Progress against the field
From Athens 2026 to Rome 2026, Federico Balsamo got 5:10 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:17 quicker, so 6:27 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
5 races · 4 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:44 PB358/1062Beat 66%
↑ 18 days after Athens 2026 5:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:17 faster for everyone, so 5:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete6:27 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:46 PB144/429Beat 66%
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:11326/616Beat 47%
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Rimini28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:59302/524Beat 42%
↑ 54 days after Bologna 2026, with Michele pisapia 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:37 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:25 faster: 1:02 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 slower This pair0:25 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:24398/482Beat 17%