Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2025 to Berlin 2026, Steffen Sauer got 3:40 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:02 faster, but the races themselves got 3:22 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Frankfurt 2025 → Berlin 2026: 3:32 on the field 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:33 PB330/1097Beat 70%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 3:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 better than the field: 6:16 faster on the clock, against 2:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete6:16 faster -
Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:17 PB229/1542Beat 85%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:49856/1883Beat 55%
↑ 231 days after Barcelona 2025 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:46 faster on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete0:46 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:35427/795Beat 46%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:05588/953Beat 38%
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Leipzig9 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:46:06185/229Beat 19%
↑ 385 days after Leipzig 2018 12:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:11 behind the field: 9:41 slower on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete9:41 slower -
Leipzig20 Oct 2018Individual Open · Men1:36:25103/147Beat 30%