Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2024 and Cape Town 2026, Ross Mclean lost 3:35 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 17:17 quicker, so 13:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 398 days between Johannesburg I 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026, still ended 1:25 ahead of the field.
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
11 races · 7 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:45 PB11/652Beat 98%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 4:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:39 faster for everyone, so 4:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete2:39 faster -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:55 PB21/342Beat 94%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:349/302Beat 97%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Jennifer McKnight 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 better than the field: 9:20 faster on the clock, against 8:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:04 faster This pair9:20 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:244/536Beat 99%
↑ 398 days after Johannesburg I 2025 1:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 better than the field: 14:14 faster on the clock, against 12:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →12:49 faster This athlete14:14 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:5469/594Beat 88%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:4445/112Beat 60%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:04 PB101/187Beat 46%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:3257/547Beat 90%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:5957/146Beat 61%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:3850/422Beat 88%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 behind the field: 3:11 slower on the clock, against 2:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete3:11 slower -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:2760/247Beat 76%