Progress against the field
Ruben Sanchez melgar has gained 2:16 on the field from Rome 2025 to Malaga 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:46 quicker, so 6:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Valencia 2025 → Madrid 2025: 7:14 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
8 races · 8 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:24 PB291/460Beat 37%
↑ 68 days after Bilbao 2026 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 3:04 faster on the clock, against 1:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:28221/285Beat 23%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 2:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 2:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete1:20 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:48140/196Beat 29%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 7:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:10 faster for everyone, so 7:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete8:24 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:12153/187Beat 18%
↑ 21 days after Rome 2025 4:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 behind the field: 6:46 slower on the clock, against 2:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 slower This athlete6:46 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:26132/199Beat 34%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:19:04 PB95/109Beat 13%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:37:3293/113Beat 18%
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Malaga15 Apr 2023Individual Pro · MenDNF—