Progress against the field
Between Bordeaux 2025 and Bordeaux 2026, David Bénard pulled 9:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:53 faster, but the races themselves got 5:52 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Bordeaux 2025 → Toulouse 2026: 11:01 in 119 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:42 PB532/1442Beat 63%
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:35595/988Beat 40%
↑ 133 days after Lyon 2026 0:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 behind the field: 0:27 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete0:27 slower -
Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:08792/1513Beat 48%
↑ 27 days after Paris GP 2026 2:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:19 faster for everyone, so 2:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:18706/1236Beat 43%
↑ 35 days after Toulouse 2026 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 faster for everyone: 4:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This athlete2:37 slower -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:411110/1849Beat 40%
↑ 119 days after Bordeaux 2025 11:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:46 faster for everyone, so 11:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:46 faster This athlete14:47 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:281283/1431Beat 10%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:40:141384/1562Beat 11%