Progress against the field
Volker Schmitz has dropped 0:25 behind the field from Stuttgart 2024 to Cologne 2026.
The clock says 11:25 faster, but the races themselves got 11:50 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 348 days between Cologne 2025 and EMEA London Olympia 2026, cost 6:34 on the field.
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
13 races · 11 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:5178/320Beat 76%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:19455/704Beat 35%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:33 PB484/767Beat 37%
↑ 27 days after Berlin 2026 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:18 slower for everyone: 2:50 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete2:32 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:05151/439Beat 66%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 8:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:08 better than the field: 9:11 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete9:11 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:01 PB37/526Beat 93%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:38 PB11/259Beat 96%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:18 faster: 3:39 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 slower This athlete1:18 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:56373/958Beat 61%
↑ 348 days after Cologne 2025 6:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 behind the field: 0:37 slower on the clock, against 5:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:57 faster This athlete0:37 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:16145/254Beat 43%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 5:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 behind the field: 6:35 slower on the clock, against 1:32 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 slower This athlete6:35 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:4198/249Beat 61%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:1978/1182Beat 93%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 1:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 1:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete2:18 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:37100/1208Beat 92%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, so 1:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:20277/1480Beat 81%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024 2:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 better than the field: 5:43 faster on the clock, against 3:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete5:43 faster -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:03211/770Beat 73%