Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2019 and Hamburg 2026, Torben Paech pulled 6:19 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:42 quicker, so 21:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 1071 days between Hamburg 2021 and Hamburg 2024, still ended 1:40 ahead of 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
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:30 PB494/1103Beat 55%
↑ 391 days after Hamburg 2025 2:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete0:49 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:19647/1486Beat 57%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:42 faster: 2:20 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete0:42 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:011279/1851Beat 31%
↑ 195 days after Hamburg 2024 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:56 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete5:02 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:03829/1248Beat 34%
↑ 1071 days after Hamburg 2021 1:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 better than the field: 8:35 faster on the clock, against 6:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:55 faster This athlete8:35 faster -
Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men1:40:38218/304Beat 28%
↑ 735 days after Hamburg 2019 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, so 4:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete5:53 faster -
Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:46:31341/463Beat 26%