Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2023 and Hamburg 2026, Bernd Jiptner lost 9:01 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:51 quicker, so 2:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 371 days between Frankfurt 2023 and Frankfurt 2024, still ended 3:22 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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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:44346/1103Beat 69%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 0:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete3:45 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:29424/993Beat 57%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 4:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 behind the field: 2:07 slower on the clock, against 2:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete2:07 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:22725/1883Beat 62%
↑ 286 days after Karlsruhe 2025 7:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:19 behind the field: 3:49 slower on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete3:49 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:33 PB297/1208Beat 75%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete0:04 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:37506/1480Beat 66%
↑ 371 days after Frankfurt 2023 3:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 better than the field: 4:57 faster on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete4:57 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:34362/843Beat 57%