Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2024 and Hamburg 2026, Birger Sönnichsen lost 7:42 to the field.
The clock says 0:08 faster, but the races themselves got 7:50 quicker for everyone.
391 days between Hamburg 2025 and Hamburg 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:54 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
4 races · 4 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:48136/1103Beat 88%
↑ 391 days after Hamburg 2025 5:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:00 faster for everyone: 5:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete2:54 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:54 PB110/1486Beat 93%
↑ 175 days after Cologne 2025 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete1:21 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:1567/494Beat 86%
↑ 159 days after Hamburg 2024 1:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:30 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete1:41 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:56186/1248Beat 85%