Progress against the field
Michael Walter has dropped 1:20 behind the field from Helsinki 2026 to Hamburg 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 0:40 slower, so 2:00 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gdansk 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 16:27 in 18 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 14 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:11412/579Beat 29%
↑ 18 days after Gdansk 2026 16:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:27 better than the field: 19:05 faster on the clock, against 2:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 faster This athlete19:05 faster -
Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:01:161285/1349Beat 5%
↑ 141 days after Berlin 2026 15:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 slower for everyone: 15:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 slower This athlete16:18 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:58593/704Beat 16%
↑ 13 days after Helsinki 2026 1:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 behind the field: 4:47 slower on the clock, against 2:51 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 slower This athlete4:47 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:11766/913Beat 16%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:20 PB387/500Beat 23%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:10512/596Beat 14%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:121001/1480Beat 32%
↑ 42 days after Poznan 2024 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:32 faster for everyone, so 1:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 faster This athlete1:26 faster -
Poznan2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:38538/776Beat 31%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:531026/1370Beat 25%
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Gdansk26 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:14317/473Beat 33%
↑ 36 days after Berlin 2024 0:31 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:06 slower for everyone: 0:31 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 slower This athlete3:35 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:39 PB736/953Beat 23%
↑ 71 days after Vienna - European Championship 2024 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:47 faster for everyone, so 1:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:47 faster This athlete6:26 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:05541/698Beat 23%
↑ 62 days after Frankfurt 2023 2:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:13 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:14 faster: 2:27 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This athlete2:14 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:37:19652/843Beat 23%
↑ 56 days after München 2023 3:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 better than the field: 7:47 faster on the clock, against 4:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 faster This athlete7:47 faster -
München14 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:45:06392/459Beat 15%