Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2018 to Berlin 2025, the field gained 22:38 on Thomas Rother.
Over the same races everyone got 17:59 quicker, so 4:39 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
13 races · 13 events
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:061427/1851Beat 23%
↑ 195 days after Hamburg 2024 14:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:49 behind the field: 9:53 slower on the clock, against 4:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete9:53 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:13461/1248Beat 63%
↑ 196 days after Berlin 2024 0:23 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:40 slower for everyone, so this was 0:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 slower This athlete2:17 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:56 PB433/953Beat 55%
↑ 28 days after Copenhagen 2024 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 better than the field: 6:13 faster on the clock, against 4:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete6:13 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:09404/686Beat 41%
↑ 126 days after Hamburg 2023 3:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:28 faster for everyone: 3:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete0:03 slower -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:06314/737Beat 57%
↑ 357 days after Hamburg 2022 4:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 behind the field: 1:02 slower on the clock, against 3:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete1:02 slower -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:04212/525Beat 60%
↑ 364 days after Hamburg 2021 1:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:23 faster for everyone, so 1:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:23 faster This athlete4:04 faster -
Berlin5 Nov 2022Individual Pro · Men1:41:4056/61Beat 8%
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Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Pro · Men1:34:22 PB44/49Beat 10%
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Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:27:08108/304Beat 65%
↑ 1120 days after Hamburg 2018 0:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 0:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete1:41 slower -
Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Pro · Men1:43:45112/143Beat 22%
↑ 301 days after Hannover 2019 5:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:56 behind the field: 9:17 slower on the clock, against 3:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 slower This athlete9:17 slower -
Hannover26 Jan 2019Individual Pro · Men1:34:2875/106Beat 29%
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Hamburg3 Nov 2018Individual Open · Men1:25:27102/444Beat 77%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:23:219/23Beat 61%