Progress against the field
From Berlin 2024 to Berlin 2026, the field gained 5:05 on Alexander Bast.
The clock says 7:37 slower, but the races themselves got 2:32 slower for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:44419/704Beat 41%
↑ 762 days after Berlin 2024 5:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 behind the field: 7:37 slower on the clock, against 2:32 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 slower This athlete7:37 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:56 PB91/490Beat 81%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025, with Eric Stasch 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:15 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This pair0:40 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:161025/1325Beat 23%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:36114/461Beat 75%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:07 PB560/953Beat 41%