Progress against the field
Andreas Kessler and Thomas Gierke have gained 38:30 on the field from Cologne 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026.
The clock says 39:28 faster, but the races themselves got 0:58 quicker for everyone.
407 days between Cologne 2025 and Berlin 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 34:09 better than 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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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:14478/561Beat 15%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026, with Thomas Gierke 4:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:01 slower for everyone: 4:21 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 slower This pair2:20 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:01 PB550/759Beat 28%
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Istanbul1 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:44349/492Beat 29%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:27:34618/699Beat 12%
↑ 407 days after Cologne 2025, with Thomas Gierke 34:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
34:09 better than the field: 37:08 faster on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This pair37:08 faster -
Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:53610/718Beat 15%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:441077/1206Beat 11%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:10 PB656/935Beat 30%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men2:04:42300/300Beat 0%