Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2026 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 3:28 on Robert Melzer.
Over the same races everyone got 2:49 quicker, so 0:39 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:4263/381Beat 84%
↑ 229 days after Copenhagen 2026 3:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:49 faster for everyone: 3:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:48 PB38/371Beat 90%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:03 PB168/900Beat 81%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:51175/715Beat 76%
↑ 29 days after Copenhagen 2025 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete2:28 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:19492/1323Beat 63%
↑ 132 days after Hamburg 2024 7:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 better than the field: 10:33 faster on the clock, against 2:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete10:33 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:52737/1248Beat 41%