Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2021 and Valencia 2025, David Martínez Alvarez lost 7:20 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:25 quicker, so 6:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Valencia 2022 → Madrid 2022: 2:44 on the field in 42 days.
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
14 races · 14 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:0987/1018Beat 92%
↑ 210 days after Malaga 2025 4:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:24 behind the field: 3:34 slower on the clock, against 0:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 faster This athlete3:34 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3554/966Beat 94%
↑ 34 days after Bilbao 2025 2:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 2:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:28 slower -
Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:07 PB31/596Beat 95%
↑ 308 days after Malaga 2024 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:50 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This athlete1:52 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:16:5661/185Beat 67%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:5929/547Beat 95%
↑ 147 days after Barcelona 2023 4:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:18 faster for everyone: 4:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
Barcelona18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:04:4226/594Beat 96%
↑ 357 days after Madrid 2022 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 0:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete3:59 faster -
Valencia28 Oct 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Pro · Men1:16:1054/110Beat 51%
↑ 161 days after Malaga 2023 2:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 behind the field: 2:34 slower on the clock, against 0:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete2:34 slower -
Malaga15 Apr 2023Individual Pro · Men1:13:36 PB32/95Beat 66%
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Bilbao11 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:15:2630/76Beat 61%
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Madrid26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:08:4125/378Beat 93%
↑ 42 days after Valencia 2022 2:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:21 faster for everyone, so 2:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
Valencia15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:11:4647/240Beat 80%
↑ 300 days after Madrid 2021 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 better than the field: 2:28 faster on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete2:28 faster -
Madrid19 Dec 2021Individual Open · Men1:14:1440/225Beat 82%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · MenDNF—