Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2026 to Cape Town 2026, Damien Botes has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 5:15 faster, but the races themselves got 5:05 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:37 PB8/99Beat 92%
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:32 PB5/178Beat 97%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 5:15 faster on the clock, against 5:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete5:15 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:38 PB55/684Beat 92%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:475/131Beat 96%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:5075/556Beat 87%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:0811/191Beat 94%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 9:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:08 better than the field: 14:09 faster on the clock, against 5:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete14:09 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:1724/112Beat 79%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:3625/199Beat 87%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:599/105Beat 91%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:59 slower on the clock, against 1:52 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 slower This athlete1:59 slower -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:13:0013/85Beat 85%