Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Boston 2026, Francis Robidoux lost 8:52 to the field.
The clock says 5:45 faster, but the races themselves got 14:37 quicker for everyone.
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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 13 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:054/373Beat 99%
↑ 35 days after Washington DC 2026, with Maguy Deslauriers 1:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:12 faster for everyone: 1:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This pair1:18 slower -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:43 PB16/1233Beat 99%
↑ 7 days after Toronto 2026 1:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 1:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:15 faster -
Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:582/1135Beat 100%
↑ 126 days after New York 2026 0:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, so 0:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:47 PB5/1230Beat 100%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Relay · Men1:01:4510/76Beat 87%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:4819/1067Beat 98%
↑ 14 days after Ottawa 2026 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:27 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:27 faster This athlete1:36 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:2415/866Beat 98%
↑ 49 days after Houston 2026 2:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:03 behind the field: 0:22 slower on the clock, against 1:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete0:22 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:00:149/92Beat 90%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0225/1243Beat 98%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete1:12 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:1412/335Beat 96%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:1444/947Beat 95%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 1:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 1:42 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:3346/1621Beat 97%
↑ 42 days after Toronto 2025 3:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:23 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete0:35 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:59134/623Beat 79%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:0825/1264Beat 98%
↑ 7 days after Boston 2025 1:02 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:42 slower for everyone, so this was 1:02 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 slower This athlete1:40 slower -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:2853/1463Beat 96%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:43 PB41/130Beat 69%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:3449/157Beat 69%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:10:5614/34Beat 59%