Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2024 to Cape Town 2026, the field gained 11:08 on Sean Watts.
The clock says 3:30 faster, but the races themselves got 14:38 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:01127/178Beat 29%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 4:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, so 4:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete0:24 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:2566/131Beat 50%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 better than the field: 7:49 faster on the clock, against 7:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:24 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:39:1473/112Beat 35%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:12 slower for everyone: 6:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 slower This athlete9:19 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:55 PB89/146Beat 39%
↑ 301 days after Cape Town 2024 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete4:36 faster -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Men1:34:3161/85Beat 28%