Progress against the field
From Madrid 2025 to Athens 2026, the field gained 12:54 on Ahmed Al-Hadidi.
The clock says 1:51 slower, but the races themselves got 11:03 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Istanbul 1 2026 → Berlin 2026: 8:49 on the field in 98 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
11 races · 9 events
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:24547/616Beat 11%
↑ 35 days after Istanbul 2026 8:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:26 behind the field: 7:46 slower on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete7:46 slower -
Istanbul1 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:47 PB344/515Beat 33%
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Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:38 PB629/743Beat 15%
↑ 71 days after Berlin 2026 2:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 2:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete1:21 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:59611/686Beat 11%
↑ 98 days after Istanbul 1 2026 8:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:49 better than the field: 12:14 faster on the clock, against 3:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:25 faster This athlete12:14 faster -
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:35:57293/318Beat 8%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:59:13558/609Beat 8%
↑ 78 days after Madrid 2025 11:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:00 behind the field: 7:40 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete7:40 slower -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:331197/1312Beat 9%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:59:521401/1486Beat 6%
↑ 125 days after Rimini 2025 7:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 faster for everyone: 7:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete6:20 slower -
Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:32553/596Beat 7%
↑ 97 days after Vienna 2025 12:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:16 better than the field: 13:18 faster on the clock, against 1:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This athlete13:18 faster -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men2:06:501341/1356Beat 1%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:57:12500/577Beat 13%