Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg I 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026, Jean-Claude Fernandes pulled 24:02 ahead of the field.
The clock says 39:38 faster, but the races themselves got 15:36 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 15:42 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 5 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:346/603Beat 99%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Diego De Carvalho 1:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 behind the field: 0:49 slower on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This pair0:49 slower -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Relay · Men1:12:2518/50Beat 64%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:45 PB7/291Beat 98%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:29:52185/308Beat 40%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Willem Ludike 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:07 better than the field: 10:22 faster on the clock, against 7:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:15 faster This pair10:22 faster -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:00 PB26/536Beat 95%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 5:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 5:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete4:53 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:40:14350/439Beat 20%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:5342/652Beat 94%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 15:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 5:12 slower for everyone and the clock still says 10:30 faster: 15:42 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete10:30 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:23264/781Beat 66%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 13:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:49 faster for everyone, so 13:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete24:15 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:38292/422Beat 31%