Progress against the field
Between Stuttgart 2023 and Karlsruhe 2026, Matthias Novotny lost 4:28 to the field.
The clock says 1:08 faster, but the races themselves got 5:36 quicker for everyone.
406 days between Stuttgart 2023 and Karlsruhe 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:51 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:52617/1003Beat 39%
↑ 335 days after Stuttgart 2025 0:56 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:56 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:42848/1171Beat 28%
↑ 398 days after Stuttgart 2024 4:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:05 faster for everyone: 4:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete2:17 slower -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:25 PB497/770Beat 36%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 better than the field: 3:53 faster on the clock, against 1:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:18577/774Beat 26%
↑ 406 days after Stuttgart 2023 1:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 behind the field: 2:18 slower on the clock, against 0:27 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 slower This athlete2:18 slower -
Stuttgart4 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:00198/267Beat 26%