Progress against the field
From Bordeaux 2024 to Bordeaux 2026, Melvyn Besnard got 4:09 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 21:18 quicker, so 25:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
187 days between Paris 1 2025 and Paris 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:04 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 15 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:4944/988Beat 96%
↑ 133 days after Lyon 2026 1:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 faster for everyone: 1:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete1:18 slower -
Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:31 PB35/1513Beat 98%
↑ 27 days after Paris GP 2026 1:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 better than the field: 1:29 faster on the clock, against 0:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0017/347Beat 95%
↑ 154 days after Bordeaux 2025 1:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men56:3712/607Beat 98%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men53:37 PB31/455Beat 93%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men55:305/1088Beat 100%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025, with Marc Chevrolais 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:58 faster on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This pair1:58 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:0375/1431Beat 95%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 1:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:05 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:56114/1397Beat 92%
↑ 187 days after Paris 1 2025 1:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:39 slower for everyone: 1:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 slower This athlete1:43 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men57:2821/775Beat 97%
↑ 161 days after Paris 1 2025, with Marc Chevrolais 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This pair1:42 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men59:1022/604Beat 96%
↑ 69 days after Toulouse 2025, with Marc Chevrolais 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 0:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This pair2:38 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:13133/1422Beat 91%
↑ 160 days after Paris 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:20 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →7:20 faster This athlete7:20 faster -
Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:4856/955Beat 94%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:33325/1585Beat 80%
↑ 28 days after Nice 2024 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:45 faster -
Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:18171/674Beat 75%
↑ 168 days after Bordeaux 2024 9:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, so 9:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete12:58 faster -
Bordeaux27 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:16479/809Beat 41%
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Fort Lauderdale24 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:51162/372Beat 57%