Progress against the field
Between Hannover 2019 and Frankfurt 2022, Chris Rudolph pulled 16:19 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:50 quicker, so 30:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 672 days between Hannover 2020 and Hamburg 2021, cost 16:44 on 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
8 races · 8 events
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:16:291464/1486Beat 2%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Open · Men1:56:17342/350Beat 2%
↑ 14 days after Hamburg 2022 5:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 better than the field: 6:15 faster on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men2:02:32514/525Beat 2%
↑ 252 days after Bremen 2022 0:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 behind the field: 0:12 slower on the clock, against 0:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete0:12 slower -
Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men2:02:20236/240Beat 2%
↑ 112 days after Hamburg 2021 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:39 faster This athlete4:46 faster -
Hamburg27 Nov 2021Individual Open · Men2:07:06288/304Beat 5%
↑ 672 days after Hannover 2020 16:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:44 behind the field: 12:53 slower on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete12:53 slower -
Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:54:13 PB292/325Beat 10%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2019 9:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 9:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete12:34 faster -
Hamburg23 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men2:06:47430/463Beat 7%
↑ 301 days after Hannover 2019 20:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:04 slower for everyone and the clock still says 19:39 faster: 20:43 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 slower This athlete19:39 faster -
Hannover26 Jan 2019Individual Open · Men2:26:26—Beat 1%