Progress against the field
Between Bordeaux 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Patrick Bernard lost 3:37 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:37 quicker, so 2:00 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
6 races · 6 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:47151/1363Beat 89%
↑ 126 days after Bordeaux 2025 3:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:37 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:37 faster This athlete2:00 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:47221/1431Beat 85%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:28 PB60/944Beat 94%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:26187/1638Beat 89%
↑ 119 days after Marseille 2024 3:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete2:43 slower -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:07:43 PB133/1477Beat 91%
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NiceDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:29:47 PB927/1117Beat 17%