Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 1 2026, Willie Du Plessis got 4:40 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:40 quicker, so 8:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:09 PB32/502Beat 94%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Owen Cook 2:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 2:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This pair1:53 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:0220/308Beat 94%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:53 PB49/536Beat 91%
↑ 258 days after Cape Town 2025 4:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:40 faster for everyone, so 4:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete8:20 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:13225/781Beat 71%