Progress against the field
Between Rimini 2026 and Rome 2026, Mattia Benedetto pulled 1:28 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:18 quicker, so 3:46 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:30 PB747/1014Beat 26%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:51 PB286/362Beat 21%
↑ 118 days after Rimini 2026 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:18 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete3:46 faster -
Rimini28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:35:37289/371Beat 22%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:10 PB194/609Beat 68%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:29:4279/92Beat 14%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:44753/1523Beat 51%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025 1:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 better than the field: 5:06 faster on the clock, against 3:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete5:06 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:50900/1367Beat 34%