2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon 2: 0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August in Moscow, Russia. The first day ended with two Americans leading the competition, Olympic Champion and World Record holder Ashton Eaton and, surprisingly, World Junior Champion Gunnar Nixon who set a 15 cm personal record in the Long Jump, another in the Shot Put and
United States Academic Decathlon at Nationals. The interview and speech events are graded by two to three judges. The scores from the judges are averaged to give a maximum of 1,000 points per event. The essay is graded with a rubric and is read by two different judges whose scores are then averaged. If the difference between the judges' scores differs by 200 points or more, then a third reader is asked to grade the student's essay. The two scores that are closest in value are averaged to give the final score. A benchmark for the Decathlon elite is obtaining an individual score of