Every Runner in the 2026 New York City Marathon, Mapped
All 61,060 finishers, placed on the course minute by minute, show where the race was most crowded, where runners slowed for good and who passed whom.
The results of a marathon are usually read as a list: a name, a time, a place. That list describes each finisher as though they had run alone. They did not. Every runner in New York shared the same bridges, the same avenues and the same afternoon with tens of thousands of others, and the timing mats that recorded their splits also recorded, in effect, where everyone was at every minute of the day.
Marathon Handbook collected those records for the entire field and rebuilt the race as it happened on the road. Each piece below takes one question and lets you explore the answer on a live map.
Explore the race
Find Your Race
Enter your bib number to see your race among 61,060 others: who you passed, who passed you and where your pace broke.
ExploreWhere the Course Got Most Crowded
The course’s bottlenecks, when each one peaked and how much each actually slowed runners.
ExploreWhere Runners’ Pace Broke
Sixty percent of finishers slowed for good after halfway. Where it happened, mile by mile, and what it cost them.
ExploreThe Field by Age, Gender and Country
Follow any age group, gender or country through the five boroughs and see how each moved through the day.
ExploreWho Passed the Most Runners
The runners who gained the most places between the start and the finish, and the one who passed more than anyone else.
ExploreThe Push to Finish Under 3, 4 and 5 Hours
Far more runners finish just before four hours than just after. What separated those who made it from those who missed.
ExploreThe Runners Who Finished After Dark
More than 10,000 runners finished after the 4:52 p.m. sunset, two thirds of them women. Where they were when the light went.
ExploreThe Best Performances, Adjusted for Age
Adjusted for age and sex, the strongest run in New York did not come from either winner.
ExploreDid the Afternoon Warmth Slow the Later Waves?
The later waves ran in air about three degrees warmer. What the data can and cannot say about whether it slowed them.
ExploreWhich Countries and States Ran Fastest
Colombia had the fastest median time, Maine the fastest state. Every country, state and club with enough finishers, ranked.
ExploreThe Runners Who Ran Every Step Together
More than 1,300 pairs and small groups ran all 26.2 miles side by side, from the start line to the finish.
ExploreThe Most Common Names in the Race, and How Fast They Ran
Michael, Sarah and more than 11,000 other first names. Type yours to see how your namesakes ran.
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