Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Hamburg 2026, Olessia Schmelter and Eckhard Krop got 3:14 faster than the field.
The clock says 5:31 faster, but the races themselves got 2:17 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Karlsruhe 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 4:33 on the field in 27 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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Eckhard Krop, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 8 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:14 PB196/852Beat 77%
↑ 27 days after Karlsruhe 2026, with Eckhard Krop 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 4:33 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair7:33 faster -
Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:11:29 PB20/463Beat 96%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026, with Nicole Behrends 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair2:37 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:47251/586Beat 57%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026, with Eckhard Krop 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:19 slower for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 slower This pair5:17 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:30331/953Beat 65%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026, with Eckhard Krop 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:24 slower for everyone: 3:39 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair3:15 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:14:0655/847Beat 94%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:10587/960Beat 39%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:45362/884Beat 59%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:39:32 PB544/797Beat 32%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:49163/351Beat 54%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:41874/1469Beat 41%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025, with Eckhard Krop 9:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:34 slower for everyone and the clock still says 9:04 faster: 9:38 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This pair9:04 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:45575/711Beat 19%