Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2024 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 8:16 on Alexander Herbrecht.
The clock says 4:34 faster, but the races themselves got 12:50 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 6:58 in 126 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
17 races · 17 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:2459/1103Beat 95%
↑ 335 days after Madrid 2025 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:10 faster for everyone: 0:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 faster This athlete0:40 slower -
Izmir19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men59:062/156Beat 99%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:2228/699Beat 96%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:54 PB14/243Beat 94%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:34 PB42/474Beat 91%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:44 PB105/1361Beat 92%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, so 4:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete5:25 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:28 PB147/340Beat 57%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:09219/1018Beat 79%
↑ 28 days after Maastricht 2025 9:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:57 faster for everyone: 9:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:57 faster This athlete3:34 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men57:55 PB11/935Beat 99%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:3533/584Beat 94%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 6:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 4:04 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:54 faster: 6:58 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 slower This athlete2:54 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:29470/1851Beat 75%
↑ 21 days after Barcelona 2025 5:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 behind the field: 1:46 slower on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete1:46 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:43157/1106Beat 86%
↑ 35 days after Malaga 2025 2:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:42 slower for everyone: 2:59 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 slower This athlete2:17 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:0083/534Beat 85%
↑ 22 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:41 faster for everyone, so 2:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This athlete1:30 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:30186/1283Beat 86%
↑ 75 days after Frankfurt 2024 5:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:38 faster for everyone: 5:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete1:32 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:58270/1480Beat 82%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:4243/700Beat 94%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:05:4088/558Beat 84%