Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2024 and Bilbao 2026, Nacho Fernández pulled 10:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:47 quicker, so 18:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 357 days between Bilbao 2025 and Bilbao 2026, still ended 7:48 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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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:15 PB714/1500Beat 52%
↑ 357 days after Bilbao 2025 7:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 better than the field: 11:35 faster on the clock, against 3:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete11:35 faster -
Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:50284/416Beat 32%
↑ 112 days after Madrid 2024 2:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 better than the field: 6:44 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete6:44 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:34743/1066Beat 30%