Progress against the field
Frank Pelk has dropped 6:22 behind the field from Hamburg 2024 to Cologne 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:28 quicker, so 3:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Hamburg 2024 → Frankfurt 2024: 3:18 on the field in 42 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
7 races · 7 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:02712/924Beat 23%
↑ 335 days after Berlin 2025 0:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:29 slower for everyone: 0:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 slower This athlete2:05 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:57 PB1634/1851Beat 12%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 better than the field: 4:39 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete4:39 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:361030/1182Beat 13%
↑ 42 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:03 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:03 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:251152/1283Beat 10%
↑ 75 days after Frankfurt 2024 9:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:55 behind the field: 6:17 slower on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete6:17 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:41:081241/1480Beat 16%
↑ 42 days after Hamburg 2024 3:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:18 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:00 faster: 3:18 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete3:00 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:44:081071/1248Beat 14%
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Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—