Progress against the field
Between Istanbul 2026 and Athens 2026, Marcel Zehner lost 2:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:40 quicker, so 1:49 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:13503/616Beat 18%
↑ 35 days after Istanbul 2026 2:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:40 faster for everyone: 2:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete1:49 slower -
Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:24 PB586/743Beat 21%