Progress against the field
Alexander Bytsch and Raphael Merkt have dropped 1:17 behind the field from Cologne 2025 to Frankfurt 2025.
The races themselves barely changed, so 0:57 slower on the clock is the real picture.
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. The summary above covers Doubles Pro · Men, with Raphael Merkt, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:17105/155Beat 32%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:1760/474Beat 87%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Raphael Merkt 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 behind the field: 0:46 slower on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair0:46 slower -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:3166/388Beat 83%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025, with Raphael Merkt 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:11 slower on the clock, against 0:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This pair0:11 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:20 PB15/87Beat 83%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:48147/603Beat 76%
↑ 154 days after Stuttgart 2024, with Jan Rubner 2:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:14 faster for everyone: 2:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This pair1:58 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:18:20117/137Beat 15%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:36367/700Beat 48%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:50 PB76/308Beat 75%