Progress against the field
Unity Liyacha has gained 14:58 on the field from Johannesburg I 2025 to Cape Town 2026.
The clock says 28:54 faster, but the races themselves got 13:56 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 391 days between Cape Town 2025 and Cape Town 2026, still ended 1:29 ahead of 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Open · Women1:26:54 PB87/427Beat 80%
↑ 391 days after Cape Town 2025 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 better than the field: 9:06 faster on the clock, against 7:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:37 faster This athlete9:06 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:00170/431Beat 61%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 13:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:29 better than the field: 19:48 faster on the clock, against 6:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:19 faster This athlete19:48 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:55:48223/382Beat 42%