Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2025 and Hamburg 2026, Petra Gärtner pulled 0:35 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:55 quicker, so 3:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Stockholm 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 6:03 on the field in 132 days.
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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Women1:23:22 PB113/267Beat 58%
↑ 132 days after Stockholm 2026 6:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:58 faster for everyone, so 6:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This athlete8:01 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Women1:31:23682/751Beat 9%
↑ 27 days after Berlin 2026 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:01 faster on the clock, against 1:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete1:01 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Relay · Women1:15:1712/45Beat 73%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Women1:32:24127/183Beat 31%
↑ 161 days after Frankfurt 2025 5:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 behind the field: 5:32 slower on the clock, against 0:09 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 slower This athlete5:32 slower -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:59 PB160/974Beat 84%
↑ 302 days after Cologne 2025 6:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 better than the field: 8:38 faster on the clock, against 2:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 faster This athlete8:38 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:26:5283/174Beat 52%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:37 PB620/892Beat 31%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:29:3784/178Beat 53%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:49117/281Beat 58%