Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2025 to Berlin 2026, Klaus Knese got 2:49 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:19 faster, but the races themselves got 1:30 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 196 days between Hamburg 2025 and Cologne 2026, still ended 3:42 ahead of the field.
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
13 races · 10 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · MixedDNF—
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:41 PB212/381Beat 44%
↑ 320 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:33 faster for everyone, so 0:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:47:54414/439Beat 6%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 0:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 slower for everyone: 0:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 slower This athlete1:23 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:46:31 PB396/455Beat 13%
↑ 196 days after Hamburg 2025 3:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 3:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete5:42 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:52548/1206Beat 55%
↑ 250 days after Berlin 2025, with Larisa Vasilyeva 2:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 behind the field: 3:10 slower on the clock, against 0:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 slower This pair3:10 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:341319/1883Beat 30%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:38427/855Beat 50%
↑ 29 days after Hamburg 2025, with Larisa Vasilyeva 4:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:47 faster for everyone, so 4:20 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair5:07 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:45425/711Beat 40%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:52:13245/249Beat 2%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:42 PB496/892Beat 44%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025, with Larisa Vasilyeva 4:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 better than the field: 8:48 faster on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This pair8:48 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Relay · Men1:04:5228/47Beat 40%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:36276/445Beat 38%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:30601/921Beat 35%