Progress against the field
From Stockholm 2025 to Gdansk 2026, Ulf Jakobsson got 0:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:27 quicker, so 4:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Stockholm 2025 → Riga 2026: 7:49 on the field in 163 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:19749/1349Beat 45%
↑ 133 days after Riga 2026 6:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:18 faster for everyone: 6:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete5:41 slower -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:38 PB372/882Beat 58%
↑ 163 days after Stockholm 2025 7:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:49 better than the field: 9:58 faster on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:36356/490Beat 27%