Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2023 and Hamburg 2025, Roman Schmitz pulled 9:03 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:12 faster, but the races themselves got 4:09 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 391 days between Berlin 2024 and Berlin 2025, still ended 2:05 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
6 races · 6 events
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:29:4351/62Beat 18%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:111330/1486Beat 11%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 5:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 behind the field: 6:46 slower on the clock, against 1:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete6:46 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:25 PB1739/1851Beat 6%
↑ 391 days after Berlin 2024 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:34 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:31 faster: 2:05 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete1:31 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:33:22 PB653/700Beat 7%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:47:56923/953Beat 3%
↑ 154 days after Hamburg 2023 12:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:21 faster for everyone, so 12:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:21 faster This athlete18:27 faster -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men2:06:23719/737Beat 2%