Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Cologne 2026, Simon Balster pulled 1:31 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:15 faster, but the races themselves got 5:44 quicker for everyone.
335 days between Berlin 2025 and Cologne 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:19 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:32232/924Beat 75%
↑ 335 days after Berlin 2025 2:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 behind the field: 3:48 slower on the clock, against 1:29 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 slower This athlete3:48 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:44 PB539/1851Beat 71%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:32 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:16319/1182Beat 73%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:58 faster for everyone, so 1:32 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:46635/1480Beat 57%
↑ 65 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:41 faster for everyone, so 2:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:41 faster This athlete3:01 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:47295/659Beat 55%