87%
↑ 167 days after Paris 1 2025 3:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 behind the field: 2:24 slower on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete2:24 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Relay · Men55:565/21Beat 76%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:1395/492Beat 81%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:08 PB40/529Beat 92%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:13239/1422Beat 83%
↑ 50 days after Rotterdam 2025 3:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 behind the field: 0:52 slower on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete0:52 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:27123/707Beat 83%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Mandy Hernaus 7:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:05 better than the field: 10:15 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This pair10:15 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:21 PB37/600Beat 94%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 11:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:43 better than the field: 13:39 faster on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete13:39 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:42363/618Beat 41%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Mandy Hernaus 7:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:01 faster for everyone, so 7:18 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This pair9:19 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:00691/1539Beat 55%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:01430/534Beat 20%