Progress against the field
Alexander Sauer has gained 4:34 on the field from Cologne 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026.
The clock says 11:34 faster, but the races themselves got 7:00 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cologne 2025 → Hamburg 2025: 12:25 on the field in 175 days.
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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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:44260/1003Beat 74%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 faster for everyone: 1:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete1:06 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:38255/924Beat 72%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 1:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, so 1:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:22607/1883Beat 68%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 5:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 behind the field: 3:08 slower on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete3:08 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:14 PB104/409Beat 75%
↑ 175 days after Cologne 2025 12:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 12:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete14:04 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:18780/1182Beat 34%