Progress against the field
Marica De Waal and Eske Stander have gained 2:10 on the field from Cape Town 1 2026 to Cape Town 2026.
The clock says 9:11 faster, but the races themselves got 7:01 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 5:01 on the field in 57 days.
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
5 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:45 PB67/342Beat 80%
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Women1:16:32 PB79/798Beat 90%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Eske Stander 2:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:35 faster for everyone, so 2:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:35 faster This pair4:44 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:21:1693/1061Beat 91%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Eske Stander 5:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:34 slower for everyone: 5:01 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This pair4:27 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:14:1210/83Beat 88%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:25:43112/560Beat 80%