Progress against the field
Between Frankfurt 2023 and Cologne 2026, Mike Lieber and Oliver Paul lost 2:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:10 quicker, so 4:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 371 days between Cologne 2025 and Cologne 2026, cost 2:54 on 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Men, with Oliver Paul, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 13 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:47754/960Beat 22%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:31369/490Beat 25%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025, with Oliver Paul 2:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 behind the field: 1:39 slower on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This pair1:39 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:38:0760/62Beat 3%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:26426/941Beat 55%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:15 PB855/1325Beat 36%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:52354/461Beat 23%
↑ 194 days after Stuttgart 2024, with Oliver Paul 2:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 2:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This pair1:03 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:031037/1208Beat 14%
↑ 119 days after Hamburg 2024 13:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:04 slower for everyone: 13:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This athlete13:43 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:20 PB896/1248Beat 28%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Men1:20:49231/308Beat 25%
↑ 196 days after Karlsruhe 2024, with Oliver Paul 2:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 better than the field: 6:51 faster on the clock, against 4:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:13 faster This pair6:51 faster -
Karlsruhe16 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:27:40236/306Beat 23%
↑ 98 days after Frankfurt 2023, with Oliver Paul 0:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:19 faster for everyone, so 0:21 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This pair0:40 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Doubles Open · Men1:28:20275/324Beat 15%
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Hannover6 May 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:53 PB110/150Beat 27%
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Stuttgart4 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:32:2791/105Beat 13%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Doubles Open · Men1:43:12140/141Beat 1%