Progress against the field
Between Lisboa 2026 and Valencia 2026, João Melo kept pace with the field.
The clock says 3:43 faster, but the races themselves got 3:42 quicker for everyone.
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 · 2 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:15 PB136/898Beat 85%
↑ 169 days after Lisboa 2026 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:42 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete3:43 faster -
Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:52 PB301/696Beat 57%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:58184/887Beat 79%