Progress against the field
Between Hannover 2020 and Hamburg 2026, Sören Schmidt lost 20:51 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:54 quicker, so 8:57 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 784 days between Hannover 2020 and Bremen 2022, still ended 1:01 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 · Men1:58:161032/1103Beat 6%
↑ 566 days after Cologne 2025 22:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:14 faster for everyone: 22:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete21:16 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:00 PB382/494Beat 23%
↑ 705 days after Hannover 2023 7:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:53 faster: 7:14 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 slower This athlete5:53 faster -
Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:42:53304/354Beat 14%
↑ 161 days after Hamburg 2022 1:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 better than the field: 6:15 faster on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Hamburg26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:49:08476/525Beat 9%
↑ 252 days after Bremen 2022 8:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:43 faster for everyone: 8:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete7:49 slower -
Bremen19 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:41:19210/240Beat 13%
↑ 784 days after Hannover 2020 1:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 better than the field: 8:00 faster on the clock, against 6:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:59 faster This athlete8:00 faster -
Hannover25 Jan 2020Individual Open · Men1:49:19277/325Beat 15%