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Beck vs Ngeny

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NgenyWinner
80.6

Ngeny wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Beck
79.0

Beck wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇪 Noah Ngeny
80.6

Ngeny leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 1500 m champion in Sydney and the 1000 m world record holder.

1. Noah Ngeny
80.6
2. Timothy Beck
79.0

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. 🇳🇱 Timothy Beck5 seasons played · career day 1,825316 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇪 Noah Ngeny5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-96.8% vs Beck at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 Beck0050107316642
🇰🇪 Ngeny00131010

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.

MetricBeckRetiredNgenyRetired
European indoor medals1
Dutch titles6
Olympic appearances2
National records2
Personal best 100 m (s)10.14
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship medals1
World records1
1000 m world record2.12
1500 m personal best3.28
Dominance w25%7282
Peak w20%8492
Longevity w20%8066
Honours w20%7878
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ngeny80.6
Beck79.0
The people
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Ngeny

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