Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Hamburg 2026, Tom Behnke got 3:41 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:57 quicker, so 6:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cologne 2026 → Berlin 2026: 4:13 in 36 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.
Every race
4 races · 3 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:41 PB33/432Beat 92%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 0:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 0:32 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:01117/993Beat 88%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 4:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:13 better than the field: 4:18 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:42 PB34/362Beat 91%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:1970/259Beat 73%