Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Cologne 2026, the field gained 7:27 on Sascha Männchen.
Over the same races everyone got 4:38 quicker, so 2:49 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
204 days between Cologne 2025 and Stuttgart 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:43 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men59:20 PB26/816Beat 97%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Manuel Blank 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 2:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair1:54 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:20228/924Beat 75%
↑ 167 days after Stuttgart 2025 4:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:54 faster for everyone: 4:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete1:50 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:1468/867Beat 92%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:21 PB333/1469Beat 77%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:36 PB158/254Beat 38%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:30234/1171Beat 80%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025 2:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 behind the field: 0:59 slower on the clock, against 1:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:31 PB227/1182Beat 81%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:29:16129/173Beat 25%
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Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:5369/282Beat 76%