Progress against the field
From Milan 2024 to Lyon 2026, the field gained 9:11 on Gaël AZULAY.
Over the same races everyone got 16:05 quicker, so 6:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 293 days between Marseille 2024 and Rome 2025, still ended 2:30 ahead of 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
8 races · 8 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:58628/735Beat 15%
↑ 62 days after Toulouse 2026 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 behind the field: 2:49 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete2:49 slower -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:09523/643Beat 19%
↑ 148 days after Paris 2025 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:21 faster for everyone, so 0:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:21 faster This athlete5:29 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:38473/587Beat 19%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 9:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:39 behind the field: 9:22 slower on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete9:22 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:16 PB1054/1367Beat 23%
↑ 293 days after Marseille 2024 2:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, so 2:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete5:13 faster -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:39:291272/1477Beat 14%
↑ 49 days after Milan 2024 2:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:23 faster for everyone, so 2:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:23 faster This athlete8:23 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:47:521160/1370Beat 15%
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New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:45:53713/895Beat 20%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:39:40465/547Beat 15%