Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Berlin 2026, Martin Stangenberg lost 1:40 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:54 quicker, so 2:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Hamburg 2025 → Frankfurt 2025: 6:05 in 71 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
8 races · 7 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:27 PB104/898Beat 88%
↑ 229 days after Copenhagen 2026, with Björn Struckmeyer 0:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 better than the field: 3:23 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair3:23 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:09 PB164/686Beat 76%
↑ 8 days after Heerenveen 2026 4:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:43 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:20 faster: 4:03 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 slower This athlete1:20 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:29265/966Beat 73%
↑ 153 days after Frankfurt 2025 6:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:08 faster for everyone: 6:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete0:34 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:50174/658Beat 74%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:55380/1883Beat 80%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 6:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 6:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete8:12 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:23:03 PB197/240Beat 18%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:07189/409Beat 54%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 5:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:38 slower for everyone: 5:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete6:44 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:23741/1851Beat 60%