Progress against the field
From Rome 2025 to Valencia 2026, Francesco Paolo Salamone got 1:52 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:59 faster, but the races themselves got 12:07 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Verona 2025 → Bologna 2026: 6:44 in 120 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
5 races · 5 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:30187/898Beat 79%
↑ 142 days after Rimini 2026 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:23 faster This athlete6:10 faster -
Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:40137/665Beat 79%
↑ 54 days after Bologna 2026 6:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:31 slower for everyone: 6:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 slower This athlete8:03 slower -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:37 PB117/799Beat 85%
↑ 120 days after Verona 2025 6:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:49 faster for everyone, so 6:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete10:33 faster -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:10639/1523Beat 58%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025 1:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 better than the field: 5:19 faster on the clock, against 3:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:29842/1367Beat 38%