Progress against the field
Vincent Ricketts has gained 4:40 on the field from Johannesburg I 2025 to Cape Town 1 2026.
The clock says 20:16 faster, but the races themselves got 15:36 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg I 2025 → Cape Town 2025: 15:13 in 140 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:45:39 PB517/645Beat 20%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:45160/181Beat 12%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 3:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 3:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete6:56 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:41505/652Beat 23%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 7:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:30 behind the field: 12:42 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete12:42 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:59 PB576/781Beat 26%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 15:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:13 better than the field: 26:02 faster on the clock, against 10:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete26:02 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:17:01387/422Beat 8%