Progress against the field
Between Toulouse 2026 and Bordeaux 2026, Joël Ricaud pulled 5:47 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:34 faster, but the races themselves got 0:47 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
14 races · 14 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:11 PB217/512Beat 58%
↑ 104 days after Stockholm 2026 2:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 better than the field: 2:38 faster on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete2:38 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:49630/767Beat 18%
↑ 29 days after Lyon 2026 1:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:40 faster for everyone: 1:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete0:48 slower -
Lyon20 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:01290/800Beat 64%
↑ 6 days after Barcelona 2026 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:32 slower for everyone: 2:57 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 slower This athlete1:25 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:26342/618Beat 45%
↑ 56 days after Toulouse 2026 1:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:25 faster for everyone, so 1:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:45186/325Beat 43%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:58142/268Beat 47%
↑ 64 days after Madrid 2025 1:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 1:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete1:49 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:47182/299Beat 39%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:58 PB136/750Beat 82%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:4869/115Beat 40%
↑ 375 days after Nice 2024 0:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:58 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:57637/832Beat 23%
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Marseille7 Dec 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:14:17 PB105/142Beat 26%
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Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:28:0184/158Beat 47%
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Turin3 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:44 PB361/818Beat 56%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:16:47133/236Beat 44%