In the USA
In the UK
In Switzerland.
Anyone know?
Worldwide.
Www.google.com will have the answer so look it up instead of being so lazy
How long is a piece of string?
Actually, it does not, I am not, and the answers are not as simple to find as you think.
I'm really quite curious if anyone here can point me in the direction of a rather accurate answer, compared to spurious speculation. From what I gather, people say about 4:30 is the average time, but when I see average times for the Swiss events that I have competed in (that would be a lot of events), the average is way faster.
Nevertheless, I see no accurate data on averages anywhere.
Edit: Actually, last time I googled was some time ago and I found no data. Now when I google I do find this:
http://runrepeat.com/research-marath...r-each-country
So that does actually answer my question.
Thanks
I'm feeling very fast - in 5 countries where I've crossed the line
They are called Snickers now.
"Average" depends on the course and the entrants!
I'd say a "good" time for a serious amateur runner is in the 3 hour area and a fit person could get around 4 hours with some training!
On average, respectively:
9:07 a.m.
8:42 a.m. (but in winter, 10:28 a.m.)
9:17 a.m.
8:56 a.m. with a break of 15 minutes if you take more than 5.5 hours, and you have to run VERY quietly between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m.
The first page of hits on Google answers at least three of your four questions, without even having to click on the results for more info!
You need to clarify your question, even if the data is available somewhere.
What do you mean, "average time"?
The average/mean winning time? That should be reasonably easy to find.
The average time of every contestant? Do you include the guy that took a few days to finish the London marathon? I doubt that information is available.
Something in-between? Maybe just the runners classed as "elite". Maybe just those at club level. Those that wear shorts and vests instead of cow suits and diving helmets?
Over what period? 2015? Ever?
And I'm just a lay person. There are probably a load more questions that would be raised by a statistician or athlete.
I've done marathons here and in the US, I'd say the average times in the US are far lower thanks to the rather heavy charity walker component that doesn't really exist here. Just a guess though...
You mean far higher then?
As I pointed out, I am interested to see the different average finish times for marathons in different countries and the above link gives a good idea. Apart from that link, there are very few reliable sources of data on the subject.
In most of the races I ran here, the median men's time is around 3:50. I knew that an average worldwide time is estimated closer to 4:30, so it got me thinking about the discrepancy. Hence my question. In face, the link above gives an average time for men and women combined in Switzerland of around 4:07.
I also figured that the number would be slower elsewhere because of the much larger charity runner component. I was just interested to find some more information.
It depends on the distance
Why don't you google the times of each marathon, like that you can simply transfer them to an excel file, insert a few formulas and you'd be able to define your own parameters...be it median value, mean, weighted average....average times of African runners, average times of left-handed runners, sky's the limit really, unless you live in Geneva, then the limit is the sky.
Yeah, that, Maybe I meant slower and forgot the "s". No idea.
Plus different cut-off time and entrance requirements.
Boston, for example requires a qualification time.
The Zurich Marathon used to have an earlier cut-off time than now which removed a lot of the slower runners.
Then you have mountain marathons in Switzerland where the times are a lot slower because of the terrain and height gains.
Did you have a hypothesis in mind which you wanted to prove or disprove?
Yep, I am excluding mountain marathons and ultras.
I am talking more about simple flat or flattish 42km, I suppose average finish time (median will do) per country for those that entered and finished the race.
It's not a big study nor anything academic, I am a keen runner and just wondered if someone else had done some math on it, because I saw that the median mens finish times in most of the Swiss races are way lower than the rule of thumb 4:30 ish supposed finish median that I have heard generally floated.
As I say for the third time, the Guardian based link gives me "more or less" what I am looking for anyhow!