Progress against the field
Michael Kessler has dropped 6:06 behind the field from Hamburg 2024 to Hamburg 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:29 quicker, so 4:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
232 days between Hamburg 2025 and Berlin 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:09 better than 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
13 races · 11 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:0428/1103Beat 98%
↑ 27 days after Karlsruhe 2026 2:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete0:33 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:3714/406Beat 97%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 behind the field: 2:19 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete2:19 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:18 PB24/704Beat 97%
↑ 232 days after Hamburg 2025 3:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 better than the field: 5:48 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete5:48 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Relay · Men57:227/47Beat 85%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:17 PB49/455Beat 89%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025 12:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:00 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:50 slower for everyone: 12:50 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 slower This athlete12:00 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:05 PB245/1469Beat 83%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:0648/409Beat 88%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 4:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:38 slower for everyone: 4:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete2:45 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:51491/1851Beat 74%
↑ 153 days after Frankfurt 2024 7:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:39 behind the field: 1:50 slower on the clock, against 5:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:49 faster This athlete1:50 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed1:05:5512/69Beat 83%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:1754/96Beat 44%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:01212/1480Beat 86%
↑ 42 days after Hamburg 2024 0:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 slower for everyone: 0:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete0:34 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:27123/1248Beat 90%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:22:05131/238Beat 45%