Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2024 and Maastricht 2026, Kai Patalla lost 8:12 to the field.
The clock says 2:38 slower, but the races themselves got 5:34 quicker for everyone.
371 days between Cologne 2025 and Cologne 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:15 behind 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:3879/1119Beat 93%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:30 slower on the clock, against 0:25 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:25 slower This athlete0:30 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:0837/924Beat 96%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025 7:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:01 faster for everyone: 7:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete4:14 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:54 PB24/1182Beat 98%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:58 faster for everyone, so 0:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete2:06 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:0059/1480Beat 96%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:16:06 PB49/147Beat 67%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:05:4852/815Beat 94%