Progress against the field
From Marseille 2024 to London Excel 2025, Xavier VANPUYVELDE got 12:48 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:41 faster, but the races themselves got 3:53 quicker for everyone.
314 days between Marseille 2024 and Valencia 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 12:09 better than 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
9 races · 9 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:13102/934Beat 89%
↑ 142 days after Lyon 2026, with Manon Force 5:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 5:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This pair5:05 slower -
Lyon20 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:0840/1286Beat 97%
↑ 236 days after Rome 2025, with Manon Force 2:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:01 faster for everyone: 2:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This pair0:09 slower -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:4891/1236Beat 93%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:59 PB243/2779Beat 91%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025 0:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, so 0:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:48144/1018Beat 86%
↑ 314 days after Marseille 2024 12:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:43 faster for everyone, so 12:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete12:52 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:59 PB68/655Beat 90%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:27242/409Beat 41%
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Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:40788/1477Beat 47%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:17:50 PB142/236Beat 40%