Progress against the field
Athanasios Papakostas has gained 41:03 on the field from Berlin 2026 to Athens 2026.
The clock says 45:21 faster, but the races themselves got 4:18 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Istanbul 2026 → Athens 2026: 33:09 in 35 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:36 PB9/616Beat 99%
↑ 35 days after Istanbul 2026 33:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
33:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:40 faster for everyone, so 33:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete33:49 faster -
Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:25509/743Beat 32%
↑ 71 days after Berlin 2026 7:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:54 better than the field: 11:32 faster on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete11:32 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:57610/686Beat 11%