Progress against the field
Gerd Gräfer has gained 0:24 on the field from Frankfurt 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:14 quicker, so 3:38 faster 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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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:38 PB702/1003Beat 30%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:15 faster for everyone, so 0:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete0:26 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:47:49 PB381/399Beat 5%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:04 slower for everyone: 3:03 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 slower This athlete0:59 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:04662/924Beat 28%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, so 0:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete3:12 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:48:48452/457Beat 1%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:50:55237/243Beat 3%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:161520/1883Beat 19%