Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg I 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Sipho Lunga lost 1:57 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:50 quicker, so 12:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
273 days between Johannesburg I 2025 and Johannesburg 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:19 better than 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
4 races · 4 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:3739/740Beat 95%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 5:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:42 faster for everyone: 5:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete5:05 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:32 PB12/536Beat 98%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 10:30 faster on the clock, against 9:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete10:30 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:0260/652Beat 91%
↑ 273 days after Johannesburg I 2025 3:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 better than the field: 7:28 faster on the clock, against 4:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:09 faster This athlete7:28 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:3089/422Beat 79%