Progress against the field
Between Brisbane 2026 and Perth 2026, Guilbert Venal pulled 6:20 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:04 faster, but the races themselves got 2:44 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Brisbane 2026 → Sydney 2026: 8:38 on the field in 83 days.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:44:58277/292Beat 5%
↑ 51 days after Sydney 2026 2:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:44 slower for everyone: 2:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This athlete3:02 slower -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:40 PB730/1122Beat 35%
↑ 299 days after Perth 2025 21:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:10 better than the field: 26:48 faster on the clock, against 5:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete26:48 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Pro · Men1:41:56 PB524/556Beat 6%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 8:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:28 faster for everyone, so 8:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete12:06 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:54:02408/422Beat 3%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:57:28283/307Beat 8%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 6:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:04 better than the field: 6:15 faster on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:431548/1587Beat 3%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men2:17:16733/740Beat 1%