Progress against the field
Between Paris 2024 and Lyon 2026, Olivier Febvre pulled 8:26 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:40 quicker, so 19:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
397 days between Paris 1 2025 and Lyon 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:08 behind 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 · Men1:53:22696/735Beat 5%
↑ 397 days after Paris 1 2025 8:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:15 faster for everyone: 8:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete5:53 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:29 PB1327/1422Beat 7%
↑ 13 days after Belgium 2025 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 5:02 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete5:02 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:311532/1638Beat 7%
↑ 147 days after Paris 2024 16:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:03 better than the field: 19:57 faster on the clock, against 3:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete19:57 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:12:281551/1585Beat 2%