Cities That Beat Madrid

For each category, name any World City that ranks higher than Madrid, Spain, Have Fun!

*Defined as having an HDI (Human Development Index) score over 800.

**It was called that at the time.

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Rank	Category	Answer
20	Most Populous First-World* City to Never have Held the Olympics	New York City \| Osaka \| Buenos Aires \| Istanbul \| Nagoya \| Chicago \| Taipei \| Kuala Lumpur \| Riyadh \| Washington D.C. \| Santiago \| Singapore \| Boston \| San Francisco \| Toronto \| Philadelphia \| Hong Kong \| Dallas \| Houston
13	Oldest Metro System	London \| Chicago \| Glasgow \| Budapest \| Paris \| Boston \| Berlin \| Athens \| New York City \| Philadelphia \| Hamburg \| Buenos Aires
11	Highest # of Metro Stations	New York City \| Shanghai \| Beijing \| Paris \| Guangzhou \| Seoul \| Shenzhen \| Chengdu \| London \| Wuhan
11	Most Populous in Europe in 1700	Constantinople** \| London \| Paris \| Naples \| Lisbon \| Amsterdam \| Moscow \| Venice \| Rome \| Milan
7	Closest City to the Mediterranean with a Population ≥5,000,000	Istanbul \| Alexandria \| Amman \| Milan \| Cairo \| Ankara
7	Busiest International Flight Destination from Mexico City (2020)	Los Angeles \| Miami \| Houston \| New York City \| Dallas \| Chicago
7	Tallest Skyscraper in Europe	St. Petersburg \| Moscow \| Warsaw \| London \| Istanbul \| Frankfurt
6	Most Populous Spanish-Speaking City	Mexico City \| Buenos Aires \| Lima \| Bogota \| Santiago
5	Most Populous Starting With "M"	Manila \| Mumbai \| Mexico City \| Moscow
5	Highest Capacity Stadium in Europe	Barcelona \| London \| Dublin \| Paris
5	Highest Elevation First-World* National Capital	San José \| Andorra la Vella \| Ankara \| Jerusalem
5	Busiest Airport in Europe by Passenger Numbers (2019)	London \| Paris \| Amsterdam \| Frankfurt
4	Closest to the Prime Meridian with a Population ≥5,000,000	London \| Paris \| Lagos