Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Muhammad Ismail lost 14:01 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:37 quicker, so 9:24 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 182 days between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, cost 16:29 on the field.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:53:08 PB479/502Beat 5%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:58:04567/740Beat 23%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025 16:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:29 behind the field: 6:40 slower on the clock, against 9:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:49 faster This athlete6:40 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:24399/652Beat 39%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 2:28 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 slower on the clock, but the race was 5:12 slower for everyone, so this was 2:28 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete2:44 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:40 PB554/781Beat 29%