Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Karsten Reese lost 8:42 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:29 quicker, so 3:13 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Berlin 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 2:38 on the field 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
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:46636/1103Beat 42%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 2:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 2:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete5:30 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:16689/993Beat 31%
↑ 57 days after Mechelen 2026 9:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:09 behind the field: 10:44 slower on the clock, against 1:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete10:44 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:32361/561Beat 36%
↑ 175 days after Hamburg 2025 2:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:12 faster for everyone, so 2:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete2:01 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:33695/1486Beat 53%
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Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:26:24101/325Beat 69%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2019 7:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:32 faster for everyone: 7:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete4:23 slower -
Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:22:01 PB74/463Beat 84%