Progress against the field
Between Hannover 2023 and Berlin 2026, Marc Niemann pulled 2:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:45 quicker, so 6:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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
15 races · 14 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:24273/898Beat 70%
↑ 725 days after Hamburg 2024, with Jan Heider 3:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:57 faster for everyone: 3:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This pair2:37 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:45271/704Beat 62%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 2:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 better than the field: 2:29 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete2:29 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:14117/259Beat 55%
↑ 530 days after Hamburg 2024 12:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:01 behind the field: 9:40 slower on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete9:40 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:34 PB244/1248Beat 80%
↑ 23 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:29 better than the field: 4:01 faster on the clock, against 1:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 faster This athlete4:01 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:47 PB205/700Beat 71%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:35178/659Beat 73%
↑ 208 days after Karlsruhe 2024 3:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:07 faster for everyone, so 3:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete8:05 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:40391/774Beat 50%
↑ 315 days after Hannover 2023 5:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 3:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:52 faster: 5:12 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 slower This athlete1:52 faster -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:32220/354Beat 38%
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Stuttgart6 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:28:0591/180Beat 49%
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Amsterdam24 Oct 2021Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:18 PB27/44Beat 39%
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Leipzig11 Sep 2021Individual Open · Men1:23:2939/107Beat 64%
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Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:32:05163/325Beat 50%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2019 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 4:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete7:56 faster -
Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:40:01280/463Beat 40%
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Hannover26 Jan 2019Individual Open · MenDNF—
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:19:15321/815Beat 61%