Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2024 and Maastricht 2026, Jürgen Strubel pulled 7:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:55 quicker, so 11:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 411 days between Karlsruhe 2025 and Cologne 2026, still ended 15:22 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:45 PB657/1119Beat 41%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026 2:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:25 slower for everyone: 2:08 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:25 slower This athlete1:43 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:28533/924Beat 42%
↑ 411 days after Karlsruhe 2025 15:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:22 better than the field: 18:32 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete18:32 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:001051/1208Beat 13%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 9:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:32 behind the field: 8:22 slower on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete8:22 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:381233/1480Beat 17%