Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 1 2026, Lehlohonolo Ramokoena got 15:10 faster than the field.
The clock says 19:57 faster, but the races themselves got 4:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 15:25 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:23 PB296/536Beat 45%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:59 faster for everyone, so 0:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:59 faster This athlete9:44 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:07409/652Beat 37%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 15:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 5:12 slower for everyone and the clock still says 10:13 faster: 15:25 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:12 slower This athlete10:13 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men2:02:20677/781Beat 13%