Progress against the field
Andre Van Der Merwe has gained 12:12 on the field from Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:38 quicker, so 18:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 9:07 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
8 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:00 PB6/99Beat 94%
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:55 PB21/178Beat 88%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 1:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete3:52 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:4711/131Beat 92%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 0:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 behind the field: 0:58 slower on the clock, against 0:16 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete0:58 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men55:33 PB2/291Beat 99%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:17 PB18/302Beat 94%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:4927/191Beat 86%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 9:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:07 better than the field: 14:08 faster on the clock, against 5:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete14:08 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:5736/112Beat 68%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 5:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 3:12 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:48 faster: 5:00 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 slower This athlete1:48 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:4575/146Beat 49%