Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 1 2026, Thembeka Makhaye got 5:05 faster than the field.
The clock says 10:20 faster, but the races themselves got 5:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 7:58 in 125 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 · Women1:44:23 PB159/364Beat 56%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 7:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:58 better than the field: 18:26 faster on the clock, against 10:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:28 faster This athlete18:26 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women2:02:49323/550Beat 41%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 2:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 behind the field: 8:06 slower on the clock, against 5:13 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete8:06 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:54:43309/431Beat 28%