Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)
Table title:
1909
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nationality </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pilot </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Aircraft Type </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Position </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Time </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Speed </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > France </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Louis Blériot </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Blériot XII </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Second </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15 min 56.2 s </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 75.31 km/h (46.80 mph) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > France </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Hubert Latham </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Antoinette VII </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Third </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17 min 32 s </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 68.44 km/h (42.53 mph) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > France </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Eugène Lefebvre </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Wright Model A </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fourth </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20 min 47.6 s </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 57.71 km/h (35.86 mph) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United Kingdom </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Bertram Cockburn </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Farman III </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Did not finish course </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United States </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Glenn Curtiss </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Curtiss No. 2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > First </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15 min 50.4 s </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 75.74 km/h (47.06 mph) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did Blériot do compared to Curtiss in the competition?
Answer:
Blériot finished second place with a time of 15 minutes and 56.2 seconds, 5.8 seconds more than Curtiss, who finished in first place.