Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2024 and Hamburg 2026, Bülent Özdemir lost 40:11 to the field.
The clock says 32:44 slower, but the races themselves got 7:27 quicker for everyone.
279 days between Copenhagen 2025 and Stockholm 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:37 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:29:49568/579Beat 2%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:33 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:32:22985/993Beat 1%
↑ 70 days after Copenhagen 2026 24:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:42 behind the field: 25:14 slower on the clock, against 0:32 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 slower This athlete25:14 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:44:09643/658Beat 2%
↑ 162 days after Hamburg 2025, with Henrik Vilsner 3:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:02 faster for everyone: 3:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This pair2:14 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:07:08384/390Beat 2%
↑ 85 days after Stockholm 2025 4:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:19 behind the field: 2:59 slower on the clock, against 1:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 faster This athlete2:59 slower -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:04:09475/490Beat 3%
↑ 279 days after Copenhagen 2025 6:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:10 faster for everyone: 6:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete5:27 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:41:55 PB897/935Beat 4%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:58:421269/1323Beat 4%
↑ 132 days after Hamburg 2024 4:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:37 faster for everyone: 4:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete1:37 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:57:05 PB1191/1248Beat 5%