Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2023 and Karlsruhe 2026, Alain Eicher lost 3:37 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:08 quicker, so 8:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 350 days between Karlsruhe 2024 and Karlsruhe 2025, still ended 1:14 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
8 races · 7 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:24 PB36/1003Beat 96%
↑ 258 days after St. Gallen 2026 3:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 3:56 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete6:29 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:12 PB88/467Beat 81%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:53128/1068Beat 88%
↑ 35 days after Frankfurt 2025 2:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:44 faster for everyone: 2:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This athlete1:19 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:34198/1883Beat 90%
↑ 286 days after Karlsruhe 2025 5:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 behind the field: 2:17 slower on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete2:17 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:1778/1208Beat 94%
↑ 350 days after Karlsruhe 2024 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 1:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete3:14 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:46 PB39/700Beat 94%
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Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:31103/774Beat 87%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:55169/843Beat 80%