Progress against the field
Between Karlsruhe 2025 and Cologne 2026, Merle Wünsch pulled 9:26 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:08 quicker, so 17:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 335 days between Berlin 2025 and Cologne 2026, still ended 15:15 ahead of 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 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 2026Doubles Open · Women1:16:46 PB135/920Beat 85%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026, with Michelle Klepfer 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, so 2:20 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair5:43 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:22:29211/847Beat 75%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:51 PB198/583Beat 66%
↑ 335 days after Berlin 2025 15:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:48 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:27 slower for everyone: 15:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 slower This athlete14:48 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:44:39694/784Beat 12%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 9:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:00 behind the field: 5:54 slower on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete5:54 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:38:45177/265Beat 33%
↑ 40 days after Karlsruhe 2025 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 3:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete8:40 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:47:25405/510Beat 21%