Progress against the field
Ighsaan Manuel has gained 4:50 on the field from Cape Town 1 2026 to Cape Town 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:23 quicker, so 11:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg 2026 → Cape Town 2026: 4:46 in 76 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
6 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:19 PB24/652Beat 96%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 4:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:46 better than the field: 10:27 faster on the clock, against 5:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This athlete10:27 faster -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:39 PB14/342Beat 96%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:2531/684Beat 96%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:4664/740Beat 91%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:46 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:03 PB152/291Beat 48%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:3244/181Beat 76%