Progress against the field
Markus Schlüter has dropped 17:38 behind the field from Hannover 2020 to Hamburg 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 14:57 quicker, so 2:41 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 880 days between Hannover 2023 and Hamburg 2025, still ended 2:32 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.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:46619/1103Beat 44%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 8:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:05 better than the field: 10:57 faster on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete10:57 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:43224/277Beat 19%
↑ 232 days after Hamburg 2025 18:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:38 behind the field: 15:59 slower on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete15:59 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:44598/1486Beat 60%
↑ 880 days after Hannover 2023 2:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 better than the field: 2:47 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete2:47 faster -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:31210/354Beat 41%
↑ 525 days after Hamburg 2021 9:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:06 behind the field: 3:46 slower on the clock, against 5:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:20 faster This athlete3:46 slower -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Pro · Men1:35:4179/94Beat 16%
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Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Pro · Men1:27:29 PB41/49Beat 16%
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Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:23:45 PB80/304Beat 74%
↑ 672 days after Hannover 2020 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 0:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete3:20 faster -
Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:27:05111/325Beat 66%