Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 0:39 on Tobias Köppel.
Over the same races everyone got 2:52 quicker, so 2:13 faster 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
4 races · 4 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:28 PB650/1103Beat 41%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2026 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 0:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:13 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:51 PB356/577Beat 38%
↑ 126 days after St. Gallen 2026, with Sarah Joanna Köppel 1:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 1:42 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This pair5:43 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:41588/924Beat 36%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:34623/792Beat 21%