At the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, Norway’s Sander Skotheim won the men's heptathlon with 6475 points, narrowly beating Estonia’s Johannes Erm.
In 1988, Külvet surpassed his best decathlon with a score of 8506 points in Staiki, Belarus. This achievement placed him second in the world that season, just behind Christian Plaziat of France.
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.
Scoring 8000 points in the decathlon is considered a major milestone ‐ it’s like a key benchmark that separates good athletes from elite ‐level competitors. It shows an athlete has strong, consistent performances across all 10
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Oregon’s Peyton Bair, the defending NCAA Indoor heptathlon champion, set a world-leading score of 6371 points to break the meet record of 6272 set by Razorback Ayden Owens in 2022.
The young Estonian athlete Rasmus Roosleht delivered a great performance across seven events, showing particular strength in shot put (over 16 m) and solid results in sprints and jumps.
World men’s heptathlon all-time list. This all-time list highlights the top performances in the event’s history, featuring athletes who have surpassed 6050-point mark.