Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2026 and Hamburg 2026, Eckhard Krop and Olessia Schmelter pulled 3:14 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:17 quicker, so 5:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Karlsruhe 2026 → Hamburg 2026: 4:33 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 Olessia Schmelter, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 8 events
-
Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:08 PB187/898Beat 79%
-
Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:14 PB196/852Beat 77%
↑ 27 days after Karlsruhe 2026, with Olessia Schmelter 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 better than the field: 7:33 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair7:33 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:47251/586Beat 57%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026, with Olessia Schmelter 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 Olessia Schmelter 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:15 faster: 3:39 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair3:15 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:56247/816Beat 70%
-
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:10587/960Beat 39%
-
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:45362/884Beat 59%
-
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:20:47 PB309/367Beat 16%
-
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:49163/351Beat 54%
-
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:41874/1469Beat 41%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025, with Olessia Schmelter 9:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:04 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:34 slower for everyone: 9:38 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This pair9:04 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:45575/711Beat 19%