Progress against the field
Between Bologna 2026 and Stockholm 2026, José Carlos Fernandez pulled 1:19 ahead of the field.
The clock says 0:15 slower, but the races themselves got 1:34 slower for everyone.
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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
-
Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:36 PB79/504Beat 84%
↑ 575 days after Malaga 2025 3:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:27 faster for everyone, so 3:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:27 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:21651/767Beat 15%
↑ 75 days after Bologna 2026 1:19 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:34 slower for everyone: 1:19 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete0:15 slower -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:06 PB245/435Beat 44%
-
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:11123/196Beat 37%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 5:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, so 5:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete6:30 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:41133/187Beat 29%
-
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:05228/966Beat 76%