Balfour vs Benko
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Balfour wins: Dominance, Longevity
Benko wins: Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Balfour leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. European champion over 200 metres breaststroke in 2006.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Balfour | 0 | 0 | 50 | 111 | 360 | 544 |
| 🇺🇸 Benko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 36 |
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.
| Metric | BalfourRetired | BenkoRetired |
|---|---|---|
| European titles | 1 | — |
| World Championship medals | 1 | — |
| Commonwealth Games medals | 2 | — |
| British titles | 5 | — |
| Olympic finals | 1 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 1 |
| World Championship golds | — | 5 |
| Short-course world records | — | 5 |
| Olympic appearances | — | 2 |
| NCAA titles | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 78 | 76 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 86 |
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