Progress against the field
Between Mechelen 2026 and Berlin 2026, Stefan Link pulled 3:51 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:32 quicker, so 4:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cologne 2026 → Berlin 2026: 4:40 in 36 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
16 races · 15 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:1248/239Beat 80%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026, with Matthias Kirchberger 2:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:08 slower for everyone: 2:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 slower This pair2:25 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:13110/1097Beat 90%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 4:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 4:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:45 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:23161/434Beat 63%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:4737/490Beat 92%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Matthias Kirchberger 2:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 2:27 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This pair0:39 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:5854/259Beat 79%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 0:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 behind the field: 0:22 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete0:22 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:36337/1363Beat 75%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:23 PB82/141Beat 42%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:37195/1311Beat 85%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:37 PB134/1620Beat 92%
↑ 82 days after Stuttgart 2025 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 faster This athlete2:46 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:2678/941Beat 92%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025, with Matthias Kirchberger 2:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 behind the field: 2:24 slower on the clock, against 0:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This pair2:24 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:23133/1171Beat 89%
↑ 42 days after Maastricht 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:05 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:05 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:02 PB39/935Beat 96%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:53198/1352Beat 85%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 1:05 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:04 slower for everyone: 1:05 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 slower This athlete2:59 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:54255/748Beat 66%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:35166/781Beat 79%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:2360/603Beat 90%