Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2025 and Johannesburg 2025, Justin Taylor pulled 1:15 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:12 slower, so 3:57 slower on the clock looks worse 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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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:57135/309Beat 56%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026, with Liam Abrahams 6:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:40 faster for everyone: 6:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This pair1:59 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:58 PB79/308Beat 74%
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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:53380/652Beat 42%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 1:15 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:12 slower for everyone: 1:15 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete3:57 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:56 PB521/781Beat 33%