Progress against the field
From Paris 2025 to Paris GP 2026, Michel Chen got 3:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:58 quicker, so 11:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris 2025 → Bordeaux 2025: 8:03 in 29 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
5 races · 5 events
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Lyon20 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:27:13 PB591/681Beat 13%
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Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:481113/1236Beat 10%
↑ 154 days after Bordeaux 2025 4:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:00 faster for everyone: 4:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete1:46 slower -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:021352/1431Beat 6%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 8:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:03 better than the field: 13:01 faster on the clock, against 4:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete13:01 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:031296/1347Beat 4%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:44:08 PB1435/1562Beat 8%