Scoring System   -   Adult

The Run Quebec City ranking system grants points to the first 20 men and first 20 women on the overall ranking. The same points are given to participants in the 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 or more categories.



 

  
Position Points
1 35
2 32
3 29
4 26
5 23
6 20
7 18
8 16
9 14
10 12
11 10
12 9
13 8
14 7
15 6
16 5
17 4
18 3
19 2
20 1



 
 

Points are increased by 2 factors:
    • the difficulty linked to the kilometers ran;
    • the performance linked to the finish time of each distance race winners.
 

The Difficulty Factor

The difficulty factor aims to give more points for more kilometers. Consequently its take the distance ran into account.



 

  
Distance Difficulty
Factor
5 K 1
10 K 1.2
21.1 K 1.3
30 K 1.4
42.2 K 1.5



 
 
 
The Performance Factor

Performance factor aims to take elites into account for each distance race. Therefore to give more points to those who take part in a distance race in which we find very good runners compared to races with no such runners.

This performance factor is a percentage established between reference times* and each distance finishing time. This factor is then applied to every runners of each distance race.

* The reference times used are the world records for each distance race.

 

    World Records - Men



 
Distance Record
(Reference)		 Date Place Holder Holder
Nationality
5K 00:12:39 2004, May 31 Hengelo,
Netherland		 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia
10K 00:27:02 2002, Dec 11 Doha,
Quatar		 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia
21.1K 00:58:33 2007, March 17 Den Haag,
Netherlands		 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya
30K 01:28:00 2005, Feb, 27 Kumamoto,
Japan		 Takayuki Matsumiya Japan
42.2K 02:03:59 2008, Sept. 28 Berlin,
Germany		 Haile Gebrselassie Kenya



 
 

    World Record - Women



 
Distance Record
(Reference)		 Date Place Holder Holder
Nationality
5K 00:14:24 2006, June 3 New York,
USA		 Meseret Defar Ethiopia
10K 00:30:21 2003, Feb. 23 San Juan,
Puerto Rico		 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain
21.1K 01:06:25 2007, Oct. 14 Udine,
Italy		 Lornah Kiplagat Netherland
30K 01:38:49 2005, Sept. 25 Berlin,
Germany		 Mizuki Noguchi Japan
42.2K 02:15:25 2003, April 13 Londres,
Great Britain		 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain



 
 
 

Scoring System   -   Children

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