Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2024 to Cologne 2026, the field gained 20:08 on Ingo Bitter.
Over the same races everyone got 6:12 quicker, so 13:56 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
371 days between Cologne 2025 and Cologne 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 18:06 behind 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:10:12891/924Beat 4%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025 18:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:06 behind the field: 15:05 slower on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete15:05 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:07 PB1115/1182Beat 6%
↑ 159 days after Hamburg 2024 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:02 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:56:161184/1248Beat 5%