Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Karlsruhe 2026, Marcus Van Dijk pulled 1:41 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:25 faster, but the races themselves got 6:44 quicker for everyone.
286 days between Karlsruhe 2025 and Frankfurt 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:51 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:4491/321Beat 72%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 2:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 faster for everyone: 2:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete2:30 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:14 PB63/259Beat 76%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete2:34 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:48513/1883Beat 73%
↑ 286 days after Karlsruhe 2025 4:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 better than the field: 8:21 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete8:21 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:13:43 PB244/388Beat 37%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025, with Florian Rabich 3:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:11 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:05 faster: 3:16 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This pair3:05 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:16:4860/76Beat 21%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:09566/1208Beat 53%