Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2026 and Istanbul 2026, Elias Karsten lost 1:31 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:38 quicker, so 2:07 faster 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:42181/579Beat 69%
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Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:50 PB292/743Beat 61%
↑ 71 days after Berlin 2026 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:57413/993Beat 58%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:23724/1739Beat 58%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:15:07 PB275/474Beat 42%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:11661/1171Beat 44%
↑ 29 days after Hamburg 2025 2:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:57 faster for everyone: 2:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete1:27 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:44700/1486Beat 53%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:38 slower for everyone: 2:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete4:18 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:261102/1851Beat 41%
↑ 83 days after Vienna 2025 6:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:04 better than the field: 7:06 faster on the clock, against 1:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This athlete7:06 faster -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:321067/1356Beat 21%
↑ 112 days after Hamburg 2024 8:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:15 faster for everyone: 8:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 faster This athlete5:17 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:15604/1248Beat 52%
↑ 224 days after Copenhagen 2024 7:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, so 7:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete11:47 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:02585/686Beat 15%