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

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

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

Rafał Snoch examines the five Day One events through 100-point FDM-40N cohorts, revealing how individual specialists, weak-event survivors and population patterns shape the residuals behind the scoring model.

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 …

After completing the zero ‐point audit in Part 8, the Fair Decathlon Model now turns to a deeper question: what should a decathlon scoring table actually measure? Part 9 explores why performances cannot be separated from the two ‐day …

A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …

Steven Bastien is an American decathlete with a personal best of 8485 points, achieved at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene.

Maksim Andraloits is a Belarusian decathlete, World U20 silver medallist and European U20 bronze medallist with a personal best of 8310 points.

Dutch decathlete Jeff Tesselaar is one of the rising stars of European combined events, with a personal best of 8378 points and a silver medal at the 2025 European U23 Championships. Explore Jeff Tesselaar’s decathlon and heptathlon results, …

Estonian decathlete Rasmus Roosleht is an 8336-point performer and one of Estonia’s leading combined events athletes, with strong results in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.

Italian decathlete Dario Dester has established himself among Europe’s leading combined events athletes, combining 8300-point decathlon ability with elite indoor heptathlon performances and appearances at major international championships.

Vilém Stráský is a Czech decathlete with a growing international career, highlighted by the World University Games title and a series of 8000-point decathlon.

Vitaliy Zhuk is a Belarusian decathlete. He won bronze at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin with 8290 points and set his decathlon personal best of 8331 points at the 2021 Götzis Hypomeeting. Zhuk also represented Belarus at the Tokyo …

Risto Lillemets is an Estonian decathlete. He won the heptathlon bronze medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 6079 points and has been one of Estonia's leading combined events athletes in both the decathlon and indoor …

Tim Nowak is a German decathlete. He won bronze at the 2013 European U20 Championships in Rieti and at the 2014 World U20 Championships in Eugene, where he scored 7980 points. Nowak has also represented Germany at senior World and European …

Austin West is an American decathlete. He set his decathlon personal best of 8331 points at the 2023 USA Championships in Eugene and won the decathlon title at the 2025 NACAC Championships with 8038 points.