Progress against the field
From Rome 2025 to Rome 2026, Marco Ponzo got 8:35 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:25 faster, but the races themselves got 6:50 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Bologna 2026 → Rome 2026: 13:03 in 172 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.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:56 PB839/1062Beat 21%
↑ 172 days after Bologna 2026 13:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:03 faster for everyone, so 13:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete13:06 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:02778/799Beat 3%
↑ 64 days after Turin 2026 10:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:05 better than the field: 13:49 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete13:49 faster -
Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:54 PB975/1060Beat 8%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:06:51574/588Beat 2%
↑ 126 days after Rome 2025 14:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:03 faster for everyone: 14:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete11:30 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:211306/1367Beat 5%