Progress against the field
Between Nice 2024 and Lyon 2026, Valentin BESSE lost 2:13 to the field.
The clock says 5:41 faster, but the races themselves got 7:54 quicker for everyone.
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 2026Relay · Men56:1710/80Beat 88%
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:18 PB39/495Beat 92%
↑ 221 days after Geneva 2025 1:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:19 faster for everyone, so 1:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:19 faster This athlete1:21 faster -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:03 PB33/592Beat 94%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:39107/1386Beat 92%
↑ 364 days after Nice 2024 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:59102/674Beat 85%