Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Berlin Marathon Analysis: 2013 vs 2014

The 2014 edition of the Berlin Marathon saw fewer finishers than the 2013 edition. There were also fewer finishers meeting the minimum Boston Qualifying Standards in 2014.

Berlin Marathon Comparison
Age Group
2013
2014
Finishers
BQ
BQ Rate
Finishers
BQ
BQ Rate
F18-34
 2,234
 209
9.4%
 1,985
 208
10.5%
F35-39
 1,249
 172
13.8%
 1,006
 159
15.8%
F40-44
 1,677
 258
15.4%
 1,231
 197
16.0%
F45-49
 1,706
 327
19.2%
 1,222
 228
18.7%
F50-54
 1,207
 246
20.4%
 793
 138
17.4%
F55-59
 485
 110
22.7%
 360
 82
22.8%
F60-64
 208
 60
28.8%
 144
 47
32.6%
F65-69
 69
 25
36.2%
 42
 11
26.2%
F70-74
 21
 5
23.8%
 13
 6
46.2%
F75-79
 2
 1
50.0%
 2
 1
50.0%
F80+
 2
 -  
0.0%
 -  
 -  
0.0%
M18-34
 5,715
 627
11.0%
 4,429
 503
11.4%
M35-39
 3,919
 530
13.5%
 3,200
 424
13.3%
M40-44
 5,199
 794
15.3%
 4,219
 620
14.7%
M45-49
 5,224
 971
18.6%
 4,218
 770
18.3%
M50-54
 3,785
 695
18.4%
 3,201
 546
17.1%
M55-59
 1,932
 352
18.2%
 1,632
 299
18.3%
M60-64
 924
 225
24.4%
 803
 155
19.3%
M65-69
 374
 116
31.0%
 333
 94
28.2%
M70-74
 148
 38
25.7%
 148
 33
22.3%
M75-79
 36
 8
22.2%
 41
 8
19.5%
M80+
 6
 -  
0.0%
 5
 1
20.0%
Total
 36,122
 5,769
16.0%
 29,027
 4,530
15.6%
Notes:
BQ= Number of finishers who met the BQ Standard for age and gender
BQ Rate = % of finishers who met the BQ Standard for age and gender

The Berlin Marathon is listed as one of the Top 25 feeder marathons for the Boston Marathon. However, with such a large number of participants and large number of people meeting the BQ standard, it has the potential to sway the predictive analysis to compute the current year BQ cutoff.

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