Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Izak Venter got 1:39 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:10 quicker, so 12:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
10 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:16 PB103/652Beat 84%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 4:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This athlete1:32 faster -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:13 PB174/342Beat 49%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Anita Venter 5:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 better than the field: 9:40 faster on the clock, against 4:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:38 faster This pair9:40 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:53402/684Beat 41%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Anita Venter 7:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:40 behind the field: 7:12 slower on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This pair7:12 slower -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:4865/740Beat 91%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 1:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete1:48 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:27:0822/58Beat 62%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:41200/400Beat 50%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Anita Venter 4:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 better than the field: 12:08 faster on the clock, against 8:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:04 faster This pair12:08 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:3649/181Beat 73%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 4:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 better than the field: 14:01 faster on the clock, against 9:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete14:01 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:49413/594Beat 31%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:37199/652Beat 70%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 0:40 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:32 slower on the clock, but the race was 5:12 slower for everyone, so this was 0:40 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete4:32 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:05295/781Beat 62%