Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2024 and Cologne 2026, Julian Krüger pulled 19:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:17 quicker, so 24:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Cologne 2026: 19:05 in 85 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
33 races · 23 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:3036/475Beat 92%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:12214/704Beat 70%
↑ 27 days after Berlin 2026, with Gabriel Lichtenstein 0:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:23 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 slower This pair0:32 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Relay · Men52:243/35Beat 91%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:4014/361Beat 96%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Relay · Men51:403/18Beat 83%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:41123/352Beat 65%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:17:3129/81Beat 64%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:57 PB10/924Beat 99%
↑ 85 days after Amsterdam 2026 19:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:58 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:07 slower for everyone: 19:05 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete18:58 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:56252/455Beat 45%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025 7:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:50 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:40 faster: 7:30 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 slower This athlete6:40 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:024/66Beat 94%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:55714/1620Beat 56%
↑ 445 days after Hamburg 2024 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:24 faster for everyone, so 0:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:24 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men54:486/474Beat 99%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Benito Baez Ayala 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:31 faster for everyone, so 2:56 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair3:27 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men51:476/120Beat 95%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men53:1510/263Beat 96%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:1528/388Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:06217/935Beat 77%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:53 PB91/528Beat 83%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Pro · MenDNF—
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Berlin16 May 2025Relay · Men52:264/47Beat 92%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:4369/236Beat 71%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men52:24 PB12/438Beat 97%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Relay · Men54:362/31Beat 94%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men55:471/76Beat 99%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:3682/94Beat 13%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men51:24 PB15/655Beat 98%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Pro · Men58:3610/137Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:12674/1248Beat 46%
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Hannover6 May 2023Individual Pro · Men1:05:30 PB12/76Beat 84%
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Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Open · Men1:04:219/282Beat 97%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:38:56662/815Beat 19%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:07:4481/432Beat 81%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:02:585/446Beat 99%