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Balfour vs Calub

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BalfourWinner
81.2

Balfour wins: Dominance, Statistics

Calub
81.2

Calub wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Kirsty Balfour
81.2

Balfour leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. European champion over 200 metres breaststroke in 2006.

1. Kirsty Balfour
81.2
2. Dyana Calub
81.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇦🇺 Dyana Calub5 seasons played · career day 1,826371 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Kirsty Balfour5 seasons played · career day 1,825360 major golds
-3.0% vs Calub at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Balfour0050111360544
🇦🇺 Calub0055120278636

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBalfourRetiredCalubRetired
European titles1
World Championship medals1
Commonwealth Games medals23
British titles5
Olympic finals1
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic appearances2
Short-course world medals2
Australian titles4
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%7676
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Balfour81.2
Calub81.2
The people
Balfour
Calub

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