Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Cologne 2026, André Schulke and Heike Preuß pulled 34:07 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:39 quicker, so 35:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Frankfurt 2025 → Cologne 2026: 41:54 on the field 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:22 PB42/884Beat 95%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Heike Preuß 41:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
41:54 better than the field: 44:07 faster on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair44:07 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:48:291415/1469Beat 4%
↑ 71 days after Hamburg 2025, with Heike Preuß 7:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:34 slower for everyone: 7:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This pair8:21 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:40:08631/711Beat 11%