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Germany's Leo Neugebauer won the 2026 Ratingen decathlon with 8573 points ahead of France's Makenson Gletty (8458), while the USA's Devon Williams produced a career ‐best 8402 points for third and Estonia's Rasmus Roosleht also achieved a …

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.

The FDM Model inspired me a little bit, so I thought: let's make it available to everyone, so everyone can experiment with it. - Pascal Magyar

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?

Garrett Scantling won the 2026 USATF decathlon title in New York with 8526 points, followed by Kyle Garland (8431) and Hakim McMorris (8312).

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

As a supplement to the Fair Decathlon Model (FDM) series, we are publishing the complete event scoring table covering the full range from 100 to 1200 points.

The decathlon at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow produced a closely contested battle, with Grenada's Lindon Victor claiming the gold medal with 8096 points, finishing just 60 points ahead of Canada's Damian Warner (8036). India's Tejaswin …

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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.

Liam Belo Da Silva of Sweden won the men’s decathlon at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships with 8112 points, setting a new Swedish U20 record.

The Birmingham 2026 European Championships decathlon produced a high-quality competition, with Leo Neugebauer taking gold for Germany with 8611 points ahead of compatriot Niklas Kaul (8573), while Sander Aae Skotheim claimed bronze with 8433.

Mike Bull won the men's decathlon at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch with 7417 points (7364 by the 1985 scoring tables).

The 1946 European Championships in Oslo featured a memorable decathlon, with Norway’s Godtfred Holmvang claiming the European title ahead of Sergey Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union and Sweden’s Göran Waxberg.

The 1938 European Championships in Paris featured a historic decathlon competition, with Karl Olof Bexell of Sweden taking the European title ahead of Poland’s Witold Gerutto and Switzerland’s Josef Neumann.