Progress against the field
Between Bilbao 2026 and Valencia 2026, Fernando Pajares pulled 2:24 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:32 quicker, so 2:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Bilbao 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 2:13 on the field in 96 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
6 races · 6 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:39 PB56/898Beat 94%
↑ 156 days after Barcelona 2026 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:40 faster for everyone, so 0:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete0:51 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:3033/549Beat 94%
↑ 96 days after Bilbao 2026 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:08 slower for everyone: 2:13 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 slower This athlete2:05 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men54:24 PB4/349Beat 99%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:35281/1500Beat 81%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:045/319Beat 98%