Progress against the field
Patrick Häfner and Joachim Hofmann have gained 5:52 on the field from Frankfurt 2024 to Cologne 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:33 quicker, so 10:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Frankfurt 2024 → Cologne 2025: 6:39 in 117 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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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:56 PB57/362Beat 84%
↑ 371 days after Cologne 2025, with Joachim Hofmann 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:15 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This pair0:28 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:10:49 PB196/474Beat 59%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:2464/300Beat 79%
↑ 117 days after Frankfurt 2024, with Joachim Hofmann 6:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This pair9:57 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:21367/700Beat 48%