Progress against the field
From Stuttgart 2024 to Karlsruhe 2026, the field gained 11:22 on Thomas Bach.
The clock says 1:34 slower, but the races themselves got 9:48 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 209 days between Maastricht 2025 and Cologne 2026, cost 3:54 on 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:11420/1003Beat 58%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 3:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 behind the field: 3:27 slower on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete3:27 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:4499/259Beat 62%
↑ 209 days after Maastricht 2025 3:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:31 faster for everyone: 3:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:21372/1352Beat 73%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 1:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 1:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete1:47 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:34 PB38/164Beat 77%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 2:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 better than the field: 4:58 faster on the clock, against 2:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete4:58 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:32739/1480Beat 50%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024 4:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 behind the field: 0:55 slower on the clock, against 3:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete0:55 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:37300/770Beat 61%