Progress against the field
From Madrid 2021 to Madrid 2023, Jose Luis Ruiz Ortega got 1:29 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 1:17 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 342 days between Madrid 2021 and Madrid 2022, still ended 4:10 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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Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:49362/568Beat 36%
↑ 301 days after Madrid 2022 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 2:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Madrid26 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:27:10 PB209/378Beat 45%
↑ 342 days after Madrid 2021 4:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:56 faster: 4:10 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 slower This athlete1:56 faster -
Madrid19 Dec 2021Individual Open · Men1:29:06151/225Beat 33%