Progress against the field
From Johannesburg I 2025 to Johannesburg 2026, the field gained 6:04 on Ariena Shepherd.
Over the same races everyone got 7:48 quicker, so 1:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
315 days between Cape Town 2025 and Johannesburg 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:21 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
3 races · 3 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:33:24 PB98/633Beat 85%
↑ 315 days after Cape Town 2025 1:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 better than the field: 2:50 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:14174/431Beat 60%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 7:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:19 faster for everyone: 7:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:19 faster This athlete1:06 slower -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:35:0888/382Beat 77%