Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Boston 2014 vs Boston 2015

The 2015 Boston Marathon saw a much larger re-qualification rate than the 2014 Boston Marathon.

More runners ran in 2014 than 2015, however more runners re-qualified in 2015. This will likely increase the cutoff time for the 2016 Boston Marathon.

Age
Group
2014 Boston Marathon
2015 Boston Marathon
 Finishers
 BQ
 BQ%
 Finishers
 BQ
 BQ%
F18-34
 4,779
 1,402
29.3%
 4,167
 1,900
45.6%
F35-39
 2,044
 749
36.6%
 1,869
 941
50.3%
F40-44
 2,313
 833
36.0%
 1,985
 977
49.2%
F45-49
 2,277
 915
40.2%
 1,831
 982
53.6%
F50-54
 1,487
 576
38.7%
 1,205
 642
53.3%
F55-59
 761
 254
33.4%
 606
 319
52.6%
F60-64
 342
 113
33.0%
 270
 150
55.6%
F65-69
 119
 45
37.8%
 91
 43
47.3%
F70-74
 20
 7
35.0%
 20
 11
55.0%
F75-79
 4
 3
75.0%
 2
 2
100.0%
F80+
 1
 -  
0.0%
 1
 -  
0.0%
M18-34
 3,711
 1,475
39.7%
 3,217
 1,694
52.7%
M35-39
 2,059
 791
38.4%
 1,748
 922
52.7%
M40-44
 2,538
 958
37.7%
 2,109
 1,065
50.5%
M45-49
 2,769
 990
35.8%
 2,485
 1,290
51.9%
M50-54
 2,394
 819
34.2%
 2,058
 978
47.5%
M55-59
 1,738
 576
33.1%
 1,500
 716
47.7%
M60-64
 1,106
 342
30.9%
 899
 413
45.9%
M65-69
 535
 147
27.5%
 403
 179
44.4%
M70-74
 164
 47
28.7%
 123
 52
42.3%
M75-79
 41
 15
36.6%
 36
 16
44.4%
M80+
 8
 1
12.5%
 10
 3
30.0%
Total
31,210
11,058
35.4%
26,635
13,294
49.9%
Notes:
1) BQ indicates the number of finishers who met the minimum qualifying standards for their age group.




A complete analysis is coming soon with a new predicted Boston Marathon cutoff projection.