Progress against the field
From Johannesburg I 2025 to Cape Town 2025, Helgaard Jordaan got 10:51 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:49 quicker, so 21:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:25 PB38/99Beat 62%
↑ 182 days after Johannesburg 2025, with David Pelser 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 better than the field: 3:07 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This pair3:07 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:17:3250/96Beat 48%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:05 PB398/781Beat 49%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 10:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:49 faster for everyone, so 10:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete21:40 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:57:45324/422Beat 23%