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Bekh-Romanchuk vs Radcliffe

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RadcliffeWinner
86.2

Radcliffe wins: Dominance, Peak

Bekh-Romanchuk
84.6

Bekh-Romanchuk wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Paula Radcliffe
86.2

Radcliffe leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Her 2:15:25 marathon world record stood for 16 years.

1. Paula Radcliffe
86.2
2. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
84.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds 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 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇦 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk5 seasons played · career day 2,55633.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Paula Radcliffe5 seasons played · career day 3,6529 major golds
-73.1% vs Bekh-Romanchuk at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Bekh-Romanchuk000013.147.11
🇬🇧 Radcliffe000006

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.

MetricBekh-RomanchukActiveRadcliffeRetired
World Championship medals2
European titles1
Long jump best6.93
Triple jump best15.02
World indoor medals2
Marathon world records3
World Championship golds1
London Marathon wins3
New York Marathon wins3
Marathon best (min)135.42
Dominance w25%7886
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8484
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%9090

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Radcliffe86.2
Bekh-Romanchuk84.6
The people
Bekh-Romanchuk
Radcliffe

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