Progress against the field
From Utrecht 2025 to Rome 2026, Melissa Fontyn and Jens Thijs have moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 4:13 faster, but the races themselves got 4:13 quicker for everyone.
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 · 4 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:28296/1051Beat 72%
↑ 181 days after Mechelen 2026, with Jens Thijs 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:46 slower on the clock, against 0:43 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 slower This pair0:46 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:42 PB310/962Beat 68%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025, with Jens Thijs 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:59 faster on the clock, against 4:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This pair4:59 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:14:1213/49Beat 74%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:41125/381Beat 67%