Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Amsterdam 2026, Julian Niemeier got 0:22 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:38 faster, but the races themselves got 6:16 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cologne 2025 → Hamburg 2025: 8:00 on the field in 175 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 · 7 events
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:48321/1620Beat 80%
↑ 111 days after Hamburg 2025 7:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:38 behind the field: 3:01 slower on the clock, against 4:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:37 faster This athlete3:01 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:47 PB124/1486Beat 92%
↑ 175 days after Cologne 2025 8:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:00 better than the field: 9:39 faster on the clock, against 1:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete9:39 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:26435/1182Beat 63%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:26 PB311/898Beat 65%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:35:28 PB148/177Beat 16%
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Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:32103/247Beat 58%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:23356/953Beat 63%