Progress against the field
Between Stuttgart 2025 and Bologna 2026, Massimo Paoletti pulled 2:04 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:38 faster, but the races themselves got 6:34 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was St. Gallen 2026 → Bologna 2026: 3:59 on the field in 78 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
3 races · 3 events
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:59 PB542/1006Beat 46%
↑ 78 days after St. Gallen 2026 3:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 better than the field: 8:36 faster on the clock, against 4:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:37 faster This athlete8:36 faster -
St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:35657/1068Beat 39%
↑ 77 days after Stuttgart 2025 1:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete0:02 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:37775/1171Beat 34%