Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to Bilbao 2026, Arturo Zatarain got 7:26 faster than the field.
The clock says 14:19 faster, but the races themselves got 6:53 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Valencia 2025 → Madrid 2025: 6:24 in 41 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
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:42 PB575/1500Beat 62%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, so 1:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete7:03 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:45521/1312Beat 60%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 6:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:24 better than the field: 7:16 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete7:16 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:01680/1018Beat 33%
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Monterrey5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:54385/750Beat 49%