Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Karlsruhe 2026, the field gained 9:08 on Norman Schumann.
The clock says 8:36 slower, but the races themselves got 0:32 quicker for everyone.
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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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:22812/1003Beat 19%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 0:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 better than the field: 0:49 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete0:49 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:47:11840/993Beat 15%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 9:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:05 faster for everyone: 9:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete9:25 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:46 PB194/259Beat 25%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:04 PB583/850Beat 31%
↑ 127 days after Hamburg 2025, with Jan Schumann 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 better than the field: 2:56 faster on the clock, against 2:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This pair2:56 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:25:00711/935Beat 24%
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Berlin16 May 2025Relay · Men1:15:1244/47Beat 6%