Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Malaga 2026, José Javier Benítez Barbero pulled 4:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:24 quicker, so 11:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Bilbao 2026: 2:52 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:42 PB213/1013Beat 79%
↑ 209 days after Valencia 2025, with Alba Cunill Vilella 2:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This pair2:36 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:27 PB357/1036Beat 66%
↑ 68 days after Bilbao 2026 1:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 1:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete3:03 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:30723/1500Beat 52%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 better than the field: 8:53 faster on the clock, against 6:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete8:53 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:23788/1361Beat 42%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:18157/555Beat 72%