Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Mathias Kapala lost 3:04 to the field.
The clock says 0:06 slower, but the races themselves got 2:58 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 2:40 in 159 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
15 races · 13 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:51 PB63/898Beat 93%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:18160/653Beat 76%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 better than the field: 5:47 faster on the clock, against 3:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete5:47 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:48109/261Beat 58%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:05195/439Beat 56%
↑ 70 days after Copenhagen 2026 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 behind the field: 3:44 slower on the clock, against 0:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 slower This athlete3:44 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:21157/365Beat 57%
↑ 162 days after Hamburg 2025 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:04 faster for everyone: 1:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:09 PB62/157Beat 61%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:5458/240Beat 76%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:3276/249Beat 70%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 0:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 behind the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 1:01 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 slower This athlete1:20 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:12 PB95/196Beat 52%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:26 PB194/1323Beat 85%
↑ 90 days after Frankfurt 2024 2:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:48 faster for everyone, so 2:22 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:48 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:52266/1480Beat 82%
↑ 42 days after Hamburg 2024 1:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 slower for everyone: 1:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete1:44 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:08134/1248Beat 89%
↑ 224 days after Copenhagen 2024 4:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, so 4:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete8:34 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:42324/686Beat 53%
↑ 126 days after Hamburg 2023 12:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:04 better than the field: 15:32 faster on the clock, against 3:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete15:32 faster -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:14508/737Beat 31%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:12:33217/558Beat 61%