Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Cologne 2026, Michael Cappenberg pulled 17:08 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:51 quicker, so 18:59 faster 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men2:03:39 PB435/455Beat 4%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 17:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 17:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete18:59 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:40 PB932/958Beat 3%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men2:22:38252/254Beat 1%