Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2024 to Cape Town 2026, the field gained 30:35 on Thomas Lee.
Over the same races everyone got 19:48 quicker, so 10:47 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 9:33 on the field in 133 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
12 races · 8 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:50360/652Beat 45%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 28:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:41 faster for everyone: 28:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This athlete23:01 slower -
Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:38 PB19/99Beat 81%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Relay · Men1:05:235/50Beat 90%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:4933/740Beat 96%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 1:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 behind the field: 0:24 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:24 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:49 PB125/308Beat 59%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:25 PB20/181Beat 89%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 7:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:22 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 7:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete2:22 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:59 PB51/297Beat 83%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:3439/594Beat 93%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:4727/652Beat 96%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 9:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 5:12 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:21 faster: 9:33 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete4:21 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:08138/781Beat 82%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 7:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 10:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 7:54 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete2:55 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:0359/422Beat 86%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 5:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:11 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:00 faster: 5:11 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete3:00 faster -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:03118/247Beat 52%