Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2026 and Karlsruhe 2026, THOMAS LAU pulled 0:20 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:32 quicker, so 0:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cologne 2026 → Berlin 2026: 3:14 on the field 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
29 races · 29 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:28492/1003Beat 51%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026 2:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 behind the field: 2:27 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete2:27 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:01544/1097Beat 50%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 3:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 3:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:20502/924Beat 46%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:05433/1184Beat 63%
↑ 72 days after Hamburg 2025 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete2:34 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:39594/1486Beat 60%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 2:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 behind the field: 3:40 slower on the clock, against 1:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete3:40 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:59443/748Beat 41%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 2:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 2:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete0:56 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:55472/1182Beat 60%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 2:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 2:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:04444/1208Beat 63%
↑ 7 days after Vienna 2025 2:12 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:48 slower for everyone, so this was 2:12 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 slower This athlete0:36 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:28831/1356Beat 39%
↑ 112 days after Hamburg 2024 5:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:15 faster for everyone: 5:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 faster This athlete1:49 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:39477/1248Beat 62%
↑ 35 days after Stuttgart 2024 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:39 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:18320/770Beat 58%
↑ 161 days after Berlin 2024 5:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:57 behind the field: 10:12 slower on the clock, against 4:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 slower This athlete10:12 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:06315/953Beat 67%
↑ 35 days after Karlsruhe 2024 2:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:28 faster for everyone, so 2:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:28 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:23225/774Beat 71%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023 2:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 2:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete1:18 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:20:41293/843Beat 65%
↑ 21 days after Hamburg 2023 2:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 behind the field: 2:23 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete2:23 slower -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:18194/737Beat 74%
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München14 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:00110/459Beat 76%
↑ 161 days after Hannover 2023 0:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:29 slower for everyone: 0:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 slower This athlete2:57 slower -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:0393/354Beat 74%
↑ 161 days after Hamburg 2022 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 better than the field: 4:55 faster on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete4:55 faster -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:58171/525Beat 67%
↑ 21 days after Berlin 2022 5:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:50 behind the field: 3:50 slower on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete3:50 slower -
Berlin5 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:17:0851/199Beat 74%
↑ 28 days after Leipzig 2022 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Leipzig8 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:17:1548/163Beat 71%
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Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:12:31 PB31/240Beat 87%
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München26 Feb 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:0183/259Beat 68%
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Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:20:5459/304Beat 81%
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Berlin20 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:20:4438/130Beat 71%
↑ 70 days after Leipzig 2021 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 0:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This athlete0:32 slower -
Leipzig11 Sep 2021Individual Open · Men1:20:1233/107Beat 69%
↑ 672 days after Leipzig 2019 11:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:13 better than the field: 13:05 faster on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete13:05 faster -
Leipzig9 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:33:17132/229Beat 42%
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NürnbergDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:37:46123/175Beat 30%