Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026, Bettina Simon and Gerhard Reutzel got 7:10 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:54 faster, but the races themselves got 1:44 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cologne 2026 → Karlsruhe 2026: 6:26 on the field in 168 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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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:52 PB69/215Beat 68%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026, with Gerhard Reutzel 6:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:57 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:29 slower for everyone: 6:26 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 slower This pair5:57 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:49512/884Beat 42%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Gerhard Reutzel 0:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 0:44 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair2:57 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:46961/1469Beat 35%