Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to Toulouse 2026, Federico Balbo got 1:49 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:03 faster, but the races themselves got 2:14 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Toulouse 2026: 5:47 in 105 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:28506/618Beat 18%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:20 PB481/556Beat 14%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:35 PB291/643Beat 55%
↑ 105 days after London Excel 2025 5:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:56 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:51 faster: 5:47 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete4:51 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:261668/2779Beat 40%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025 3:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:10 faster for everyone: 3:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete0:48 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:38595/1018Beat 42%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:24166/409Beat 59%
↑ 160 days after Barcelona 2025 1:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:17 faster for everyone, so 1:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Rimini30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:52182/544Beat 67%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:01277/774Beat 64%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:24645/1106Beat 42%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:45 PB193/693Beat 72%
↑ 56 days after Manchester 2025, with Andrea Alvarez Roger 3:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:55 better than the field: 5:57 faster on the clock, against 2:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This pair5:57 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:42364/733Beat 50%