Progress against the field
From Johannesburg 2025 to Cape Town 1 2026, the field gained 12:57 on Adriaan Van der Merwe and Marie-Louise Van der Merwe.
Over the same races everyone got 8:04 quicker, so 4:53 slower 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:47:37241/302Beat 20%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025, with Marie-Louise Van der Merwe 12:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 8:04 faster for everyone: 12:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:04 faster This pair4:53 slower -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:44 PB412/594Beat 31%