Beach to Beacon 10K Stats

I've put together the stats for the top 500 finishers. I would have liked to include more but the results database only shows 10 finishers at a time.

Most of the top men seem to be in their 20s. This was the same as Atlanta's Peachtree 10K. The top 2 men came from their 20s. For the top 500 men, those in their 20s had a median time of 38:21 and a mean time of 37:02. This is about two minutes faster than the top men in their 30s (median of 40:13 and mean of 39:14).

For the top 500 women, the 30s age group is the fastest although not by much. First, the top 2 women came from the 30s age group. The median time of the 30s age group is 40:11 with a mean of 39:15. For the 20s age group, the median time was 40:27 with a mean of 39:13 (actually 2 seconds faster than the 30s mean).

One thing to note is the average times between the men and the women are close. I believe this is mostly due to the fact that I included the top 500 finishers regardless of gender. This would likely be much different if I included the top 250 men and the top 250 women.

The Beach to Beacon did a good job for a 10K in attracting out-of-state runners. 33% of the top 500 runners were from outside the state. I would guess this percentage would go down, however, if all the runners were included.

The fastest state was Vermont. It had 11 runners with an mean finish time of 38:24. The fastest city was Freeport Maine. It had 15 runners with a mean time of 39:24. This was actually tied with Falmouth Maine. Freeport wins the tie breaker based on the best individual time of 32:03 (24 seconds faster than Falmouth).

Austin Connection

As I was looking through the results I noticed the Austin runner Carmen Ayala-Troncoso. She finished with a time of 35:53 which was number one in her 45-49-year-old division. She also had run the Peachtree. Her time in that race was 35:33. Just like the top women who had run both races, the Beach to Beacon time was slower. For Carmen her time was 20 seconds slower than her Peachtree time. Refer to my previous Beach To Beacon post for more info on this trend.

The Stats

Below are the detailed stats based on the results of the August 6, 2005 TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race. These stats are only based on the top 500 finishers.

Total Runners by Times

under 30m	30 to 35m	35 to 40m	over 40m
15 (3%)	59 (12%)	168 (34%)	258 (52%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 30m	30 to 35m	35 to 40m	over 40m
under 15	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (22%)	7 (78%)
15-19	0 (0%)	10 (17%)	27 (45%)	23 (38%)
20-29	10 (11%)	19 (21%)	28 (31%)	32 (36%)
30-39	4 (4%)	11 (11%)	32 (32%)	53 (53%)
40-49	1 (1%)	9 (8%)	33 (29%)	69 (62%)
50-59	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	16 (48%)	17 (52%)
60-69	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
Total	15 (4%)	49 (12%)	138 (34%)	203 (50%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 30m	30 to 35m	35 to 40m	over 40m
under 15	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
15-19	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (31%)	9 (69%)
20-29	0 (0%)	5 (21%)	6 (25%)	13 (54%)
30-39	0 (0%)	4 (13%)	12 (38%)	16 (50%)
40-49	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	7 (35%)	12 (60%)
50-59	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (33%)	2 (67%)
60-69	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)
Total	0 (0%)	10 (11%)	30 (32%)	55 (58%)

Average/Best Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
under 15	11	2%	41:36	38:53
15-19	73	15%	39:02	30:35
20-29	113	23%	37:30	27:38
30-39	132	26%	39:14	28:05
40-49	132	26%	39:54	29:39
50-59	36	7%	40:01	35:53
60-69	3	1%	41:21	40:46
Total	500	100%	39:07	27:38
Fastest Ages (by average)
20-29	113	23%	37:30	27:38

Average/Best Times By Male Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
under 15	9	2%	41:30	38:53
15-19	60	15%	38:36	30:35
20-29	89	22%	37:02	27:38
30-39	100	25%	39:14	28:05
40-49	112	28%	39:52	29:39
50-59	33	8%	39:58	35:53
60-69	2	0%	40:50	40:46
Total	405	100%	38:57	27:38
Fastest Ages (by average)
20-29	89	22%	37:02	27:38

Average/Best Times By Female Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
under 15	2	2%	42:05	41:32
15-19	13	14%	41:01	38:33
20-29	24	25%	39:13	32:21
30-39	32	34%	39:15	31:35
40-49	20	21%	40:03	34:39
50-59	3	3%	40:37	39:49
60-69	1	1%	42:23	42:23
Total	95	100%	39:47	31:35
Fastest Ages (by average)
20-29	24	25%	39:13	32:21

Average/Best Times By Cities (cutoff=10)

City	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
Cape Elizabeth, ME	36	7%	40:11	34:32
Falmouth, ME	23	5%	39:24	32:27
Freeport, ME	15	3%	39:24	32:03
Portland, ME	48	10%	39:33	31:51
Scarborough, ME	32	6%	39:50	33:49
South Portland, ME	26	5%	39:29	30:35
Yarmouth, ME	16	3%	39:56	32:53
unknown	29	6%	32:11	27:38
Below Cutoff	275	55%	39:25	29:39
Total	500	100%	39:07	27:38
Fastest City (by average)
Freeport, ME	15	3%	39:24	32:03

Average/Best Times By State (cutoff=5)

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
CT	8	2%	39:28	31:53
MA	58	12%	39:02	31:09
ME	333	67%	39:43	30:35
NH	12	2%	39:44	32:11
NY	10	2%	39:14	34:21
PA	5	1%	38:38	35:42
VT	11	2%	38:24	32:00
other	29	6%	32:11	27:38
Below Cutoff	34	7%	39:08	29:39
Total	500	100%	39:07	27:38
Fastest State (by average)
VT	11	2%	38:24	32:00

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