The invention relates to a method for combined analysis of the hardening of hardenable liquid or viscous formulations, wherein (a) n hardenable formulations are provided in parallel in n containers, and (b) at least one degree of hardening is determined for each of the n formulations, wherein a measuring tip is inserted into the formulation with a determined amount of force and the maximum penetration depth thus obtained is taken as a measure of the degree of hardening of said formulations, and (c) one or several parameters characterizing the hardening kinetics are determined for a respective composition of the formulations from the measured values for the depths of penetration at various times after the production of the formulations . Preferably, steps (a) - (c) are carried out on several occasions and by analyzing the large number of individual values of the parameters characterizing the hardening characteristics thus obtained, it is possible to ascertain the dependency of the characteristic parameter(s) in relation to the composition of the formulations, whereupon the composition of the formulations can be optimized with regard to the hardening behavior thereof.