Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2024 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 10:20 on Henning Kottenhoff.
The clock says 2:25 faster, but the races themselves got 12:45 quicker for everyone.
320 days between Frankfurt 2025 and Hamburg 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:08 better than 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 · Men1:39:47841/1103Beat 24%
↑ 320 days after Frankfurt 2025 1:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 better than the field: 4:41 faster on the clock, against 3:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:281588/1883Beat 16%
↑ 246 days after Cologne 2025 11:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:00 behind the field: 9:11 slower on the clock, against 1:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete9:11 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:17 PB874/1182Beat 26%
↑ 42 days after Rotterdam 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:03 faster This athlete2:52 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:09993/1283Beat 23%
↑ 75 days after Frankfurt 2024 4:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:55 better than the field: 8:33 faster on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete8:33 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:46:421326/1480Beat 10%
↑ 42 days after Hamburg 2024 4:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:12 behind the field: 4:30 slower on the clock, against 0:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete4:30 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:121042/1248Beat 17%