Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Cologne 2026, Maximilian Wörner and Vanessa Wichmann got 9:02 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:45 quicker, so 10:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 246 days between Cologne 2025 and Frankfurt 2025, still ended 12:13 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
4 races · 4 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:32:49 PB242/255Beat 5%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:39528/884Beat 40%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Vanessa Wichmann 3:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 behind the field: 0:58 slower on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair0:58 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:41 PB815/1469Beat 45%
↑ 246 days after Cologne 2025, with Vanessa Wichmann 12:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:28 slower for everyone and the clock still says 11:45 faster: 12:13 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This pair11:45 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:26831/921Beat 10%