Kammala wannan jumla: "Track &amp; Field News" ya sanya Solomin a cikin manyan 10 na duniya a kilomita 20 sau bakwai tsakanin 1977 da 1984. A watan Yulin 1978 ya yi tafiyar kilomita 20 a cikin 1: 23:30 a Vilnius, ya karya rikodin duniya mara izini na Daniel Bautista na Mexico da dakika goma. A watan da ya biyo baya Solomin ya zama na uku a
Gasar Zakarun Turai a Prague, a bayan Roland Wieser da Pyotr Pochynchuk; Lokacin nasara na Wieser na 1: 23:12 ya karya sabon rikodin Solomin da dakika 18.