Progress against the field
From Verona 2025 to Rome 2026, Benedetta De Simone got 2:43 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:40 quicker, so 3:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Bologna 2026 → Rome 2026: 2:51 on the field 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
3 races · 3 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:01 PB270/558Beat 52%
↑ 172 days after Bologna 2026 2:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:13 faster: 2:51 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 slower This athlete0:13 faster -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:14266/424Beat 37%
↑ 120 days after Verona 2025 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:18 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Verona5 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:24619/907Beat 32%