Progress against the field
Alexander Nießen has gained 5:54 on the field from Frankfurt 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
The clock says 9:17 faster, but the races themselves got 3:23 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 6:01 in 104 days.
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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:39358/1119Beat 68%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:54 slower on the clock, against 1:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete1:54 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:45 PB195/561Beat 65%
↑ 104 days after Frankfurt 2025 6:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:10 faster for everyone, so 6:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete11:11 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:561035/1883Beat 45%