Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2023 and Valencia 2026, Rubén Fernández Mendoza lost 12:44 to the field.
The clock says 3:10 faster, but the races themselves got 15:54 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 575 days between Malaga 2025 and Valencia 2026, cost 10:46 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 · 7 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:14120/235Beat 49%
↑ 575 days after Malaga 2025 10:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:27 faster for everyone: 10:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:27 faster This athlete5:19 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:46 PB138/349Beat 61%
↑ 181 days after Valencia 2025, with Jesus Maestro Iglesias 3:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:28 faster This pair0:42 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:28181/527Beat 66%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:55 PB370/966Beat 62%
↑ 146 days after Madrid 2024 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:30 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:30 faster This athlete5:47 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:42418/1066Beat 61%
↑ 259 days after Bilbao 2024 4:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 behind the field: 3:45 slower on the clock, against 0:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete3:45 slower -
Bilbao10 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:57214/527Beat 59%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2023 2:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 better than the field: 6:27 faster on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete6:27 faster -
Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:24324/568Beat 43%