Progress against the field
From Milan 2024 to Rome 2026, Cristiano Zabena got 7:51 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 18:30 quicker, so 26:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
223 days between Milan 2024 and Rimini 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:31 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
7 races · 7 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:19 PB288/1062Beat 73%
↑ 172 days after Bologna 2026 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:03 faster for everyone, so 1:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:27279/799Beat 65%
↑ 64 days after Turin 2026 1:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 better than the field: 5:09 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete5:09 faster -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:36662/1511Beat 56%
↑ 56 days after Verona 2025 5:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:26 behind the field: 3:26 slower on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete3:26 slower -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:10549/1523Beat 64%
↑ 70 days after Rome 2025 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 better than the field: 4:31 faster on the clock, against 3:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete4:31 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:41294/632Beat 54%
↑ 119 days after Rimini 2025 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This athlete0:09 faster -
Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:50545/1225Beat 56%
↑ 223 days after Milan 2024 11:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:31 better than the field: 18:50 faster on the clock, against 7:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:19 faster This athlete18:50 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:401065/1370Beat 22%