Lifeguard · 2025/26

William
Pearse

William Pearse has won 3 golds and 6 medals from 22 individual races since 2020/21, racing for Fish Hoek. Best discipline by form: Board Race.

Season form · 2025/26: 54; 22 heats
Individual races · career: 22; + 17 relay/team races
Golds · career: 3; 6 individual medals
Podium rate · career: 27%; 6 of 22 individual races
Made final · career: 73%; 8 of 11 races with heats

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Overall542±12peak 542 · ▼ 30 2025/26

━ rating after each competition○ provisional╌ settled peak (provisional points don't count)

Overall (highlighted) is the most established rating.

How to read this

Ratings run 0–1000 and come from finishing order in every heat; ± shows how sure the rating is. Changes are over the latest season raced.

Form over time

━ form /100╌ podium rate % (figures under each season)

Season form = average heat finish (0–100); 100 means winning every heat.

How to read this

Season form is the average finish percentile (0–100) across a season's individual heats and shows after 6 heats. The discipline table's form is the last 6 heats in each discipline. How the numbers work

By discipline · career

Board Race7 races · 2 golds72467 Ironman4 races · 1 gold41160 Single Ski7 races7–151 Beach Run1 race1––after 4 races Beach Sprint1 race1––after 4 races Run-Swim-Run1 race1––after 4 races Surf Swim1 race1––after 4 races

Highlighted: best form, Board Race. Form is the last 6 heats and shows once a discipline has 4 races; ▲▼ compares this season with last. A water specialist: every gold came in the surf.

Latest results

All 39 results incl. relays →

6thBoard Race3 May 2026 · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha 6thSingle Ski3 May 2026 · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha 1stBoard Race30 Mar 2026 · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha 15thSingle Ski30 Mar 2026 · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha 16thIronman30 Mar 2026 · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha 14thRun-Swim-Run30 Mar 2026 · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha 10thBoard Race28 Feb 2026 · WC Surf Champs · Clifton 10thSingle Ski28 Feb 2026 · WC Surf Champs · Clifton 11thIronman28 Feb 2026 · WC Surf Champs · Clifton 14thBeach Run28 Feb 2026 · WC Surf Champs · Clifton

Season by season

Season	Competitions	Races	Gold	Medals	Podium rate
2025/26	4	14	1	1	7%
2021/22	1	2	–	1	50%
2020/21	2	6	2	4	67%

Races, medals and podium rate count individual races; relays are on the Results tab.

Milestones · career

25 heats
5 competitions
Gold winner
2 seasons in a row
7 finals in a row

Timeline

All 6 milestones

First final · Board RaceOct 2020Series 2 · Durban Surf

Best-ever finish

Progression · career

Made the final in 8 of 11 races with rounds (73%). Plus 11 straight finals.

Board Race2 heats · 5 semis · 5 finals
- Heats → Semis2 of 2
- Semis → Final100% · 5 of 5
Single Ski2 heats · 3 semis · 3 finals
- Heats → Semis1 of 2
- Semis → Final100% · 3 of 3
Beach Sprint1 heat · 1 semi
- Heats → Semis1 of 1
- Semis → Final0 of 1
Ironman1 semi
- Semis → Final0 of 1

The bar is the share that went through; the tick is typical for the same heats. Rates show from 3 races.

Relays · career

Relay races: 17
Medals: 3; 3
Events raced: 7
Most raced: Leg 3; Beach Relay · 2 races

Relay points: 40

By relay event

Beach Relay4 races · best 5th
Leg 2×1Leg 3×2Leg 4×1
Taplin4 races · best 3rd
Leg 1×2Leg 2×1Board paddler×12
Board Relay2 races · best 3rd
Leg 1×1Leg 2×11
Board Rescue2 races · best 7th
Board paddler×2
Double Ski2 races · best 7th
Front paddler×2
Ski Relay2 races · best 4th
Leg 2×1Leg 3×1
Tube Rescue1 race · best 9th
Dragger×1

Raced with most

At this point last season

Up to 3 May 2026: 2025/26 so far against 2024/25 up to 3 May 2025.

Season form5422 heats–0 heats · shows after 6
Flagline Rating542overall572provisional

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