Progress against the field
Between Paris 2025 and Bordeaux 2026, Xavier Van Poelvoorde pulled 0:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:37 faster, but the races themselves got 8:16 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Bordeaux 2025 → Paris GP 2026: 4:38 on the field in 154 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
6 races · 5 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:5929/515Beat 94%
↑ 160 days after Paris GP 2026 1:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 behind the field: 1:08 slower on the clock, against 0:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This athlete1:08 slower -
Paris GP23 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:42 PB57/806Beat 93%
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Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:51 PB45/672Beat 93%
↑ 154 days after Bordeaux 2025 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 better than the field: 7:38 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete7:38 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:29300/1442Beat 79%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 2:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:58 faster for everyone, so 2:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:36287/1397Beat 80%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:07:03126/1562Beat 92%