Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2026 and Lisboa 2026, Philippe Benichou lost 17:13 to the field.
The clock says 17:59 slower, but the races themselves got 0:46 slower for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:02:39861/887Beat 3%
↑ 15 days after Malaga 2026 17:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 slower for everyone: 17:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete17:59 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:40 PB956/1036Beat 8%
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Rio de Janeiro29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:28462/515Beat 10%
↑ 70 days after Sao Paulo 2025 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:17 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:17 faster This athlete4:26 faster -
Sao Paulo20 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:54353/383Beat 8%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:53:45522/547Beat 5%