Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Liam Swanepoel lost 7:53 to the field.
The clock says 1:56 faster, but the races themselves got 9:49 quicker for everyone.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 2 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:38 PB68/603Beat 89%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Lance Henry 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 better than the field: 7:48 faster on the clock, against 6:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:29 faster This pair7:48 faster -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:17 PB8/740Beat 99%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025 7:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 9:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 7:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:49 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:26110/439Beat 75%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:134/652Beat 99%