Progress against the field
David Pfahl has dropped 8:33 behind the field from München 2023 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:30 quicker, so 0:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
204 days between Cologne 2025 and Stuttgart 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:15 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
19 races · 19 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:0943/255Beat 83%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026, with Joshua Pfahl 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:44 faster for everyone, so 0:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This pair0:27 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:3646/526Beat 91%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:57167/457Beat 64%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025 4:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:58 faster for everyone: 4:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete1:45 slower -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:07 PB32/474Beat 93%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:12 PB74/340Beat 78%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:28 slower for everyone: 2:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete1:47 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:5926/94Beat 72%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:38 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:11:3796/280Beat 66%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:32 slower on the clock, against 0:32 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 slower This athlete0:32 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:11:0536/146Beat 75%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete1:20 slower -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:4536/177Beat 80%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023 0:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 better than the field: 4:06 faster on the clock, against 3:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:13:5160/173Beat 65%
↑ 56 days after München 2023 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 5:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete2:57 slower -
München14 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:10:5419/121Beat 84%
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Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Pro · Men1:16:0834/74Beat 54%
↑ 35 days after Stuttgart 2023 5:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 behind the field: 4:28 slower on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete4:28 slower -
Stuttgart4 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:11:4021/83Beat 75%
↑ 56 days after Frankfurt 2022 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 better than the field: 1:24 faster on the clock, against 0:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Pro · Men1:13:0433/82Beat 60%
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Karlsruhe2 Apr 2022Individual Pro · Men1:16:4813/49Beat 74%
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München26 Feb 2022Individual Pro · Men1:19:4442/85Beat 51%
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Stuttgart6 Nov 2021Individual Pro · Men1:20:1220/48Beat 58%
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WorldChampionship - Leipzig11 Sep 2021Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:01 PB6/20Beat 70%