Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, Nhlanhla Bembe got 2:09 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:54 faster, but the races themselves got 4:45 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cape Town 1 2026 → Johannesburg 2026: 12:23 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
3 races · 3 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:43 PB45/131Beat 66%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 12:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:16 slower for everyone and the clock still says 12:07 faster: 12:23 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete12:07 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:37:50139/191Beat 27%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 10:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:01 faster for everyone: 10:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete5:13 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:3762/112Beat 45%