Progress against the field
From Paris 2025 to Gent 2025, Mehdi El Kessi got 0:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:08 quicker, so 7:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:46 PB51/478Beat 89%
↑ 148 days after Barcelona 2026 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 1:05 faster on the clock, against 0:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:5175/618Beat 88%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:28 PB107/511Beat 79%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:29 PB48/1428Beat 97%
↑ 22 days after Bordeaux 2025 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:19 faster on the clock, against 2:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:4883/1442Beat 94%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:58 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete5:06 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:54164/1347Beat 88%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:12:5598/236Beat 59%