Progress against the field
From Vienna 2025 to Berlin 2026, the field gained 0:22 on Stoyan Kolev.
The clock says 4:21 faster, but the races themselves got 4:43 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 278 days between Vienna 2025 and Madrid 2025, still ended 4:23 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
5 races · 4 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:0359/704Beat 92%
↑ 98 days after Istanbul 1 2026 4:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 behind the field: 0:56 slower on the clock, against 3:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:25 faster This athlete0:56 slower -
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Relay · Men54:276/28Beat 79%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:07 PB31/609Beat 95%
↑ 78 days after Madrid 2025 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete2:56 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:03137/1312Beat 90%
↑ 278 days after Vienna 2025 4:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:02 slower for everyone: 4:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 slower This athlete2:21 faster -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:24438/1356Beat 68%