Progress against the field
David Merlo has dropped 1:42 behind the field from Verona 2025 to Bologna 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:49 quicker, so 2:07 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Rimini28 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:49 PB43/295Beat 85%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:51 PB150/799Beat 81%
↑ 120 days after Verona 2025 1:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:13 PB57/1060Beat 95%
↑ 245 days after Rimini 2025, with Filippo Segata 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, so 1:03 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair4:26 faster -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:58298/1523Beat 80%
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Rimini30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:3979/693Beat 89%