Progress against the field
Between Bremen 2022 and Cologne 2026, Alexander Ritter lost 21:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:43 quicker, so 5:30 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 371 days between Frankfurt 2023 and Frankfurt 2024, still ended 6:35 ahead of 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
27 races · 27 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:01294/653Beat 55%
↑ 39 days after Maastricht 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:13 faster on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete2:13 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:14237/399Beat 41%
↑ 93 days after Stockholm 2026 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 better than the field: 1:34 faster on the clock, against 0:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 faster This athlete1:34 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:48688/767Beat 10%
↑ 202 days after Utrecht 2025 1:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete1:27 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:40158/924Beat 83%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 5:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 behind the field: 2:05 slower on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete2:05 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:35237/1883Beat 87%
↑ 210 days after Berlin 2025 8:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:42 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:11 slower for everyone: 8:53 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete6:42 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:1550/102Beat 51%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:56 PB92/249Beat 63%
↑ 175 days after Cologne 2025 2:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 2:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:17407/748Beat 46%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 10:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:31 behind the field: 4:39 slower on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete4:39 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:4528/62Beat 55%
↑ 159 days after Hamburg 2024 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:09 faster for everyone, so 0:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete0:56 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:38190/1208Beat 84%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, so 0:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete0:20 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:58339/1480Beat 77%
↑ 371 days after Frankfurt 2023 6:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:35 better than the field: 8:10 faster on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete8:10 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:20:4199/180Beat 45%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:08349/843Beat 59%
↑ 21 days after Hamburg 2023 9:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:08 behind the field: 9:22 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete9:22 slower -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:13:46118/737Beat 84%
↑ 196 days after Hannover 2023 1:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:30 faster for everyone, so 1:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:0979/354Beat 78%
↑ 161 days after Hamburg 2022 2:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete1:46 faster -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:15:55100/525Beat 81%
↑ 252 days after Bremen 2022 7:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:28 behind the field: 6:45 slower on the clock, against 0:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete6:45 slower -
Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:09:1015/240Beat 94%
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München26 Feb 2022Individual Open · Men1:12:3637/259Beat 86%
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Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Pro · Men1:18:3125/85Beat 71%
↑ 735 days after Hamburg 2019 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:41 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:21:2460/325Beat 82%
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Frankfurt7 Dec 2019Individual Open · Men1:12:229/198Beat 96%
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Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Pro · Men1:22:1228/143Beat 80%
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Essen16 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:08:20 PB8/219Beat 96%
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Hannover26 Jan 2019Individual Open · Men1:13:4517/260Beat 94%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:27:01729/830Beat 12%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:10:44125/815Beat 85%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:14:5185/446Beat 81%