Progress against the field
Between Paris 2025 and Madrid 2025, Louis Bekaert lost 1:07 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:36 quicker, so 3:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Bordeaux 2025 → Madrid 2025: 2:25 on the field in 7 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
18 races · 14 events
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Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men58:266/363Beat 98%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:57236/1361Beat 83%
↑ 7 days after Bordeaux 2025 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:03 faster: 2:25 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This athlete2:03 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:00348/1431Beat 76%
↑ 29 days after Paris 2025 3:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:32 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete1:26 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:26279/1397Beat 80%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:2544/302Beat 85%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:2559/403Beat 85%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men57:00 PB11/604Beat 98%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:08 PB201/1422Beat 86%
↑ 55 days after Vienna 2025 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:16 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:50 faster: 2:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This athlete1:50 faster -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:58425/1356Beat 69%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:08 PB44/921Beat 95%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:17391/1789Beat 78%
↑ 63 days after Marseille 2024 7:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:06 better than the field: 8:07 faster on the clock, against 1:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This athlete8:07 faster -
Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:24732/1477Beat 50%
↑ 28 days after Paris 2024 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:00 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →5:00 faster This athlete5:05 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:29867/1585Beat 45%
↑ 28 days after Nice 2024 10:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 faster for everyone: 10:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete8:46 slower -
Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:43200/674Beat 70%
↑ 168 days after Bordeaux 2024 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 behind the field: 0:08 slower on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete0:08 slower -
Bordeaux27 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:35184/809Beat 77%
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Paris11 Nov 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—
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NiceDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:14:08349/1117Beat 69%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:10:31231/1562Beat 85%