Progress against the field
From Paris 2025 to Bordeaux 2026, Romain GASTEL got 6:43 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:15 faster, but the races themselves got 9:32 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Paris 2025 → Bordeaux 2025: 6:00 on the field in 29 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:09166/330Beat 50%
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:109/315Beat 97%
↑ 188 days after Mechelen 2026 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:57 slower on the clock, against 1:03 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete0:57 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:15 PB63/361Beat 83%
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:41 PB284/800Beat 65%
↑ 110 days after Turin 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:07 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:13 PB19/561Beat 97%
↑ 126 days after Bordeaux 2025 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 better than the field: 6:14 faster on the clock, against 5:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:37 faster This athlete6:14 faster -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:17 PB148/1176Beat 87%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:48123/268Beat 54%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:27170/1431Beat 88%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 6:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:58 faster for everyone, so 6:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete10:58 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:25175/587Beat 70%