Progress against the field
Between Vienna 2025 and St. Gallen 2026, Francesco Pessina pulled 4:06 ahead of the field.
The clock says 3:17 faster, but the races themselves got 0:49 slower for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 231 days between Vienna 2025 and Geneva 2025, still ended 6:31 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
10 races · 9 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:18 PB41/353Beat 88%
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Rimini28 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:2421/295Beat 93%
↑ 54 days after Bologna 2026, with Mattia Tagliapietra 1:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 behind the field: 3:01 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This pair3:01 slower -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:2338/210Beat 82%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:22 PB34/762Beat 96%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men57:17 PB4/363Beat 99%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:2355/1068Beat 95%
↑ 97 days after Geneva 2025 2:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 behind the field: 2:58 slower on the clock, against 0:33 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 slower This athlete2:58 slower -
Verona5 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:2738/1088Beat 97%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:25 PB51/1386Beat 96%
↑ 231 days after Vienna 2025 6:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:15 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:16 slower for everyone: 6:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete6:15 faster -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:40408/1356Beat 70%
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St. GallenDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:11:33129/385Beat 67%