Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Martin Riesch got 1:21 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:31 faster, but the races themselves got 7:10 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 7:47 in 120 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:16311/394Beat 21%
↑ 120 days after Berlin 2026 7:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:28 faster for everyone, so 7:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This athlete9:15 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:31968/1097Beat 12%
↑ 57 days after Mechelen 2026 10:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:12 behind the field: 11:47 slower on the clock, against 1:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete11:47 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:44 PB487/561Beat 13%
↑ 104 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:10 faster for everyone, so 0:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete4:58 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:421545/1883Beat 18%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 3:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 3:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete6:05 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:47367/409Beat 10%