Progress against the field
Between Stuttgart 2025 and Barcelona 2026, Patrick Ruch lost 2:20 to the field.
The clock says 3:44 faster, but the races themselves got 6:04 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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Geneva9 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:01419/1072Beat 61%
↑ 363 days after Geneva 2025, with Sebastian Moser 6:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:21 faster for everyone: 6:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This pair4:26 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:17 PB433/1158Beat 63%
↑ 195 days after Stuttgart 2025 2:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:04 faster for everyone, so 2:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete3:44 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:01441/1171Beat 62%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:35 PB204/796Beat 74%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:21643/1106Beat 42%
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St. GallenDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:12:40153/385Beat 60%