Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 1:05 on Josh Hammers.
The clock says 3:26 faster, but the races themselves got 4:31 quicker for everyone.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:51302/454Beat 34%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:01190/455Beat 58%
↑ 196 days after Hamburg 2025 8:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 8:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete6:00 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:43 PB306/1363Beat 78%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025 0:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, so 0:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete3:14 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:57284/1171Beat 76%
↑ 168 days after Berlin 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 slower on the clock, and the race was 2:58 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 slower This athlete2:58 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:01 PB35/78Beat 55%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:59550/1851Beat 70%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:09314/1182Beat 73%