Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, the field gained 17:24 on Sammy Mashita.
The clock says 11:55 slower, but the races themselves got 5:29 quicker for everyone.
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 · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:47 PB105/309Beat 66%
↑ 258 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Lindo Shongwe 3:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:13 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:13 faster This pair4:58 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:44388/740Beat 48%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 10:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:37 behind the field: 9:55 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete9:55 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:4995/181Beat 48%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 10:51 faster on the clock, against 9:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete10:51 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:45114/439Beat 74%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:40304/652Beat 53%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 7:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:39 behind the field: 12:51 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete12:51 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:49 PB304/781Beat 61%