Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Cologne 2026, Frank Wagener pulled 17:28 ahead of the field.
The clock says 25:15 faster, but the races themselves got 7:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Karlsruhe 2025 → Berlin 2025: 32:25 in 76 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:05:10878/924Beat 5%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 3:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:04:321828/1883Beat 3%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025 12:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 12:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete13:57 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:18:291165/1171Beat 1%
↑ 168 days after Berlin 2025 23:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
26:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:58 slower for everyone: 23:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 slower This athlete26:21 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:08 PB1782/1851Beat 4%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 32:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:25 better than the field: 38:17 faster on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete38:17 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:30:251200/1208Beat 1%