Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Gdansk 2026, Christian Hagenau pulled 1:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:22 quicker, so 4:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Copenhagen 2026 → Helsinki 2026: 8:52 in 57 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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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:29:30218/286Beat 24%
↑ 154 days after Helsinki 2026 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:32 slower for everyone: 1:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 slower This athlete4:19 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:11 PB220/286Beat 23%
↑ 57 days after Copenhagen 2026 8:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 8:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete10:59 faster -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:36:10326/365Beat 11%
↑ 85 days after Stockholm 2025 1:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 better than the field: 1:45 faster on the clock, against 0:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete1:45 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:37:5584/95Beat 12%
↑ 77 days after Hamburg 2025 7:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:38 faster for everyone: 7:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete4:01 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:33:54215/249Beat 14%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:53 PB688/748Beat 8%