Progress against the field
From Berlin 2026 to Hamburg 2026, Richard Leissner and Ben Förster got 2:25 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:48 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The biggest step was Berlin 2026 → Karlsruhe 2026: 2:41 on the field in 132 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:22 PB144/898Beat 84%
↑ 27 days after Karlsruhe 2026, with Ben Förster 0:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 0:16 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This pair2:08 faster -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:30130/561Beat 77%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026, with Ben Förster 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:01 slower for everyone: 2:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 slower This pair0:40 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:10100/308Beat 68%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:29460/941Beat 51%