Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Karlsruhe 2026, Daniel Popovich pulled 8:28 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:11 quicker, so 11:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2025 → Berlin 2026: 9:21 in 161 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
5 races · 5 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:57383/1003Beat 62%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 0:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 0:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:31 PB330/686Beat 52%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 9:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:21 better than the field: 12:05 faster on the clock, against 2:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete12:05 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:19 PB361/564Beat 36%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:41 PB298/884Beat 66%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:361352/1883Beat 28%