Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2023 to Rome 2026, Bastian Paffenholz got 3:18 faster than the field.
The clock says 14:30 faster, but the races themselves got 11:12 quicker for everyone.
315 days between Hamburg 2023 and Stuttgart 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 14:18 better than 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
10 races · 10 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:48 PB159/535Beat 70%
↑ 124 days after Berlin 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:37 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:25324/1097Beat 71%
↑ 238 days after Rome 2025 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:43 faster for everyone, so 0:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete3:13 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:09:4718/47Beat 62%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:17187/249Beat 25%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:38663/1367Beat 52%
↑ 169 days after Cologne 2025 4:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:10 faster for everyone: 4:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete2:45 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:53178/494Beat 64%
↑ 194 days after Stuttgart 2024 5:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 behind the field: 0:29 slower on the clock, against 5:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This athlete0:29 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:24196/770Beat 75%
↑ 315 days after Hamburg 2023 14:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:54 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:24 slower for everyone: 14:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete12:54 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:49 PB142/296Beat 52%
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Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:18449/737Beat 39%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:25:15 PB151/238Beat 37%