Progress against the field
Björn Esser has dropped 7:04 behind the field from Frankfurt 2024 to Valencia 2025.
The clock says 4:20 slower, but the races themselves got 2:44 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 190 days between Cologne 2025 and Valencia 2025, cost 3:52 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:20107/924Beat 88%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:2279/455Beat 83%
↑ 190 days after Cologne 2025 3:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 behind the field: 4:06 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete4:06 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:16101/1182Beat 92%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 3:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 behind the field: 0:14 slower on the clock, against 2:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:02 PB149/1480Beat 90%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:13:19180/815Beat 78%