Progress against the field
From Madrid 2025 to Malaga 2026, the field gained 1:08 on Miguel Merelo Gallego.
The clock says 4:20 faster, but the races themselves got 5:28 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:31235/587Beat 60%
↑ 252 days after Bilbao 2026, with Roberto Vadillo Sanchez 5:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 behind the field: 4:12 slower on the clock, against 0:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 faster This pair4:12 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:18 PB497/1036Beat 52%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025 1:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:08 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:19 PB296/861Beat 66%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:38637/1361Beat 53%