Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2024 and Cologne 2026, Daniel Schmitt lost 0:19 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:51 quicker, so 5:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cologne 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 5:32 on the field in 162 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:44 PB307/490Beat 37%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025, with Martin Rick 3:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 better than the field: 4:15 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This pair4:15 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:34 PB334/924Beat 64%
↑ 209 days after Maastricht 2025 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete3:35 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:26 PB395/493Beat 20%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Christoph Phiesel 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:50 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This pair1:54 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:15:20267/388Beat 31%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:09539/1352Beat 60%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 5:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:54 faster: 5:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete4:54 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:59372/461Beat 19%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:03773/1182Beat 35%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:58 faster for everyone: 5:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete2:57 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:06876/1480Beat 41%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:17:03 PB239/598Beat 60%