Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2025 to Valencia 2026, Joachim Sternheimer got 0:47 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:01 faster, but the races themselves got 7:14 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Hamburg 2025 → Frankfurt 2025: 3:49 on the field in 71 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
8 races · 7 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:21 PB249/898Beat 72%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:5299/432Beat 77%
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:20258/504Beat 49%
↑ 148 days after Berlin 2026 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:22 faster for everyone: 3:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete1:10 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:10397/1097Beat 64%
↑ 36 days after Malaga 2026 0:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:03 slower for everyone: 0:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 slower This athlete2:18 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:52 PB224/474Beat 53%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:17 faster for everyone, so 1:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:57710/958Beat 26%
↑ 102 days after Frankfurt 2025 1:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 1:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete2:28 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:25828/1883Beat 56%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 3:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 better than the field: 5:56 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete5:56 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:21818/1486Beat 45%