Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2024 and Johannesburg 2026, Ethan Gouws lost 12:12 to the field.
The clock says 1:55 faster, but the races themselves got 14:07 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cape Town 2024 → Johannesburg I 2025: 2:52 on the field in 161 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
9 races · 6 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:45:0290/99Beat 9%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:0319/740Beat 97%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 4:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:42 faster for everyone: 4:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete4:05 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:583/181Beat 98%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 4:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 4:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete5:26 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:20:31 PB57/96Beat 41%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:2411/652Beat 98%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 1:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 behind the field: 6:53 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete6:53 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men57:58 PB3/477Beat 99%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:31 PB12/781Beat 99%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 4:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 10:49 faster for everyone, so 4:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete6:46 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:1710/422Beat 98%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:11 slower for everyone: 2:52 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete0:41 faster -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:5822/247Beat 91%