Progress against the field
Hans Christian Förster has gained 3:27 on the field from Berlin 2025 to Cologne 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 0:33 slower, so 2:54 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 209 days between Maastricht 2025 and Cologne 2026, still ended 2:36 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
8 races · 8 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:04 PB59/924Beat 94%
↑ 209 days after Maastricht 2025 2:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 2:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete6:07 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:11182/1352Beat 87%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 0:51 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 slower on the clock, but the race was 4:04 slower for everyone, so this was 0:51 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 slower This athlete3:13 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:58440/1851Beat 76%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:3847/461Beat 90%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:06 PB61/865Beat 93%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:08:5963/185Beat 66%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:11:02129/815Beat 84%