Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, Linda Lebakeng got 2:56 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:54 faster, but the races themselves got 5:58 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 13:14 on the field in 133 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
4 races · 4 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:0175/633Beat 88%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 1:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 behind the field: 0:45 slower on the clock, against 0:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete0:45 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:30:16 PB71/364Beat 81%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 8:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 10:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 8:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:28 faster This athlete1:38 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:31:5473/550Beat 87%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 13:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 faster on the clock in a race that was 5:13 slower for everyone: 13:14 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete8:01 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:55200/431Beat 54%