Progress against the field
From Paris 1 2025 to Bordeaux 2025, the field gained 4:26 on Benjamin Mercier.
Over the same races everyone got 2:09 quicker, so 2:17 slower 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
5 races · 5 events
-
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:5363/1442Beat 96%
↑ 216 days after Paris 1 2025 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 2:17 slower on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete2:17 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:36 PB40/1422Beat 97%
-
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:4749/534Beat 91%
↑ 104 days after Marseille 2024 5:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:48 faster for everyone: 5:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete3:03 slower -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:4497/1477Beat 93%
↑ 224 days after Bordeaux 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 9:07 faster on the clock, against 8:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete9:07 faster -
Bordeaux27 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:51126/809Beat 84%