Progress against the field
Between Bilbao 2024 and Bilbao 2026, Ion Olaetxea pulled 0:46 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:09 quicker, so 6:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
371 days between Bilbao 2024 and Bilbao 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:16 better than 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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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men59:27 PB30/1500Beat 98%
↑ 357 days after Bilbao 2025 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 0:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete3:17 faster -
Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:4421/596Beat 97%
↑ 371 days after Bilbao 2024 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:22 faster for everyone, so 1:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete3:38 faster -
Bilbao10 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:2240/527Beat 92%