Progress against the field
Andreas Süßmann has dropped 7:22 behind the field from Frankfurt 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026.
The clock says 3:20 slower, but the races themselves got 4:02 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Berlin 2026: 3:59 on the field in 57 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
4 races · 4 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:13557/1003Beat 45%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 8:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:48 behind the field: 8:21 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete8:21 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:52 PB435/1097Beat 60%
↑ 57 days after Mechelen 2026 3:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:35 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:24 faster: 3:59 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete2:24 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:16799/1363Beat 41%
↑ 104 days after Frankfurt 2025 2:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:10 faster for everyone, so 2:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete2:37 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:531032/1883Beat 45%