Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Cape Town 1 2026, James Monteiro and David Bethell lost 3:39 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:15 quicker, so 3:36 faster on the clock looks better 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 Doubles Open · Men, with David Bethell, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:25 PB30/308Beat 90%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025, with David Bethell 3:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:15 faster for everyone, so 3:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:15 faster This pair3:36 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:0142/439Beat 90%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:21113/477Beat 76%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025, with Gareth Crow 3:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:14 faster for everyone, so 3:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →6:14 faster This pair10:07 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:28132/325Beat 59%