Progress against the field
Between Lyon 2026 and Geneva 2026, James Gauthier pulled 4:51 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:59 faster, but the races themselves got 1:08 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Lyon 2026 → Bordeaux 2026: 6:51 in 133 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:30580/1414Beat 59%
↑ 9 days after Bordeaux 2026 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 2:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:17 PB468/988Beat 53%
↑ 133 days after Lyon 2026 6:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 better than the field: 7:12 faster on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete7:12 faster -
Lyon20 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:09:2216/76Beat 79%
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Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:29925/1513Beat 39%
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Paris GP23 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:30 PB361/821Beat 56%
↑ 183 days after Paris 2025, with Yann Theveniaud 6:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:53 faster for everyone, so 6:37 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This pair10:30 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:48568/897Beat 37%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:071255/1431Beat 12%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:00620/851Beat 27%