Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 1 2026 and Cape Town 2026, Vengai Runyowa and Nhlanhla Nkomo pulled 14:40 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:43 quicker, so 19:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 20:40 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
4 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:03214/309Beat 31%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Nhlanhla Nkomo 6:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 behind the field: 2:05 slower on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair2:05 slower -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:58 PB317/603Beat 47%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Nhlanhla Nkomo 20:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:48 faster for everyone, so 20:40 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This pair21:28 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:37:3249/83Beat 41%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:47:26264/308Beat 14%