Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Thomas Backes pulled 11:30 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:10 quicker, so 16:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:30 PB130/362Beat 64%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:36 PB496/747Beat 34%
↑ 104 days after Frankfurt 2025 11:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:30 better than the field: 16:40 faster on the clock, against 5:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete16:40 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:161606/1883Beat 15%