Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2024 and Maastricht 2025, Lena Espelmann lost 0:37 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 1:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cologne 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 7:48 on the field in 162 days.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:07:41 PB15/1496Beat 99%
↑ 210 days after Berlin 2025, with Gina Walser 7:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 3:08 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:09 faster: 7:17 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 slower This pair4:09 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:09:30 PB9/590Beat 99%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 7:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:53 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:55 slower for everyone: 7:48 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 slower This athlete6:53 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:11:50118/541Beat 78%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed59:104/69Beat 94%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:16:2334/265Beat 87%
↑ 159 days after Hamburg 2024 8:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:25 behind the field: 5:47 slower on the clock, against 2:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 faster This athlete5:47 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:3262/861Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:10:3621/606Beat 97%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:02:36 PB18/598Beat 97%