Progress against the field
From Stuttgart 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Roman Hopp has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 3:55 quicker, so 4:01 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
42 races · 32 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Relay · Men52:531/37Beat 97%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:42351/704Beat 50%
↑ 148 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Dennis Kneepkens 2:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 behind the field: 3:39 slower on the clock, against 1:37 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 slower This pair3:39 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:43627/767Beat 18%
↑ 272 days after Maastricht 2025 9:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:21 behind the field: 8:04 slower on the clock, against 1:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete8:04 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:03:4311/66Beat 83%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men58:1112/699Beat 98%
↑ 371 days after Berlin 2025, with David Fischer 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:50 slower on the clock, against 0:53 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 slower This pair0:50 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0731/747Beat 96%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:01 faster on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete4:01 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Relay · Men51:381/34Beat 97%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:3823/961Beat 98%
↑ 127 days after Hamburg 2025, with Karolin Hopp 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:05 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:40 faster: 0:45 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 slower This pair0:40 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:03 PB19/298Beat 94%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:1545/256Beat 82%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:0849/1171Beat 96%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:1821/711Beat 97%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:3938/208Beat 82%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 1:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 behind the field: 5:54 slower on the clock, against 4:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 slower This athlete5:54 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men57:2155/1325Beat 96%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:03:45 PB59/351Beat 83%
↑ 209 days after Milan 2024 2:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:36 faster for everyone, so 2:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Relay · Men53:252/21Beat 91%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:5331/325Beat 91%
↑ 29 days after Cologne 2025 12:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:16 behind the field: 9:56 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete9:56 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:5725/1182Beat 98%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:1625/1638Beat 99%
↑ 154 days after Hamburg 2024 5:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 behind the field: 1:26 slower on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete1:26 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Relay · Mixed52:231/52Beat 98%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men55:40 PB43/655Beat 93%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:1422/861Beat 97%
↑ 42 days after Hamburg 2024, with Angela Lanz 1:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 behind the field: 0:58 slower on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This pair0:58 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Relay · Men53:172/30Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed59:168/618Beat 99%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Relay · Men57:553/24Beat 88%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:00:50 PB6/1248Beat 100%
↑ 231 days after Karlsruhe 2024 2:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete1:16 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:08:1520/302Beat 93%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men59:136/144Beat 96%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Mixed58:29 PB2/390Beat 100%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men55:4110/421Beat 98%
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Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:02:066/774Beat 99%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 1:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete4:27 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Doubles Open · Men56:5016/236Beat 93%
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Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Relay · Men53:141/14Beat 93%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:06:3351/843Beat 94%
↑ 21 days after Hamburg 2023 2:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 behind the field: 2:49 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete2:49 slower -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:03:4413/737Beat 98%
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Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Pro · Men1:10:3318/74Beat 76%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:06:0756/556Beat 90%
↑ 322 days after Maastricht 2022 27:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
31:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 27:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete31:04 faster -
Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:37:11187/243Beat 23%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:17:50496/522Beat 5%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:07:33170/830Beat 80%
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KölnDate unknownRelay · Mixed55:164/40Beat 90%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:02:314/446Beat 99%