Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, Mikayla Rathbone got 6:02 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:42 faster, but the races themselves got 9:40 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 6:58 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Women1:36:24 PB53/90Beat 41%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:05 PB15/684Beat 98%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Janno Nel 6:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:28 faster for everyone, so 6:16 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This pair6:44 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Women1:39:3343/77Beat 44%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 6:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:30 slower for everyone: 6:58 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 slower This athlete4:28 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:4964/400Beat 84%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:44:0157/89Beat 36%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:56 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 12:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:56 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →12:10 faster This athlete11:14 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Women1:55:1548/63Beat 24%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Women1:38:0331/59Beat 48%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Women1:49:2128/32Beat 13%
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Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Pro · Women1:41:0330/32Beat 6%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Women1:39:12469/470Beat 0%