Progress against the field
Between Marseille 2024 and Mechelen 2026, Benoit Piccavet lost 2:46 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:03 quicker, so 2:17 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:00 PB351/1363Beat 74%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:58 PB73/863Beat 92%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:41475/1638Beat 71%
↑ 119 days after Marseille 2024 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 behind the field: 1:24 slower on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete1:24 slower -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:17502/1477Beat 66%