Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Barcelona 2026, David Lucas pulled 24:57 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:53 quicker, so 30:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Madrid 2025 → Bilbao 2026: 27:45 on the field in 72 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
3 races · 3 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:43533/643Beat 17%
↑ 96 days after Bilbao 2026 2:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:08 slower for everyone: 2:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 slower This athlete2:56 slower -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:47 PB1324/1500Beat 12%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 27:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
33:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, so 27:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete33:46 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:10:331286/1312Beat 2%