Progress against the field
From Johannesburg I 2025 to Cape Town 2026, the field gained 5:02 on Deon Wessels.
Over the same races everyone got 17:36 quicker, so 12:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 258 days between Johannesburg 2025 and Cape Town 2026, cost 4:03 on 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 · 4 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:35 PB217/652Beat 67%
↑ 258 days after Johannesburg 2025 4:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 11:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →11:59 faster This athlete7:56 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:31197/652Beat 70%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 1:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 behind the field: 6:20 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete6:20 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:11262/781Beat 67%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:49 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete10:58 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:09200/422Beat 53%