Progress against the field
Paolo Mecca has dropped 9:36 behind the field from Rimini 2024 to Geneva 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:43 quicker, so 7:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Milan 2024 and Barcelona 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:02 better than 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.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:55100/1414Beat 93%
↑ 16 days after Rome 2026 2:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 2:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete0:12 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:43101/1062Beat 91%
↑ 172 days after Bologna 2026 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 behind the field: 0:57 slower on the clock, against 0:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete0:57 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:08135/286Beat 53%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:4671/1006Beat 93%
↑ 107 days after Stockholm 2025 2:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:37 faster for everyone: 2:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:21 PB39/174Beat 78%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:47 PB85/1315Beat 94%
↑ 77 days after Hamburg 2025 1:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:39 faster for everyone, so 1:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:1387/1486Beat 94%
↑ 125 days after Rimini 2025 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 better than the field: 2:02 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete2:02 faster -
Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:15136/1225Beat 89%
↑ 35 days after Barcelona 2025 3:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 behind the field: 2:23 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:52103/1106Beat 91%
↑ 188 days after Milan 2024 2:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:21 faster for everyone, so 2:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:21 faster This athlete8:23 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:15253/1370Beat 82%
↑ 140 days after Rimini 2024 1:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:02184/1156Beat 84%