Progress against the field
Sebastian Niedermeier has dropped 4:09 behind the field from Cologne 2026 to Hamburg 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:15 quicker, so 0:54 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:56231/653Beat 65%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2026 4:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:15 faster for everyone: 4:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 faster This athlete0:54 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:02 PB120/455Beat 74%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:21 PB265/1171Beat 77%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:33584/1367Beat 57%
↑ 169 days after Cologne 2025 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 behind the field: 1:30 slower on the clock, against 2:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete1:30 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:03351/1182Beat 70%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:47:03648/752Beat 14%