Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Berlin 2026, Marcel Lübker pulled 1:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:52 quicker, so 4:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
196 days between Hamburg 2025 and Cologne 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:02 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:37 PB417/704Beat 41%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:05 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:05 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:42163/269Beat 39%
↑ 196 days after Hamburg 2025 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 1:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete4:49 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:31288/409Beat 30%