Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2024 and Valencia 2026, Iván del Águila Fernández pulled 5:57 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:01 quicker, so 14:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 397 days between Madrid 2024 and Madrid 2025, still ended 1:35 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
4 races · 4 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:08512/898Beat 43%
↑ 184 days after Malaga 2026 1:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 1:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete1:24 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:44 PB623/1036Beat 40%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025 6:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:13 better than the field: 11:41 faster on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete11:41 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:251043/1361Beat 23%
↑ 397 days after Madrid 2024 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 1:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:39:06839/1066Beat 21%