Progress against the field
From Johannesburg I 2025 to Johannesburg 2025, Elizabeth Zishiri got 4:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:06 quicker, so 5:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Johannesburg I 2025 → Cape Town 2025: 17:27 on the field in 140 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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Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women2:47:02514/550Beat 7%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 13:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:20 behind the field: 18:33 slower on the clock, against 5:13 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete18:33 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women2:28:29 PB405/431Beat 6%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 17:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:27 better than the field: 23:46 faster on the clock, against 6:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:19 faster This athlete23:46 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women2:52:15370/382Beat 3%