Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026, Janet Malan lost 3:52 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:48 quicker, so 0:04 slower 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 · Women, 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 · Women1:09:01 PB17/798Beat 98%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Silvia Viljoen 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:58 faster for everyone, so 0:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:58 faster This pair4:59 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:14:0018/560Beat 97%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:26:1439/181Beat 79%
↑ 258 days after Cape Town 2025 3:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 behind the field: 0:04 slower on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This athlete0:04 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:26:10 PB83/431Beat 81%