Progress against the field
From Johannesburg I 2025 to Johannesburg 2025, Sicelo Mthethwa and Phumelele Ndovela got 3:31 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:55 quicker, so 7:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Johannesburg I 2025 → Cape Town 2025: 10:49 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 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:12:52571/594Beat 4%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025, with Phumelele Ndovela 7:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:18 behind the field: 10:49 slower on the clock, against 3:31 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 slower This pair10:49 slower -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:02:03 PB536/547Beat 2%
↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025, with Phumelele Ndovela 10:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:49 better than the field: 18:15 faster on the clock, against 7:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:26 faster This pair18:15 faster -
Johannesburg I1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:20:18365/372Beat 2%