Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 1 2026 and Cape Town 2026, Chad Sharrock and Wayne Van Niekerk lost 4:15 to the field.
The clock says 0:25 faster, but the races themselves got 4:40 quicker 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men59:41 PB5/502Beat 99%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Wayne Van Niekerk 4:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 4:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This pair0:25 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:066/291Beat 98%