Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2022 to Cologne 2026, the field gained 9:24 on Christoph Baum.
The clock says 8:18 faster, but the races themselves got 17:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 371 days between Karlsruhe 2023 and Karlsruhe 2024, still ended 3:05 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 15 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:12 PB86/320Beat 73%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:0258/924Beat 94%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 3:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:59 faster for everyone: 3:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete0:48 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:34112/493Beat 77%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Matthias Bendler 1:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:50 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This pair0:33 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men56:11 PB74/455Beat 84%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:1499/1883Beat 95%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 2:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:10 faster for everyone, so 2:40 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:10 faster This athlete1:30 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:0752/388Beat 87%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025, with Matthias Bendler 1:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 behind the field: 1:15 slower on the clock, against 0:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This pair1:15 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:4476/1352Beat 94%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 3:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete3:46 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:52 PB8/87Beat 91%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:58 PB44/1182Beat 96%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 1:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 1:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:2897/1208Beat 92%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, so 1:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete0:10 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:38196/1480Beat 87%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024 4:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:42 faster for everyone: 4:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete0:35 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:0369/770Beat 91%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024 1:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:12 faster for everyone, so 1:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete2:35 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:38107/774Beat 86%
↑ 371 days after Karlsruhe 2023 3:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 better than the field: 3:57 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete3:57 faster -
Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:3564/282Beat 77%
↑ 91 days after Frankfurt 2022 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:53 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:45 faster -
Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Open · Men1:17:20112/350Beat 68%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men57:358/558Beat 99%