Progress against the field
Between Cape Town 2024 and Cape Town 1 2026, Eric Philpott pulled 1:33 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:26 faster, but the races themselves got 5:53 quicker for everyone.
301 days between Cape Town 2024 and Cape Town 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:20 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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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:3865/181Beat 64%
↑ 258 days after Cape Town 2025 7:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:47 behind the field: 4:07 slower on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete4:07 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:31 PB129/781Beat 84%
↑ 301 days after Cape Town 2024 9:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:20 better than the field: 11:33 faster on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete11:33 faster -
Cape Town21 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:04146/247Beat 41%