Progress against the field
From Berlin 2026 to Karlsruhe 2026, Raphael Merkt got 4:04 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:42 quicker, so 4:46 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
40 races · 27 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:22181/653Beat 72%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:33106/478Beat 78%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Relay · Men56:224/38Beat 90%
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:20:38206/255Beat 19%
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:3267/320Beat 79%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 4:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 4:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete4:46 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:18176/439Beat 60%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men58:25 PB72/958Beat 93%
↑ 179 days after Rome 2025 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 better than the field: 5:34 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete5:34 faster -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:2247/256Beat 82%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:0418/132Beat 86%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:1760/474Beat 87%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Alexander Bytsch 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:31 faster for everyone: 1:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair0:46 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:3036/254Beat 86%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025 0:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:10 faster for everyone: 0:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 faster This athlete0:10 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:37 PB543/755Beat 28%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:3166/388Beat 83%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025, with Alexander Bytsch 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:11 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This pair0:11 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:2076/340Beat 78%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:36 PB29/257Beat 89%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:5917/632Beat 97%
↑ 119 days after Rimini 2025 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:03 faster on the clock, against 1:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This athlete2:03 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:0054/276Beat 80%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:21 PB14/658Beat 98%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:04103/208Beat 51%
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Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:0221/596Beat 97%
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Rimini30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:1813/240Beat 95%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:31140/339Beat 59%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:25267/921Beat 71%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:20 PB15/87Beat 83%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:2823/94Beat 76%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:51 faster on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete2:51 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:2213/62Beat 79%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:1953/184Beat 71%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 1:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete3:03 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:15:22129/280Beat 54%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:3927/147Beat 82%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:5431/1248Beat 98%
↑ 267 days after Vienna - European Championship 2024 8:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:31 faster for everyone, so 8:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This athlete11:01 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:07:5627/180Beat 85%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:16:3055/146Beat 62%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Pro · Men1:10:2114/200Beat 93%
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Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:21:2193/177Beat 48%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023 2:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:54 faster for everyone, so 2:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:55211/698Beat 70%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:22:4494/173Beat 46%
↑ 56 days after München 2023 4:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 better than the field: 6:30 faster on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete6:30 faster -
München14 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:29:1479/121Beat 35%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:13:38457/522Beat 13%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:10:1540/191Beat 79%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:20:09121/238Beat 49%