Progress against the field
Thorsten Gell has dropped 23:02 behind the field from Hamburg 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:53 quicker, so 21:09 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men2:03:25306/320Beat 4%
↑ 364 days after Hamburg 2025 23:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:02 behind the field: 21:09 slower on the clock, against 1:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This athlete21:09 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:511102/1469Beat 25%
↑ 363 days after Frankfurt 2024, with Dorte Schetter 2:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 behind the field: 1:11 slower on the clock, against 0:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 faster This pair1:11 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:42:16 PB237/249Beat 5%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:141644/1851Beat 11%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 8:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:35 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete2:43 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:31 PB847/1208Beat 30%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:40 PB658/861Beat 24%