Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Hamburg 2025, Nico Leidig pulled 32:53 ahead of the field.
The clock says 37:07 faster, but the races themselves got 4:14 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Karlsruhe 2025 → Berlin 2025: 21:20 in 76 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:09 PB451/530Beat 15%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026, with Jenny Middeke 28:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 28:11 faster: 28:35 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair28:11 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:59:20875/884Beat 1%
↑ 196 days after Hamburg 2025, with Jenny Middeke 27:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:09 faster for everyone: 27:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This pair24:31 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:49276/339Beat 19%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:33 PB1098/1486Beat 26%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 11:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 9:55 faster: 11:33 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete9:55 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:28722/748Beat 4%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 21:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:20 better than the field: 27:12 faster on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete27:12 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:16:401183/1208Beat 2%