Progress against the field
From Madrid 2023 to Valencia 2026, the field gained 6:36 on Javier Gómez Cantero.
The clock says 1:59 faster, but the races themselves got 8:35 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 609 days between Bilbao 2025 and Valencia 2026, cost 8:14 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:0178/898Beat 91%
↑ 609 days after Bilbao 2025 8:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 8:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete6:17 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:13298/460Beat 35%
↑ 181 days after Valencia 2025 10:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:55 faster for everyone: 10:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:55 faster This athlete5:35 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Relay · Men53:111/13Beat 92%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:38 PB28/94Beat 70%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:14 PB42/774Beat 95%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:44 PB2/416Beat 100%
↑ 511 days after Madrid 2023 1:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 better than the field: 8:16 faster on the clock, against 6:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:38 faster This athlete8:16 faster -
Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:09:0042/568Beat 93%