Progress against the field
Thomas Leithold has dropped 0:43 behind the field from Hamburg 2025 to Berlin 2026.
The clock says 4:28 faster, but the races themselves got 5:11 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2025 → Cologne 2026: 3:02 in 125 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:51276/993Beat 72%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 1:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 behind the field: 0:57 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:57 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:54 PB241/924Beat 74%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 better than the field: 6:01 faster on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete6:01 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:55793/1883Beat 58%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 2:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:07 faster for everyone: 2:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete0:36 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:12180/855Beat 79%
↑ 168 days after Berlin 2025, with Nicole Heun 1:06 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:23 slower for everyone, so this was 1:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 slower This pair0:17 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:19177/409Beat 57%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:55 PB391/892Beat 56%
↑ 153 days after Frankfurt 2024, with Nicole Heun 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 better than the field: 5:53 faster on the clock, against 4:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:54 faster This pair5:53 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:48384/861Beat 55%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024, with Nicole Heun 4:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 behind the field: 2:07 slower on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This pair2:07 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:41128/390Beat 67%