Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Lukas Zapatka lost 6:25 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:52 quicker, so 3:33 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:55533/1103Beat 52%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2026 6:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:25 behind the field: 3:33 slower on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete3:33 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:22345/924Beat 63%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:01 PB391/900Beat 57%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:57482/859Beat 44%
↑ 71 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:18 faster for everyone, so 0:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete0:25 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:22999/1883Beat 47%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025 4:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 4:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete7:00 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:22956/1486Beat 36%