Progress against the field
Between Copenhagen 2025 and Berlin 2026, Thorsten Matthiesen pulled 9:26 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:46 faster, but the races themselves got 5:20 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 202 days between Copenhagen 2025 and Hamburg 2025, still ended 6:39 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:20 PB293/686Beat 57%
↑ 105 days after Vienna 2026 3:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 better than the field: 5:55 faster on the clock, against 2:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete5:55 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:15710/1311Beat 46%
↑ 127 days after Hamburg 2025 1:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:37 faster for everyone, so 1:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:50239/409Beat 42%
↑ 202 days after Copenhagen 2025 6:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 better than the field: 7:16 faster on the clock, against 0:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete7:16 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:061057/1323Beat 20%