Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2022 and Cologne 2026, Matthias Schäfer pulled 1:25 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:05 faster, but the races themselves got 6:40 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 1064 days between Karlsruhe 2022 and Karlsruhe 2025, cost 2:59 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:41 PB91/924Beat 90%
↑ 167 days after Stuttgart 2025 6:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 better than the field: 9:39 faster on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete9:39 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:20420/1171Beat 64%
↑ 244 days after Karlsruhe 2025 2:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 behind the field: 0:11 slower on the clock, against 2:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete0:11 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:09379/1208Beat 69%
↑ 1064 days after Karlsruhe 2022 2:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 behind the field: 1:23 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete1:23 slower -
Karlsruhe2 Apr 2022Individual Open · Men1:19:4652/222Beat 77%