Progress against the field
Between Paris 2025 and Paris GP 2026, Bastien Espallier pulled 20:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 27:27 faster, but the races themselves got 7:06 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris 2025 → Bilbao 2026: 27:37 in 108 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
3 races · 3 events
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Paris GP23 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:561018/1236Beat 18%
↑ 75 days after Bilbao 2026 7:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 faster for everyone: 7:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete7:01 slower -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:55 PB1299/1500Beat 13%
↑ 108 days after Paris 2025 27:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:37 better than the field: 34:28 faster on the clock, against 6:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:51 faster This athlete34:28 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:09:231319/1347Beat 2%