Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2023 and Cologne 2026, Saidu Sturm pulled 7:16 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:49 faster, but the races themselves got 6:33 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 488 days between Frankfurt 2023 and Cologne 2025, still ended 9:12 ahead of 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
3 races · 3 events
-
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:48 PB35/269Beat 87%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025 1:56 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:56 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:5382/494Beat 83%
↑ 488 days after Frankfurt 2023 9:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 9:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete12:44 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:37427/843Beat 49%