Progress against the field
From Bilbao 2024 to Bilbao 2026, Arnaldo Zerpa got 34:21 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:09 quicker, so 43:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 440 days between Bilbao 2024 and Barcelona 2025, still ended 32:54 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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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:07 PB1455/1500Beat 3%
↑ 113 days after Valencia 2025 8:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:58 better than the field: 15:17 faster on the clock, against 6:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:19 faster This athlete15:17 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:08:241006/1018Beat 1%
↑ 175 days after Barcelona 2025 7:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:31 behind the field: 6:01 slower on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete6:01 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:02:231084/1106Beat 2%
↑ 440 days after Bilbao 2024 32:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:54 better than the field: 34:14 faster on the clock, against 1:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 faster This athlete34:14 faster -
Bilbao10 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men2:36:37526/527Beat 0%