Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Rotterdam 2026, Jan Roßkothen got 4:09 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:18 quicker, so 9:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 204 days between Cologne 2025 and Stuttgart 2025, still ended 4:56 ahead of 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
5 races · 5 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:34 PB99/1192Beat 92%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 1:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:43 faster: 1:04 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete0:43 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:17189/1363Beat 86%
↑ 146 days after Stuttgart 2025 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete2:04 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:21159/1171Beat 86%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025 4:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 better than the field: 6:40 faster on the clock, against 1:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This athlete6:40 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:01389/1182Beat 67%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:05:17 PB100/700Beat 86%