Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2019 and Cologne 2025, Markus Welsch lost 8:26 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:15 quicker, so 7:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
1022 days between Karlsruhe 2020 and Frankfurt 2022 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:23 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
8 races · 8 events
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:39205/494Beat 59%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 2:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 2:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:08414/1208Beat 66%
↑ 154 days after Stuttgart 2024 1:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, so 1:27 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:58344/770Beat 55%
↑ 658 days after Frankfurt 2022 2:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:19 slower for everyone: 2:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 slower This athlete4:11 slower -
Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:47150/350Beat 57%
↑ 1022 days after Karlsruhe 2020 8:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 behind the field: 1:46 slower on the clock, against 6:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:37 faster This athlete1:46 slower -
Stuttgart6 Nov 2021Relay · Mixed1:24:466/8Beat 25%
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Karlsruhe22 Feb 2020Individual Open · Men1:19:01 PB38/331Beat 89%
↑ 77 days after Frankfurt 2019 7:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:09 better than the field: 10:27 faster on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete10:27 faster -
Frankfurt7 Dec 2019Individual Open · Men1:29:2884/198Beat 58%
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KarlsruheDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:26:3380/284Beat 72%