In short: your score compares your finish times with a world-class time for that race type. 1000 is world-class; 500 means you take twice as long. Times are adjusted for how fast each course and race day was, recent races count more, and the range shows how sure we are.
The scale
For each race type, a world-class time is worth 1000. Your score is that time divided by your predicted time on an average course, times 1000. So a score of 800 means you'd finish in 1.25 times the world-class time, and 500 means twice the time.
| Race type | 1000 points | 600 points | 400 points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5K | 12:35 | 20:58 | 31:28 |
| 10K | 26:11 | 43:38 | 1:05:28 |
| Half marathon | 57:30 | 1:35:50 | 2:23:45 |
| Marathon | 2:00:35 | 3:20:58 | 5:01:28 |
| Trail 5K | 15:44 | 26:13 | 39:20 |
| Trail 10K | 32:44 | 54:33 | 1:21:50 |
| Trail half marathon | 1:11:53 | 1:59:48 | 2:59:43 |
| Trail marathon | 3:13:45 | 5:22:55 | 8:04:23 |
| Sprint triathlon | 50:00 | 1:23:20 | 2:05:00 |
| Olympic triathlon | 1:45:00 | 2:55:00 | 4:22:30 |
| 70.3 | 3:30:00 | 5:50:00 | 8:45:00 |
| Full distance triathlon | 7:30:00 | 12:30:00 | 18:45:00 |
Try it
On an average course: 600
Your real score also accounts for how fast the course and the day were, and for all your races.
What's a typical score?
It depends on the race type, because different kinds of athletes enter them. Among everyone with a race in about the last three years:
| Race type | Middle athlete | Top 10% |
|---|---|---|
| 5K | 363 | 474+ |
| 10K | 359 | 490+ |
| Half marathon | 449 | 558+ |
| Marathon | 456 | 561+ |
| 70.3 | 577 | 695+ |
| Full distance triathlon | 604 | 735+ |
So compare scores within a race type, not across them: a 450 marathon is a better result, relative to the field, than a 450 in a 70.3. Your score cards also show your percentile ("Top 18%"), which is comparable everywhere.
Where the results come from
- Official results from RunSignup for the races our athletes enter, from the last 6 years.
- Results athletes add themselves for races no results source covers (such as IRONMAN events), checked against their own watch recording of the race.
- Every finisher counts, not only Someone2Race athletes. Hundreds of thousands of results are what let us tell a fast course from a slow one.
- Your score uses the results you've linked to your profile. New races you run join automatically when their results are imported.
- Twelve race types: 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon; trail 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon (compared only with other trail races, since trail times aren't comparable with road times); and sprint, Olympic, 70.3 and full-distance triathlon. A type gets a full model once there are enough results for it (at least 300); before that, scores come from your own results on a neutral course.
- Relays, team results and courses that aren't a standard distance (within 3%) aren't scored.
What's taken into account
- The course. Hills, heat, wind, rough water or a long course make everyone slower. We measure how much slower each course is from everyone who raced it, and adjust for it. Most courses are within about 6% of average.
- The day. A hot or windy year on the same course is adjusted for too: most race days are within about 3% of the course's usual.
- When you raced. Recent races count more. A race from 18 months ago counts half as much as one from today, and one from 3 years ago a quarter.
- Bad days. A race far off your usual (a cramp, a flat tyre, walking it with a friend) counts less than a normal one, so one bad day can't sink your score.
- Not age or gender. Scores compare raw times. Leaderboards can be filtered by gender.
Every race in your history also gets its own score, adjusted for that course and day, so you can see your best performances even on a hard course.
The range, and "provisional"
With only a few races we can't be sure how fast you are, so each score comes with a range: we're 90% sure your true level is inside it. More races narrow it. A score is provisional while it's based on one race, or while the range is wider than 80 points.
With just one or two races, your score also leans toward the average for athletes of your gender, and moves toward your own times as you race more. That stops a single lucky race from looking like a world-class level.
Why your score changes
- You raced: new results move it.
- Time passes: as older races count less, recent ones matter more, so the score drifts toward your recent form.
- Courses are re-measured: every week, as new results arrive, course difficulties are updated, which can nudge your adjusted times.
Scores are recalculated every Monday. When you link results, your score is calculated straight away. The small chart on each score card shows the last 12 months.
Leaderboards
Leaderboards show the top 100 Someone2Race athletes per race type, overall and by gender. They're ranked by the low end of each athlete's range, not the middle, so one great race can't top the board: you climb by racing well consistently.
Head to head
When you challenge someone, we compare your two scores for that race type and course to estimate each athlete's chance of winning, and suggest a fair head start: the time the faster athlete would give up for a 50/50 race. On race pages, Closest rivals are the registered athletes nearest your predicted time.
How good are the predictions? On races the model hadn't seen, it picks the faster of two athletes about 80 to 84% of the time. Racing is unpredictable, and that's the point.
Course speed on race pages
Once at least 30 results back it, a race page shows how fast its course is compared with an average course of that type, for example "4% slower than average".
Something wrong?
- A result in your history isn't yours: use Not me on it in My results.
- Someone else has linked your result: open it from Find my results and choose It's mine, with your watch's recording of the race.
- A race or result is missing, or something looks off: use Send feedback at the bottom of any page.