Quite simple.
They are going so fast it is hard to keep up with them.
Yves Le BLEVEC (Red boat) after 7 days has already 1.183 nautical miles advance on the previous record holder.
François Gabart (Yellow boat) is about to round cap Horn and leave the Pacific to enter the Atlantic and the last stretch home. He has 1.124 nautical miles advance on the previous record. He has managed an average of 34.8 knots in the last 24 hours.