Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Oliver Nink lost 1:24 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:57 quicker, so 1:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 6:18 in 159 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
13 races · 11 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:07:4316/60Beat 73%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:36 PB56/381Beat 85%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 6:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 better than the field: 9:10 faster on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete9:10 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:50 PB94/371Beat 75%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:46408/993Beat 59%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 7:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:42 behind the field: 7:37 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete7:37 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:09192/924Beat 79%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:22764/1206Beat 37%
↑ 250 days after Berlin 2025, with Holly Davies 14:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:45 behind the field: 15:32 slower on the clock, against 0:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 slower This pair15:32 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:35842/2771Beat 70%
↑ 238 days after Cologne 2025 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:12 faster for everyone, so 0:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete3:23 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:1087/240Beat 64%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:50 PB208/892Beat 77%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:58419/1182Beat 65%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:07:51 PB45/119Beat 62%
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Berlin20 Nov 2021Doubles Open · Men1:12:3421/46Beat 54%
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Hannover26 Jan 2019Doubles Open · Men1:18:1836/54Beat 33%