Progress against the field
Paul Canton has dropped 6:09 behind the field from Paris 2024 to Paris 1 2025.
The clock says 4:54 faster, but the races themselves got 11:03 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
9 races · 8 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:4279/800Beat 90%
↑ 181 days after Bordeaux 2025 2:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:41 faster for everyone: 2:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete0:35 slower -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:07 PB26/223Beat 88%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 better than the field: 6:30 faster on the clock, against 4:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:38 faster This athlete6:30 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Relay · Men52:161/29Beat 97%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:3721/115Beat 82%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:18 PB18/1422Beat 99%
↑ 69 days after Toulouse 2025 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:02 faster for everyone, so 2:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:02 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:1861/1789Beat 97%
↑ 63 days after Marseille 2024 1:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:01 faster for everyone: 1:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This athlete0:07 slower -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:04:1150/1477Beat 97%
↑ 28 days after Paris 2024 2:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:00 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:59 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete2:01 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:1257/1585Beat 96%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:54 PB151/706Beat 79%