Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2024 to Cape Town 2026, the field gained 12:23 on Julien Simery.
Over the same races everyone got 11:22 quicker, so 1:01 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 9:01 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
7 races · 7 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:2293/178Beat 48%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 2:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, so 2:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete2:15 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:3740/131Beat 70%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 12:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:16 slower for everyone: 12:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete13:11 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:26 PB28/191Beat 85%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 9:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:01 better than the field: 14:02 faster on the clock, against 5:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete14:02 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:2839/112Beat 65%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 5:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 behind the field: 8:49 slower on the clock, against 3:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 slower This athlete8:49 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:3938/146Beat 74%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete5:24 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:0322/105Beat 79%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 1:10 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:52 slower for everyone: 1:10 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 slower This athlete0:42 slower -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:20:2134/85Beat 60%