Progress against the field
Between Hong Kong 2023 and Hong Kong 2024, Francesco Gal pulled 7:22 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:38 faster, but the races themselves got 3:16 quicker for everyone.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:24 PB41/959Beat 96%
↑ 391 days after Taipei 2025, with Achille Piattoli 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This pair3:21 faster -
Taipei12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:4523/302Beat 92%
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Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:24 PB173/1011Beat 83%
↑ 362 days after Hong Kong 2023 7:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:22 better than the field: 10:38 faster on the clock, against 3:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete10:38 faster -
Hong Kong26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:02116/342Beat 66%