Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2024 to Maastricht 2026, Marcel Herbst got 8:42 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:44 faster, but the races themselves got 9:02 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 251 days between Belgium 2025 and Frankfurt 2025, cost 2:17 on the field.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:25342/394Beat 13%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 5:09 slower on the clock, against 1:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete5:09 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:16816/966Beat 16%
↑ 153 days after Frankfurt 2025 7:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:08 faster for everyone: 7:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete1:14 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:021487/1883Beat 21%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 2:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:01 faster for everyone: 2:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 faster This athlete2:16 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:24:56 PB123/148Beat 17%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:24 PB538/935Beat 43%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:46 PB1261/1638Beat 23%
↑ 154 days after Hamburg 2024 22:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:04 better than the field: 26:23 faster on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete26:23 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:04:091223/1248Beat 2%