Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Msawenkosi Sikhosana got 19:12 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:26 quicker, so 30:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 26:12 on the field 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 · Men1:38:44 PB387/652Beat 41%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 3:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 better than the field: 10:01 faster on the clock, against 6:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:39 faster This athlete10:01 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:45361/536Beat 33%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 10:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:22 behind the field: 0:23 slower on the clock, against 9:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:22361/652Beat 45%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 26:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:00 faster on the clock in a race that was 5:12 slower for everyone: 26:12 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete21:00 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men2:09:22704/781Beat 10%