Progress against the field
Rafal Zajko has dropped 4:18 behind the field from Katowice 2025 to Gdansk 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:48 quicker, so 2:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 315 days between Warsaw 2025 and Katowice 2026, cost 18:23 on 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
5 races · 5 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:491037/1349Beat 23%
↑ 141 days after Berlin 2026 3:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 behind the field: 3:47 slower on the clock, against 0:27 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 slower This athlete3:47 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:02 PB530/686Beat 23%
↑ 90 days after Katowice 2026 19:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:25 better than the field: 19:40 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete19:40 faster -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:42810/859Beat 6%
↑ 315 days after Warsaw 2025 18:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:33 faster for everyone: 18:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:33 faster This athlete16:50 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:52588/715Beat 18%
↑ 49 days after Katowice 2025 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:27 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:27 faster This athlete3:27 faster -
Katowice22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:19636/757Beat 16%