Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Cape Town 2026, Rhulani Nketani lost 1:34 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:50 quicker, so 8:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 28:42 on the field in 57 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 · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:41 PB102/178Beat 43%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 3:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 better than the field: 8:17 faster on the clock, against 5:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete8:17 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:5865/131Beat 50%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 28:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:16 slower for everyone and the clock still says 28:26 faster: 28:42 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete28:26 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:59:24178/191Beat 7%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 33:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:01 faster for everyone: 33:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete28:27 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:30:5760/112Beat 46%