Progress against the field
Between Bologna 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Benedikt Knab pulled 7:22 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:00 quicker, so 10:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Bologna 2026 → Berlin 2026: 4:59 in 48 days.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:02 PB25/520Beat 95%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:48 PB21/432Beat 95%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 better than the field: 5:15 faster on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete5:15 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:03113/704Beat 84%
↑ 48 days after Bologna 2026 4:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 better than the field: 5:07 faster on the clock, against 0:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 faster This athlete5:07 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:10380/1006Beat 62%