Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2025 and Karlsruhe 2026, Michael Piel and Franziska Piel pulled 8:48 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 9:11 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
293 days between Frankfurt 2025 and Karlsruhe 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:05 better than 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
7 races · 7 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:23 PB40/586Beat 93%
↑ 293 days after Frankfurt 2025, with Franziska Piel 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:51 faster for everyone, so 1:05 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:51 faster This pair1:56 faster -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:19157/1469Beat 89%
↑ 246 days after Cologne 2025, with Franziska Piel 7:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:28 slower for everyone and the clock still says 7:15 faster: 7:43 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This pair7:15 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:34333/921Beat 64%
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Karlsruhe22 Feb 2020Individual Pro · Men1:29:42 PB54/89Beat 39%
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Frankfurt7 Dec 2019Individual Pro · Men1:37:4357/70Beat 19%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:10:51109/598Beat 82%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:09:4325/213Beat 88%