Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Berlin 2026, Sandro Melchien lost 6:04 to the field.
The clock says 3:37 faster, but the races themselves got 9:41 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 281 days between Cologne 2025 and St. Gallen 2026, still ended 2:06 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
6 races · 6 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:58 PB115/993Beat 88%
↑ 126 days after St. Gallen 2026 3:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 3:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete0:11 faster -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:09135/1068Beat 87%
↑ 281 days after Cologne 2025 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, so 2:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete5:09 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:13 PB39/755Beat 95%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:1834/164Beat 79%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 5:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 behind the field: 1:43 slower on the clock, against 3:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete1:43 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:35246/1208Beat 80%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Men1:05:2351/308Beat 83%