Progress against the field
Between Paris 2023 and Bordeaux 2026, Nicolas Ferru pulled 9:03 ahead of the field.
The clock says 30:22 faster, but the races themselves got 21:19 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Bordeaux 2024 → Toulouse 2025: 12:00 on the field in 287 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.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:15 PB159/988Beat 84%
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:3192/988Beat 91%
↑ 195 days after Toulouse 2026 3:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 behind the field: 2:42 slower on the clock, against 0:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete2:42 slower -
Lyon20 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:41 PB614/800Beat 23%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:49 PB103/1849Beat 94%
↑ 335 days after Paris 1 2025 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:19 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete4:21 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:30 PB49/944Beat 95%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:1096/659Beat 85%
↑ 69 days after Toulouse 2025 1:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:02 faster for everyone, so 1:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:02 faster This athlete3:03 faster -
Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:31388/955Beat 59%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:13341/1789Beat 81%
↑ 287 days after Bordeaux 2024 12:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:52 faster for everyone, so 12:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete17:52 faster -
Bordeaux27 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:05494/809Beat 39%
↑ 168 days after Paris 2023 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 2:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete7:48 faster -
Paris11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:38:53504/761Beat 34%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:09:28196/1562Beat 88%