Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Philipp Plöger pulled 5:44 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:41 faster, but the races themselves got 3:57 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Frankfurt 2025 → Barcelona 2026: 7:07 on the field in 153 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
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:41466/1103Beat 58%
↑ 167 days after Barcelona 2026 1:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 slower for everyone: 1:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 slower This athlete3:51 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:50 PB259/643Beat 60%
↑ 153 days after Frankfurt 2025 7:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:25 faster for everyone, so 7:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:25 faster This athlete13:32 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:02 PB119/311Beat 62%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:221312/1883Beat 30%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:28:09776/935Beat 17%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:18 PB218/603Beat 64%