Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2023 to Karlsruhe 2026, the field gained 1:12 on Lars Schmidt.
The clock says 13:16 faster, but the races themselves got 14:28 quicker for everyone.
293 days between Frankfurt 2025 and Karlsruhe 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:29 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 18 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:13361/1003Beat 64%
↑ 293 days after Frankfurt 2025 7:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:44 faster for everyone: 7:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This athlete5:45 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:28454/1883Beat 76%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:54 faster for everyone: 3:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:10 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:18262/1171Beat 78%
↑ 244 days after Karlsruhe 2025 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 behind the field: 0:18 slower on the clock, against 2:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:00 PB228/1208Beat 81%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:10 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:10442/1480Beat 70%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2024 1:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 better than the field: 5:02 faster on the clock, against 3:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete5:02 faster -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:12264/770Beat 66%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024 4:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 better than the field: 5:17 faster on the clock, against 1:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:29405/774Beat 48%
↑ 36 days after Vienna - European Championship 2024 10:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:03 faster for everyone: 10:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete7:47 slower -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:42280/698Beat 60%
↑ 62 days after Frankfurt 2023 0:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:13 slower for everyone: 0:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This athlete0:51 slower -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:51254/843Beat 70%
↑ 21 days after Hamburg 2023 17:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:38 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 17:52 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete17:38 faster -
Hamburg18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:36:29532/737Beat 28%
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München14 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:26175/459Beat 62%
↑ 161 days after Hannover 2023 28:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:29 slower for everyone and the clock still says 26:30 faster: 28:59 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 slower This athlete26:30 faster -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:50:56326/354Beat 8%
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Karlsruhe11 Mar 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:39140/282Beat 50%
↑ 35 days after Stuttgart 2023 1:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:22 faster for everyone, so 1:46 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete0:36 faster -
Stuttgart4 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:15151/267Beat 43%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Doubles Open · Men1:18:16 PB99/141Beat 30%
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Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:46:31459/525Beat 13%
↑ 49 days after Leipzig 2022 23:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:01 behind the field: 19:47 slower on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete19:47 slower -
Leipzig8 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:26:4485/163Beat 48%
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Stuttgart6 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:38:39132/180Beat 27%