Progress against the field
Alexander Schmidt has dropped 4:29 behind the field from Valencia 2025 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 4:12 faster, but the races themselves got 8:41 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Stockholm 2025 → Warsaw 2026: 2:20 on the field in 119 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
9 races · 7 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:0892/642Beat 86%
↑ 160 days after Warsaw 2026 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 4:12 slower on the clock, against 1:08 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 slower This athlete4:12 slower -
Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:27 PB126/207Beat 39%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:38 PB18/175Beat 90%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:56 PB147/1792Beat 92%
↑ 119 days after Stockholm 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 7:46 faster on the clock, against 5:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:26 faster This athlete7:46 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:45367/563Beat 35%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:42107/490Beat 78%
↑ 62 days after Valencia 2025 3:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:23 faster for everyone, so 3:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:23 faster This athlete0:38 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:20112/455Beat 75%
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Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:28235/440Beat 47%
↑ 175 days after Stockholm 2024 3:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:30 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete0:54 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:22253/447Beat 43%