Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Berlin 2026, Sergio Roque Merchán pulled 3:04 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:43 faster, but the races themselves got 6:39 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 266 days between Berlin 2025 and Vienna 2026, cost 2:07 on 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
7 races · 7 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:38 PB133/255Beat 48%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:48274/993Beat 72%
↑ 105 days after Vienna 2026 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:06 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:27 PB218/455Beat 52%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:03439/1311Beat 67%
↑ 266 days after Berlin 2025 2:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:19 slower for everyone: 2:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 slower This athlete3:26 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:37 PB700/1851Beat 62%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 6:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:02 better than the field: 11:54 faster on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete11:54 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:31612/1208Beat 49%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:41:38828/1003Beat 17%