Progress against the field
From St. Gallen 2026 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 7:03 on Laura Schäfer.
The clock says 0:25 faster, but the races themselves got 7:28 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 7:40 in 159 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 Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:33 PB134/486Beat 72%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 7:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:40 better than the field: 12:16 faster on the clock, against 4:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:36 faster This athlete12:16 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:39:49473/889Beat 47%
↑ 126 days after St. Gallen 2026 14:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:52 faster for everyone: 14:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete11:51 slower -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:58233/725Beat 68%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:15:06 PB161/1496Beat 89%
↑ 246 days after Cologne 2025, with Michelle Nowak 4:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:23 faster for everyone, so 4:44 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This pair5:07 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Women1:23:28 PB116/215Beat 46%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Women1:20:1397/295Beat 67%