Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Marco Kleinschmidt lost 2:21 to the field.
The clock says 3:35 faster, but the races themselves got 5:56 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cologne 2026 → Berlin 2026: 7:42 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.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:19238/432Beat 45%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 8:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:52 faster for everyone: 8:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete5:50 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:53 PB545/960Beat 43%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:29 PB599/1097Beat 45%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 7:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 7:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete7:47 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:16627/924Beat 32%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete1:38 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:53 PB253/298Beat 15%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:541396/1883Beat 26%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:15468/711Beat 34%