Progress against the field
Francois Marais has dropped 7:18 behind the field from Cape Town 1 2026 to Cape Town 2026.
The clock says 0:39 slower, but the races themselves got 6:39 quicker for everyone.
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
8 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:479/652Beat 99%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 7:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:18 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 6:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Relay · Men55:381/32Beat 97%
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:57180/342Beat 47%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:18 PB194/825Beat 77%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:274/684Beat 99%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Anika Spies 1:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:50 faster for everyone, so 1:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:50 faster This pair4:51 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:15 PB3/99Beat 97%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:08 PB1/181Beat 99%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:187/594Beat 99%