Progress against the field
Marko Rafaj has gained 5:01 on the field from Verona 2025 to Oslo 2026.
The clock says 8:06 faster, but the races themselves got 3:05 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Verona 2025 → Vienna 2026: 6:28 in 63 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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:1086/228Beat 62%
↑ 119 days after Riga 2026 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:22 faster for everyone: 1:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:11223/882Beat 75%
↑ 113 days after Vienna 2026 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:39 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:12 PB162/206Beat 21%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:44424/1311Beat 68%
↑ 63 days after Verona 2025 6:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:28 better than the field: 7:32 faster on the clock, against 1:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This athlete7:32 faster -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:16176/319Beat 45%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:351004/1312Beat 24%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:51435/745Beat 42%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:07683/1638Beat 58%
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BudapestDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:16:35 PB137/514Beat 73%