Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Gregor Mertgen pulled 6:32 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:46 faster, but the races themselves got 1:14 quicker for everyone.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:39 PB188/1103Beat 83%
↑ 566 days after Cologne 2025 6:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:32 better than the field: 7:46 faster on the clock, against 1:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete7:46 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:05 PB312/892Beat 65%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:25216/494Beat 56%