Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Gerrie Van Dalen got 3:05 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:38 quicker, so 19:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 2:34 on the field in 125 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:36 PB8/652Beat 99%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 7:10 faster on the clock, against 6:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete7:10 faster -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men58:44 PB11/309Beat 96%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Christopher Lipawsky 1:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 better than the field: 4:55 faster on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair4:55 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:3912/603Beat 98%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Christopher Lipawsky 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 2:16 slower on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This pair2:16 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:233/308Beat 99%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:4617/536Beat 97%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 better than the field: 12:33 faster on the clock, against 9:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete12:33 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:4352/439Beat 88%
↑ 273 days after Johannesburg I 2025, with Robbie Venter 5:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:28 faster for everyone, so 5:11 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This pair7:39 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:1989/652Beat 86%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:22120/325Beat 63%