Progress against the field
Ahmed Rateb has dropped 7:46 behind the field from Rimini 2026 to Rome 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:13 quicker, so 4:33 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Rimini 2026 → Istanbul 2026: 2:55 on the field in 65 days.
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
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:40491/535Beat 8%
↑ 53 days after Istanbul 2026 10:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:07 slower for everyone: 10:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete10:48 slower -
Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:52 PB558/743Beat 25%
↑ 65 days after Rimini 2026 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 better than the field: 6:15 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:07512/665Beat 23%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:531441/1500Beat 4%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 3:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:05 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete2:56 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:491202/1312Beat 8%