Progress against the field
Ovidiu Ionita has dropped 5:19 behind the field from Turin 2024 to Rome 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 15:09 quicker, so 9:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 482 days between Rimini 2024 and Rome 2025, still ended 1:08 ahead of the field.
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
8 races · 8 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:30205/1062Beat 81%
↑ 118 days after Rimini 2026 5:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:12 behind the field: 1:21 slower on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete1:21 slower -
Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:09145/1482Beat 90%
↑ 244 days after Rome 2025 4:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 behind the field: 2:20 slower on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete2:20 slower -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:26 PB189/435Beat 57%
↑ 64 days after Turin 2026 1:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:04 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:28 faster This athlete3:24 faster -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:50124/268Beat 54%
↑ 468 days after Milan 2024 3:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:35 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:49 PB65/632Beat 90%
↑ 482 days after Rimini 2024 1:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:04 faster for everyone, so 1:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete6:12 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:22:0999/302Beat 67%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:01183/1156Beat 84%
↑ 119 days after Turin 2024 3:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:44 better than the field: 7:19 faster on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete7:19 faster -
Turin3 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:20283/818Beat 65%