Progress against the field
From Marseille 2024 to Lyon 2026, Paul Zerath got 11:41 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:06 quicker, so 17:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 397 days between Paris 1 2025 and Lyon 2026, cost 4:11 on the field.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:27:26689/698Beat 1%
↑ 397 days after Paris 1 2025 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 behind the field: 1:56 slower on the clock, against 2:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete1:56 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:25:301419/1422Beat 0%
↑ 132 days after Marseille 2024 15:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:52 better than the field: 19:43 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete19:43 faster -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men2:45:131474/1477Beat 0%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men2:21:50 PB82/88Beat 7%