Progress against the field
Rafael Rodriguez Abad has gained 2:20 on the field from Madrid 2025 to Valencia 2026.
The clock says 6:05 faster, but the races themselves got 3:45 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Malaga 2026: 4:06 in 140 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:58155/419Beat 63%
↑ 121 days after Stockholm 2026 0:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:59 faster for everyone, so 0:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete1:54 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:52565/767Beat 26%
↑ 63 days after Malaga 2026 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:40 slower for everyone: 2:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:40 slower This athlete4:21 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:31 PB155/460Beat 66%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025 4:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 better than the field: 8:32 faster on the clock, against 4:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete8:32 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:03116/196Beat 41%