Progress against the field
DAVID MENDONCA has gained 3:41 on the field from Valencia 2025 to Lisboa 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:34 quicker, so 9:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Malaga 2026: 4:39 in 140 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
9 races · 7 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:02 PB285/417Beat 32%
↑ 15 days after Malaga 2026 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:06 faster: 3:52 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete3:06 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:08407/561Beat 28%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025 4:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 better than the field: 10:07 faster on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete10:07 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:49637/1029Beat 38%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:151098/1312Beat 16%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 4:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 4:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete3:58 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:17853/1018Beat 16%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:02627/935Beat 33%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:46 PB676/892Beat 24%
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Berlin16 May 2025Relay · Men1:09:0735/47Beat 26%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:33 PB188/372Beat 50%