Progress against the field
Between Bilbao 2026 and Valencia 2026, Xabier Aranburu Luluaga pulled 4:00 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:50 quicker, so 5:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 184 days between Malaga 2026 and Valencia 2026, still ended 1:29 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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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:48 PB89/898Beat 90%
↑ 184 days after Malaga 2026 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 1:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:44211/1036Beat 80%
↑ 68 days after Bilbao 2026 2:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 better than the field: 3:54 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete3:54 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:38525/1500Beat 65%