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The World University Games (formerly known as the Universiade) historical archive highlights all-time decathlon records and champions, celebrating top university athletes and their performances throughout history.

The Pan American Games historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records and champions, highlighting standout combined-events performances throughout history.

The supreme athletics event tests the mind and body over ten events. Athletes will compete against one another and the scoring table.

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The first man over 9000 points in history - with an anniversary

Trościanka's performance included a world U20 decathlon best of 46,21 seconds in the 400 meters and a championship best of 68.87 meters in the javelin throw.

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won his first world decathlon title at the 2025 Tokyo Championships with 8804 points.

Explore the progression of men’s decathlon world ‐best performances by event, showing how the highest standards in each individual discipline have developed over time. This unique archive traces the evolution of the best performances …

A Head-to-Head Analysis of the Fair Decathlon Model

The 2026 Jõgeva International Athletics Pentathlon produced two outstanding national records.

The publication of the first article in the Fair Decathlon Model (FDM) series has already sparked an interesting discussion within the combined events community.

How a larger and stricter sample changed the formulas without changing the conclusions

The Principles Behind Decathlon Scoring Tables: What Should a Scoring System Actually Measure?

A leave-one-event-out test of 17,277 complete decathlon performances

A leave-one-event-out test from 7,000 to 4,000 points

This article asks whether the decathlon’s own performance data can provide enough information to calibrate a fair scoring system without relying primarily on elite athletes. Using 27, 741 complete decathlons—and a separate dataset excluding all …

Part 8 takes the Fair Decathlon Model into its deepest territory yet, examining B — the parameter that determines where scoring reaches zero. Using 10, 720 complete performances with totals below 7000 points, this analysis tests whether the …