Progress against the field
Between Bilbao 2024 and Lisboa 2026, Victor Mendes pulled 17:34 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:00 quicker, so 20:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 656 days between Bilbao 2024 and Madrid 2025, still ended 19:54 ahead of the field.
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 · 3 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:29 PB191/887Beat 79%
↑ 155 days after Madrid 2025 2:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:13 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This athlete0:53 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:22347/1361Beat 75%
↑ 656 days after Bilbao 2024 19:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:41 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:13 slower for everyone: 19:54 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This athlete19:41 faster -
Bilbao10 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:03438/527Beat 17%