Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2024 and Johannesburg 2025, Shadreck Chimbetete lost 13:20 to the field.
The clock says 9:54 slower, but the races themselves got 3:26 quicker for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:52:53 PB589/684Beat 14%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:09357/652Beat 45%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 5:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 behind the field: 10:15 slower on the clock, against 5:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete10:15 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:54 PB423/781Beat 46%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 6:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 10:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 6:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:49 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:14226/422Beat 46%
↑ 161 days after Cape Town 2024 1:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 behind the field: 3:59 slower on the clock, against 2:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 slower This athlete3:59 slower -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:15188/247Beat 24%