Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Cape Town 2026, Jennifer Marques pulled 3:15 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:54 quicker, so 18:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 8:11 on the field 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
4 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:30136/427Beat 68%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 4:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:26 faster for everyone: 4:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete0:30 slower -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Relay · Mixed1:13:3610/69Beat 86%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:00 PB60/181Beat 67%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 8:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:28 faster for everyone, so 8:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →10:28 faster This athlete18:39 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:50:39220/550Beat 60%