Progress against the field
Axel De lievre has gained 4:27 on the field from Gent 2025 to Bordeaux 2026.
The clock says 7:55 faster, but the races themselves got 3:28 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 3:43 in 104 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:3031/988Beat 97%
↑ 188 days after Mechelen 2026 0:44 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 slower for everyone: 0:44 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete0:19 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men58:0417/816Beat 98%
↑ 120 days after Berlin 2026, with Kenneth Polfliet 2:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:55 faster for everyone: 2:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This pair1:29 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men56:35 PB4/699Beat 99%
↑ 121 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Kenneth Polfliet 4:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 better than the field: 5:20 faster on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This pair5:20 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:11 PB34/1363Beat 98%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 better than the field: 8:14 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete8:14 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:5539/342Beat 89%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:25175/1428Beat 88%