Table 1.
Number of finishes and finishers and cut-offs for each ultra-marathon before cut-off (column A) and after cut-off (column B). Column C shows the reduction of the finishes and finishers after applying the cut-off. Total finishers do not correspond to the sum of column A and B, respectively, since a finisher may participate in several ultra-marathons. Column D shows the mean of the age and the standard deviation of the finishers; column E the mean of distances and the standard deviations
| A | B | C | D | E | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before cut-off | After cut-off | % Reduction | Mean (SD) of age | Mean (SD) of distance | |||||||
| Race time (h) | Cut-off | Finishes | Finishers | Finishes | Finishers | Finishes | Finishers | Before cut-off | After cut-off | Before cut-off | After cut-off |
| 6 | 20 | 29,284 | 15,236 | 29,284 | 15,236 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.9 (10.2) | 45.9 (10.2) | 55.8 (8.9) | 55.8 (8.9) |
| 12 | 50 | 26,010 | 14,504 | 23,831 | 13,334 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 45.4 (10.9) | 45.3 (10.7) | 85.0 (23.3) | 88.6 (20.8) |
| 24 | 90 | 41,679 | 16,750 | 34,619 | 13,492 | 16.9 | 19.5 | 46.2 (10.4) | 46.3 (10.1) | 137 (47) | 152 (37) |
| 48 | 12 | 5549 | 2349 | 5161 | 2139 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 46.4 (10.9) | 46.3 (10.8) | 220 (69) | 229 (61) |
| 72 | 140 | 606 | 355 | 536 | 325 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 51.7 (12.0) | 51.6 (12.0) | 246 (90) | 266 (74) |
| 144 | 250 | 3504 | 1396 | 3292 | 1281 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 46.3 (11.2) | 46.2 (11.1) | 508 (157) | 530 (136) |
| 240 | 500 | 413 | 196 | 403 | 193 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 42.7 (11.5) | 42.6 (11.5) | 803 (172) | 814 (157) |
| Total | – | 107,045 | 35,120 | 97,250 | 31,588 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 45.9 (10.6) | 46.0 (10.4) | – | – |