Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Cape Town 2026, the field gained 1:04 on Bongane Lukhele.
The clock says 11:25 faster, but the races themselves got 12:29 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 182 days between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, still ended 3:09 ahead of the field.
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 · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:34 PB52/178Beat 71%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 4:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, so 4:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:2618/131Beat 86%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025 3:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 better than the field: 10:33 faster on the clock, against 7:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:24 faster This athlete10:33 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:5942/112Beat 63%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:49 PB98/422Beat 77%