Progress against the field
Malte Völlmecke and Marcel Gotzmann have dropped 1:09 behind the field from Hamburg 2025 to Hamburg 2026.
The clock says 5:54 faster, but the races themselves got 7:03 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2025 → Cologne 2026: 5:19 in 125 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
6 races · 5 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:19:5447/59Beat 20%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:11111/219Beat 49%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026, with Marcel Gotzmann 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This pair0:34 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:45172/308Beat 44%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026, with Marcel Gotzmann 6:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:06 faster for everyone: 6:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This pair3:58 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:47 PB84/282Beat 70%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Marcel Gotzmann 5:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 better than the field: 8:25 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This pair8:25 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:12607/941Beat 36%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025, with Marcel Gotzmann 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 better than the field: 0:53 faster on the clock, against 0:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This pair0:53 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:05608/935Beat 35%