Progress against the field
Between Bordeaux 2025 and Lyon 2026, Xavier Fourcade lost 0:20 to the field.
The clock says 2:59 faster, but the races themselves got 3:19 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris GP 2026 → Lyon 2026: 2:29 in 27 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
3 races · 3 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:50 PB248/735Beat 66%
↑ 27 days after Paris GP 2026 2:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:19 faster for everyone, so 2:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete2:48 faster -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:38176/347Beat 49%
↑ 154 days after Bordeaux 2025 2:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 2:49 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete0:11 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:49724/1431Beat 49%