Progress against the field
From Paris 2025 to Lyon 2026, Guillaume Claye got 2:42 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:54 quicker, so 10:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 5:41 in 104 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
5 races · 4 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:23 PB580/652Beat 11%
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:07261/698Beat 63%
↑ 55 days after Mechelen 2026 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 behind the field: 2:37 slower on the clock, against 0:37 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 slower This athlete2:37 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:30 PB298/747Beat 60%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 5:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, so 5:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete10:12 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:42914/1428Beat 36%
↑ 51 days after Paris 2025 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:00 faster for everyone, so 0:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete3:01 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:43841/1347Beat 38%