Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Michael Opperman got 1:54 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:13 faster, but the races themselves got 10:19 quicker for everyone.
258 days between Cape Town 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:50 better than the field.
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 · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:47 PB165/652Beat 75%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 5:56 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:56 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete0:43 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:07 PB82/291Beat 72%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:3064/181Beat 65%
↑ 258 days after Cape Town 2025 7:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:50 better than the field: 11:30 faster on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete11:30 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:00382/781Beat 51%