Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026, Philip Pötsch got 7:33 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:31 quicker, so 11:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2025 → Cologne 2026: 10:17 in 125 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:50569/1003Beat 43%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 10:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 10:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete10:27 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:23 PB295/686Beat 57%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 8:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:10 better than the field: 8:15 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete8:15 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:38162/269Beat 40%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 10:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, so 10:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete13:16 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:541549/1883Beat 18%