Progress against the field
Between Copenhagen 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Ruben Andersen pulled 8:07 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:24 quicker, so 9:31 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:42:58569/653Beat 13%
↑ 229 days after Copenhagen 2026 8:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:07 better than the field: 9:31 faster on the clock, against 1:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete9:31 faster -
Gdansk10 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:20:24 PB149/165Beat 10%
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:49258/406Beat 37%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:52:29357/365Beat 2%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:42:07301/317Beat 5%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:251025/1312Beat 22%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:45:4293/101Beat 8%
↑ 196 days after Copenhagen 2025 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 behind the field: 4:18 slower on the clock, against 0:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete4:18 slower -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:41:24169/177Beat 5%
↑ 97 days after Stockholm 2024 3:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:35 faster for everyone: 3:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete0:54 slower -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:40:30 PB150/165Beat 9%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:13967/1248Beat 23%
↑ 224 days after Copenhagen 2024 9:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:04 behind the field: 4:31 slower on the clock, against 4:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete4:31 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:42 PB529/686Beat 23%