Progress against the field
Kai Schäfer has dropped 6:44 behind the field from Cologne 2026 to Karlsruhe 2026.
The races themselves barely changed, so 6:29 slower on the clock is the real picture.
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
12 races · 12 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:42120/406Beat 70%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 6:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 behind the field: 6:29 slower on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete6:29 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:1362/259Beat 76%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:09 PB639/1469Beat 57%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:29 PB40/755Beat 95%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:2580/325Beat 75%
↑ 29 days after Cologne 2025 5:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 behind the field: 3:20 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:20 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:0524/164Beat 85%
↑ 194 days after Stuttgart 2024 6:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 behind the field: 1:12 slower on the clock, against 5:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This athlete1:12 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:35:08151/184Beat 18%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 7:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 behind the field: 5:18 slower on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:18 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:29:50 PB220/280Beat 21%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:53 PB126/770Beat 84%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:12 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete0:51 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:44143/774Beat 82%
↑ 36 days after Vienna - European Championship 2024 7:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:27 better than the field: 10:30 faster on the clock, against 3:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete10:30 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:14384/698Beat 45%
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München14 Oct 2023Relay · Mixed1:07:092/12Beat 83%