Wednesday, October 29, 2014

BQ Rates at Mega Marathons

Here are the numbers from the 2013 editions of the Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon and New York Marathon. These marathons are all members of the top 25 feeder marathons for the Boston Marathon. These marathons each have over 20,000 participants in them.

Age Group
Berlin (2013)
Chicago (2013)
Marine Corps (2013)
New York (2013)
Finishers
BQ Rate
Finishers
BQ Rate
Finishers
BQ Rate
Finishers
BQ Rate
F18-34
 2,234
9.4%
 8,938
6.7%
 4,511
5.0%
 7,365
5.9%
F35-39
 1,249
13.8%
 2,851
8.2%
 1,667
5.2%
 3,250
7.3%
F40-44
 1,677
15.4%
 2,420
9.5%
 1,557
5.5%
 3,528
8.5%
F45-49
 1,706
19.2%
 1,524
13.6%
 985
8.5%
 2,477
12.8%
F50-54
 1,207
20.4%
 1,005
12.5%
 708
6.5%
 1,661
12.0%
F55-59
 485
22.7%
 423
14.2%
 302
6.6%
 791
12.5%
F60-64
 208
28.8%
 166
13.3%
 116
5.2%
 329
12.5%
F65-69
 69
36.2%
 48
16.7%
 42
4.8%
 102
15.7%
F70-74
 21
23.8%
 12
25.0%
 7
0.0%
 36
8.3%
F75-79
 2
50.0%
 -  
-
 1
0.0%
 3
0.0%
F80+
 2
0.0%
 -  
-
 -  
-
 4
50.0%
M18-34
 5,715
11.0%
 8,007
7.2%
 4,704
4.1%
 7,457
5.9%
M35-39
 3,919
13.5%
 3,596
8.5%
 2,188
3.5%
 5,009
5.7%
M40-44
 5,199
15.3%
 3,582
8.9%
 2,355
3.5%
 5,985
6.9%
M45-49
 5,224
18.6%
 2,512
12.7%
 1,704
5.2%
 4,744
8.8%
M50-54
 3,785
18.4%
 1,975
12.9%
 1,239
5.2%
 3,845
9.8%
M55-59
 1,932
18.2%
 1,033
13.3%
 704
7.4%
 1,857
10.3%
M60-64
 924
24.4%
 511
16.2%
 392
10.5%
 1,101
11.4%
M65-69
 374
31.0%
 184
17.9%
 142
9.9%
 383
12.0%
M70-74
 148
25.7%
 51
21.6%
 50
10.0%
 153
13.7%
M75-79
 36
22.2%
 13
7.7%
 7
0.0%
 39
12.8%
M80+
 6
0.0%
 3
0.0%
 4
25.0%
 15
6.7%
Total
 36,122
16.0%
 38,854
9.1%
 23,385
5.0%
 50,134
7.9%

Notes: BQ Rate is the percentage of people per age group who met the minimum Boston Qualifying Standard.

Interesting observations:
The Berlin Marathon in 2013 had a significantly higher BQ rate than the other Mega-Marathons. 

The Marine Corps Marathon in 2013 had a significantly lower BQ rate than the other Mega-Marathons. My initial assumption was bad weather; however, that does not seem to be the case as the MCM website lists the weather for that race, October 27, 2013; to be a high of 63F, a low of 43F and Sunny.

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