Progress against the field
Axel Zimmermann has dropped 17:40 behind the field from Hamburg 2023 to Hamburg 2026.
The clock says 3:56 slower, but the races themselves got 13:44 quicker for everyone.
482 days between Hamburg 2023 and Copenhagen 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:09 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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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:17113/381Beat 70%
↑ 229 days after Copenhagen 2026 5:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:09 behind the field: 2:20 slower on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete2:20 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:57253/900Beat 72%
↑ 162 days after Hamburg 2025 1:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:30137/409Beat 67%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 4:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 behind the field: 6:17 slower on the clock, against 1:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete6:17 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:13 PB509/1851Beat 73%
↑ 63 days after Copenhagen 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:56400/1323Beat 70%
↑ 482 days after Hamburg 2023 6:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:34 faster for everyone, so 6:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:34 faster This athlete0:25 faster -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:21157/737Beat 79%