Progress against the field
Elmar Schlicksbier has dropped 13:46 behind the field from Barcelona 2025 to Hamburg 2026.
The clock says 7:32 slower, but the races themselves got 6:14 quicker for everyone.
231 days between Barcelona 2025 and Frankfurt 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:28 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:28497/579Beat 14%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 15:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 15:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete18:05 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:12:33687/704Beat 2%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 23:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:44 faster for everyone: 23:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete20:47 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:461715/1883Beat 9%
↑ 231 days after Barcelona 2025 5:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete4:50 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:561023/1106Beat 8%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:00142/164Beat 13%
↑ 152 days after Paris 2024 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:52 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete5:53 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:55:531486/1585Beat 6%
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Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men2:02:26713/737Beat 3%
↑ 196 days after Hannover 2023 17:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:30 faster for everyone: 17:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete16:29 slower -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:45:57 PB316/354Beat 11%