Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Hamburg 2025, Marvin Karsch got 0:22 faster than the field.
The clock says 2:50 faster, but the races themselves got 2:28 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2024 → Frankfurt 2024: 2:26 in 65 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 14 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:25 PB16/475Beat 97%
↑ 132 days after Stockholm 2026, with Hendrik Themann 0:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 better than the field: 2:42 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This pair2:42 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:1919/399Beat 95%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:07209/704Beat 70%
↑ 272 days after Maastricht 2025, with Hendrik Themann 3:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:30 faster for everyone: 3:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This pair1:33 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men58:23 PB1/259Beat 100%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:2414/193Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men59:5110/249Beat 96%
↑ 175 days after Cologne 2025 1:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 faster for everyone: 1:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:03 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men55:347/131Beat 95%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men59:48 PB2/94Beat 98%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:01:3218/280Beat 94%
↑ 65 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:17 slower for everyone: 2:26 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 slower This athlete1:09 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:02:418/147Beat 95%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Pro · Men58:584/75Beat 95%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:11:2947/173Beat 73%
↑ 56 days after München 2023 8:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 8:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete5:45 slower -
München14 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:05:447/121Beat 94%