Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg I 2025 and Cape Town 2026, Sabelo Sithebe pulled 6:20 ahead of the field.
The clock says 23:56 faster, but the races themselves got 17:36 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 3:45 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:38 PB145/652Beat 78%
↑ 258 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:45 faster on the clock, yet the race was 11:59 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →11:59 faster This athlete11:45 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:23176/652Beat 73%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 3:45 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:12 slower for everyone: 3:45 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete1:27 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:56307/781Beat 61%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 2:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 better than the field: 13:38 faster on the clock, against 10:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete13:38 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:34246/422Beat 42%