Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026, Owen Cook kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:59 quicker, so 10:00 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
6 races · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:09 PB32/502Beat 94%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Willie Du Plessis 2:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:47 behind 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 · Men1:17:20 PB50/536Beat 91%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 9:59 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete10:00 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:5380/594Beat 87%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025, with Danielle Lopes 0:59 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:31 slower for everyone: 0:59 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 slower This pair2:32 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:20138/652Beat 79%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:21 PB93/547Beat 83%