Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026, Thomas Gierke and Andreas Kessler got 38:30 faster than the field.
The clock says 39:28 faster, but the races themselves got 0:58 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 407 days between Cologne 2025 and Berlin 2026, still ended 34:09 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:14 PB478/561Beat 15%
↑ 132 days after Berlin 2026, with Andreas Kessler 4:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:20 faster: 4:21 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 slower This pair2:20 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:27:34618/699Beat 12%
↑ 407 days after Cologne 2025, with Andreas Kessler 34:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
37:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, so 34:09 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This pair37:08 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men2:04:42300/300Beat 0%