Progress against the field
Alexander Labuschagne has gained 18:18 on the field from Johannesburg 2025 to Cape Town 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:38 quicker, so 34:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 13:40 in 125 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:17 PB115/652Beat 82%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:39 faster for everyone, so 4:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete11:17 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:34165/536Beat 69%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 13:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 13:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete23:39 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:13419/652Beat 36%