Progress against the field
Davide Merli has gained 0:50 on the field from Rimini 2024 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 11:18 faster, but the races themselves got 10:28 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 552 days between Rimini 2024 and Verona 2025, still ended 6:43 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:51644/1062Beat 39%
↑ 172 days after Bologna 2026 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:03 faster for everyone, so 2:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:34626/799Beat 22%
↑ 120 days after Verona 2025 8:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:33 behind the field: 4:44 slower on the clock, against 3:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete4:44 slower -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:50 PB897/1523Beat 41%
↑ 552 days after Rimini 2024 6:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:36 faster for everyone, so 6:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete13:19 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:01 PB510/775Beat 34%
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Rimini30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:00660/693Beat 5%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:09904/1156Beat 22%