explain SELECT * FROM `votos_totales` v LEFT JOIN `yabbse_members` y ON (y.`ID_MEMBER`=v.`id`) WHERE 1 AND y.`suspendido`='0' AND `ganador_semana`='1' AND y.`tiene_foto`='1' ORDER BY v.`votos` DESC LIMIT 718,15; +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | v | index | PRIMARY | votos | 4 | NULL | 510626 | | | 1 | SIMPLE | y | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | genteya.v.id | 1 | Using where | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ SELECT * FROM `votos_totales` v LEFT JOIN `yabbse_members` y ON (y.`ID_MEMBER`=v.`id`) WHERE 1 AND y.`suspendido`='0' AND `ganador_semana`='1' AND y.`tiene_foto`='1' ORDER BY v.`votos` DESC LIMIT 718,15; Empty set (18.96 sec) explain SELECT * FROM `votos_totales` v LEFT JOIN `yabbse_members` y ON (y.`ID_MEMBER`=v.`id`) WHERE 1 AND y.`suspendido`='0' AND y.`tiene_foto`='1' ORDER BY v.`votos` DESC LIMIT 718,15; +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | v | index | PRIMARY | votos | 4 | NULL | 510626 | | | 1 | SIMPLE | y | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | genteya.v.id | 1 | Using where | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+--------------+--------+-------------+ SELECT * FROM `votos_totales` v LEFT JOIN `yabbse_members` y ON (y.`ID_MEMBER`=v.`id`) WHERE 1 AND y.`suspendido`='0' AND y.`tiene_foto`='1' ORDER BY v.`votos` DESC LIMIT 718,15; ... 15 rows in set (0.03 sec) the only difference between both querys is that i supressed `ganador_semana`='1' explain show the same for both, but the first take 18 seconds and the second 0.03s. why???