Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Alex Macphail lost 4:57 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:41 quicker, so 5:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:38 PB19/99Beat 81%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:0828/740Beat 96%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:42 faster for everyone: 2:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete2:04 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:04 PB12/181Beat 93%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 2:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete7:48 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:5241/652Beat 94%