Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Cologne 2026, Artur Pauls got 7:59 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:25 quicker, so 9:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 335 days between Berlin 2025 and Cologne 2026, still ended 1:41 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:1762/455Beat 86%
↑ 335 days after Berlin 2025 1:41 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:45 slower for everyone, so this was 1:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 slower This athlete0:04 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:13 PB83/196Beat 58%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 6:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 better than the field: 9:28 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete9:28 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:4147/96Beat 51%