Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2025 to Hamburg 2026, Thorsten Käding got 8:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:31 quicker, so 13:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
232 days between Hamburg 2025 and Berlin 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:22 better than the field.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:54571/1103Beat 48%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 3:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 behind the field: 0:23 slower on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:54 PB142/239Beat 41%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:31 PB602/1097Beat 45%
↑ 232 days after Hamburg 2025 11:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:22 better than the field: 14:01 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete14:01 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:14534/607Beat 12%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:321153/1486Beat 22%