Progress against the field
Between Katowice 2024 and Gdansk 2026, Norbert Smela pulled 1:00 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:46 quicker, so 12:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
530 days between Poznan 2024 and Warsaw 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:12 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
6 races · 6 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:53963/1349Beat 29%
↑ 177 days after Warsaw 2026 1:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 behind the field: 3:03 slower on the clock, against 1:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete3:03 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:501313/1792Beat 27%
↑ 530 days after Poznan 2024 6:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 behind the field: 0:34 slower on the clock, against 5:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete0:34 slower -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:16 PB562/776Beat 28%
↑ 160 days after Gdansk 2024 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Gdansk26 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:04372/473Beat 21%
↑ 92 days after Katowice 2024 8:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:23 faster for everyone, so 8:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:23 faster This athlete12:35 faster -
Katowice24 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:50:39396/431Beat 8%