Progress against the field
Between Verona 2025 and Rimini 2026, Simone Papaleo pulled 2:32 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:46 faster, but the races themselves got 3:14 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Verona 2025 → Turin 2026: 4:57 on the field in 56 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
3 races · 3 events
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Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:221369/1482Beat 8%
↑ 118 days after Turin 2026 2:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:14 faster for everyone: 2:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete1:11 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:11 PB1419/1511Beat 6%
↑ 56 days after Verona 2025 4:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:57 better than the field: 6:57 faster on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete6:57 faster -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:00:081473/1523Beat 3%