Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026, Ludovic SALZARD got 8:23 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:01 faster, but the races themselves got 4:38 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 7:22 in 104 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
4 races · 4 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:51 PB616/1003Beat 39%
↑ 134 days after Lyon 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:44 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This athlete0:44 faster -
Lyon20 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:351130/1513Beat 25%
↑ 55 days after Mechelen 2026 1:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:37 slower for everyone: 1:01 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 slower This athlete0:24 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:59465/561Beat 17%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 7:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:22 better than the field: 11:53 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete11:53 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:521292/1428Beat 10%