Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Athens 2026, David Steffes got 2:55 faster than the field.
The clock says 3:37 faster, but the races themselves got 0:42 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cologne 2026 → Stockholm 2026: 2:55 in 63 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 14 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men57:01 PB2/579Beat 100%
↑ 35 days after Rome 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:25 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:3716/320Beat 95%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men59:263/642Beat 100%
↑ 183 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:08 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 faster This athlete0:08 faster -
Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:50 PB30/207Beat 86%
↑ 79 days after Stockholm 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:35 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:25215/767Beat 72%
↑ 63 days after Cologne 2026 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:53 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:02 faster: 2:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 slower This athlete2:02 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:2721/455Beat 95%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:11116/457Beat 75%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men59:34103/958Beat 89%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:4967/409Beat 84%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:2917/184Beat 91%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 6:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:20 better than the field: 8:05 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete8:05 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:13:34112/280Beat 60%
↑ 65 days after Amsterdam 2024 5:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 behind the field: 6:25 slower on the clock, against 1:17 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 slower This athlete6:25 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:07:0922/147Beat 85%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:24:5595/146Beat 35%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Pro · Men1:13:4739/82Beat 52%