Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, the field gained 3:31 on Matthew Dent.
The clock says 1:06 faster, but the races themselves got 4:37 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 182 days between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, still ended 12:15 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
4 races · 4 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:57 PB59/740Beat 92%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025 12:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:15 better than the field: 22:04 faster on the clock, against 9:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:49 faster This athlete22:04 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:01257/652Beat 61%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 15:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:46 behind the field: 20:58 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete20:58 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:03121/781Beat 85%
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Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:00 PB39/325Beat 88%