Progress against the field
From Rimini 2025 to Rimini 2026, the field gained 1:22 on Glauco Merlonetti.
The clock says 2:32 faster, but the races themselves got 3:54 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Bologna 2026 → Rimini 2026: 8:49 on the field in 54 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:04 PB112/292Beat 62%
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Rimini28 May 2026Relay · Men59:518/46Beat 83%
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Rimini28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:42 PB71/371Beat 81%
↑ 54 days after Bologna 2026 8:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 faster on the clock in a race that was 3:41 slower for everyone: 8:49 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 slower This athlete5:08 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:50258/435Beat 41%
↑ 120 days after Verona 2025 4:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:57 faster for everyone: 4:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete0:21 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:08:00146/326Beat 55%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:29120/283Beat 58%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025 1:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 behind the field: 0:17 slower on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete0:17 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:12151/276Beat 45%
↑ 119 days after Rimini 2025 4:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:29 faster for everyone: 4:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:58 slower -
Rimini30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:1455/240Beat 77%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:14 PB308/1370Beat 78%
↑ 140 days after Rimini 2024 5:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:32 faster for everyone, so 5:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:13455/1156Beat 61%