Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2023 to Cologne 2026, the field gained 14:39 on Patrick Gayer.
The clock says 0:46 slower, but the races themselves got 13:53 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
39 races · 27 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:0392/475Beat 81%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Relay · Men54:194/59Beat 93%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:08114/653Beat 83%
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:2266/207Beat 68%
↑ 35 days after Istanbul 2026 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 behind the field: 1:43 slower on the clock, against 0:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This athlete1:43 slower -
Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:39 PB31/222Beat 86%
↑ 44 days after Stockholm 2026 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:55 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete3:55 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:34405/767Beat 47%
↑ 27 days after Berlin 2026 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:18 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete0:20 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:32 PB32/361Beat 91%
↑ 203 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Markus Van Tilburg 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This pair2:55 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:5976/396Beat 81%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Eugen Friesen 0:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 0:14 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This pair2:43 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:1489/439Beat 80%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men56:40 PB3/362Beat 99%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:2717/924Beat 98%
↑ 69 days after Vienna 2026 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:05 faster for everyone: 3:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This athlete2:27 slower -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Relay · Mixed1:12:3216/59Beat 73%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:0017/1311Beat 99%
↑ 56 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:53 faster for everyone, so 0:55 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:5714/132Beat 89%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:42108/474Beat 77%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:5818/1883Beat 99%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete1:39 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:2764/388Beat 84%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:4251/340Beat 85%
↑ 29 days after Hamburg 2025 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 better than the field: 2:02 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete2:02 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3724/1486Beat 98%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:38 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete1:34 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:4436/249Beat 86%
↑ 215 days after Karlsruhe 2025 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, so 0:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete2:16 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:0367/1851Beat 96%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 2:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete1:32 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed1:07:4215/69Beat 78%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3536/1182Beat 97%
↑ 159 days after Hamburg 2024 4:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 behind the field: 1:19 slower on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete1:19 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:0038/184Beat 79%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 2:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 2:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:0168/280Beat 76%
↑ 371 days after Frankfurt 2023 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 better than the field: 5:05 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete5:05 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Relay · Mixed1:09:469/33Beat 73%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:1623/1248Beat 98%
↑ 196 days after Berlin 2024 0:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 behind the field: 2:58 slower on the clock, against 2:40 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 slower This athlete2:58 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:00:18 PB21/953Beat 98%
↑ 154 days after Hamburg 2023 2:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:21 faster for everyone, so 2:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:21 faster This athlete3:23 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:14:0662/173Beat 64%
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Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:03:4112/737Beat 98%
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Hannover6 May 2023Individual Pro · Men1:10:3022/76Beat 71%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Pro · Men1:17:1449/82Beat 40%
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Las Vegas14 May 2022Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:36 PB38/60Beat 37%
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Bremen19 Mar 2022Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:3715/95Beat 84%
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Hannover25 Jan 2020Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:5242/149Beat 72%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:12:48387/830Beat 53%
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KölnDate unknownRelay · Mixed1:08:5113/40Beat 68%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:03:3131/815Beat 96%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:05:0012/446Beat 97%