Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Cologne 2026, Timo Büllesbach pulled 0:24 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:03 faster, but the races themselves got 4:39 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Hamburg 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 8:35 on the field in 175 days.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:2181/259Beat 69%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 8:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:11 behind the field: 7:44 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete7:44 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:37 PB197/1363Beat 86%
↑ 175 days after Hamburg 2025 8:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:35 better than the field: 12:47 faster on the clock, against 4:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete12:47 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:43 PB217/305Beat 29%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:24544/1486Beat 63%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:35 PB455/892Beat 49%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:0876/96Beat 21%