Progress against the field
Between Stockholm 2025 and Bologna 2026, Jean-Baptiste Varea pulled 1:05 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:20 quicker, so 6:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Stockholm 2025 → Turin 2026: 9:18 on the field in 43 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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Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:17325/1006Beat 68%
↑ 64 days after Turin 2026 8:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:44 faster for everyone: 8:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete4:29 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:48 PB101/588Beat 83%
↑ 43 days after Stockholm 2025 9:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:18 better than the field: 10:54 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete10:54 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:42594/1315Beat 55%