Progress against the field
From Cape Town 1 2026 to Cape Town 2026, Martin De Villiers has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 6:37 faster, but the races themselves got 6:23 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 6:10 in 57 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:16528/652Beat 19%
↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026 5:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:41 faster for everyone: 5:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This athlete0:15 slower -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:01 PB534/740Beat 28%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 6:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:10 better than the field: 6:52 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:01:53437/536Beat 19%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:59:191382/1428Beat 3%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:58:40657/781Beat 16%