Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2025 and Johannesburg 2025, Garth Sammons lost 5:21 to the field.
The clock says 10:33 slower, but the races themselves got 5:12 slower for everyone.
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
9 races · 6 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:14 PB54/645Beat 92%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Alexandra Harris 2:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:38 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:54 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:38 faster This pair1:44 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:5840/684Beat 94%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:00 PB156/439Beat 65%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:29209/652Beat 68%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 behind the field: 10:33 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete10:33 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:42286/547Beat 48%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:56 PB221/781Beat 72%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Relay · Mixed1:11:5410/45Beat 78%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:58216/372Beat 42%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024, with Vanessa Du Toit 3:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:19 slower for everyone: 3:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 slower This pair8:38 slower -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:20108/153Beat 29%