Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Stuttgart 2025, Thorsten Appel pulled 4:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:55 faster, but the races themselves got 2:54 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Karlsruhe 2025 → Berlin 2025: 5:11 on the field in 76 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:19727/1171Beat 38%
↑ 168 days after Berlin 2025 1:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 behind the field: 4:08 slower on the clock, against 2:58 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 slower This athlete4:08 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:11 PB1289/1851Beat 30%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 5:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 better than the field: 11:03 faster on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete11:03 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:14885/1208Beat 27%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:48:00 PB379/390Beat 3%