Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2024 and Frankfurt 2025, Achim Droßbach pulled 6:12 ahead of the field.
The clock says 11:03 faster, but the races themselves got 4:51 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 210 days between Berlin 2025 and Frankfurt 2025, still ended 7:32 ahead of 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:43109/320Beat 66%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 1:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 1:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete2:00 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:46235/315Beat 25%
↑ 237 days after Maastricht 2025, with Pat Kräuter 8:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:27 faster for everyone: 8:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:27 faster This pair3:11 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:43 PB117/455Beat 74%
↑ 196 days after Hamburg 2025 8:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 8:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete10:37 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:04 PB297/1883Beat 84%
↑ 210 days after Berlin 2025 7:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:11 slower for everyone: 7:32 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete5:21 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:36 PB285/755Beat 62%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:20169/249Beat 32%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:13:35 PB70/102Beat 31%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:25874/1851Beat 53%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 6:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:52 faster for everyone: 6:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete0:17 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:17:0161/76Beat 20%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:08317/1208Beat 74%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 4:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 better than the field: 5:59 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:07764/1480Beat 48%