Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Nicole Van Rooyen got 0:51 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:45 faster, but the races themselves got 14:54 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 7:38 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:34138/427Beat 68%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 6:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:26 faster for everyone: 6:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete2:21 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:30:13 PB69/364Beat 81%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 7:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:38 better than the field: 18:06 faster on the clock, against 10:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:28 faster This athlete18:06 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:48:19197/550Beat 64%