Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Brandon Ackermann kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:41 quicker, so 10:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 5:24 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:41:34 PB149/178Beat 16%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:47 PB485/740Beat 35%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 5:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 5:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete6:06 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:53413/536Beat 23%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 5:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:22 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 5:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete4:22 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:15489/652Beat 25%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:51:27 PB505/547Beat 8%