Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Marco Sauer pulled 4:09 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:54 faster, but the races themselves got 3:45 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Karlsruhe 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 4:06 on the field in 27 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
3 races · 3 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:41 PB338/579Beat 42%
↑ 27 days after Karlsruhe 2026 4:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, so 4:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete7:36 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:17776/1003Beat 23%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:18 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete0:18 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:35749/924Beat 19%