Progress against the field
From Rimini 2026 to Rome 2026, the field gained 0:28 on Nayden Valev.
Over the same races everyone got 6:33 quicker, so 6:05 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:15405/1062Beat 62%
↑ 18 days after Athens 2026 2:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:17 faster for everyone: 2:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete0:47 slower -
Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:28242/616Beat 61%
↑ 100 days after Rimini 2026 1:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 better than the field: 6:52 faster on the clock, against 5:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:20690/1482Beat 53%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:49 PB785/1500Beat 48%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:53150/319Beat 53%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025 0:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 better than the field: 3:50 faster on the clock, against 3:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete3:50 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:43898/1367Beat 34%