A race’s pacing shape can name its course.
59 percent
of races traced to their course by pacing shape alone, against 5% by chance
The slowest 5K was 35–40K on 23 of 26 courses.
Courses with a pacing shape, each against its own average pace.
Which course ran this shape?
The 2024 edition
Metronomes ran from 17% to 48% of finishes, course by course.
Race morning has its own story now.
Warm mornings and the shape of the race are now on Race morning.
The front and the back of the field, then and now, are now on Finish times.
All numbers2 tables
Section pace against the course's own average
| Course | 0–5K | 5–10K | 10–15K | 15–20K | 20–25K | 25–30K | 30–35K | 35–40K | 40K–finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical course | −4.8% | −5.6% | −4.7% | −3.5% | −1.5% | +1.0% | +5.5% | +9.1% | +4.4% |
| Berlin | −4.8% | −4.0% | −4.3% | −3.0% | −0.8% | +1.6% | +3.4% | +8.3% | +3.5% |
| Chicago | −6.3% | −5.7% | −6.5% | −3.7% | −1.2% | +1.5% | +6.1% | +10.7% | +3.9% |
| New York | −7.5% | −8.0% | −6.1% | −3.5% | +1.8% | +0.7% | +7.8% | +9.5% | +4.4% |
| Boston | −5.7% | −5.6% | −4.7% | −2.6% | −1.5% | +3.0% | +6.9% | +5.8% | +4.7% |
| Washington | −5.8% | −8.5% | −6.3% | −6.1% | −2.7% | +1.3% | +7.2% | +13.2% | +10.2% |
| London | −9.2% | −7.2% | −4.4% | −3.4% | −0.8% | +2.9% | +8.0% | +8.0% | +5.1% |
| Amsterdam | −3.0% | −4.8% | −4.3% | −2.7% | −2.4% | +0.1% | +5.2% | +7.4% | +5.6% |
| Rotterdam | −4.7% | −5.6% | −4.7% | −3.8% | −1.4% | +0.4% | +5.0% | +10.2% | +5.9% |
| Copenhagen | −4.6% | −4.7% | −4.6% | −3.5% | −1.5% | +0.4% | +5.3% | +9.2% | +5.0% |
| Hamburg | −2.6% | −4.0% | −4.2% | −2.8% | −1.0% | +1.0% | +2.9% | +7.0% | +4.5% |
| Valencia | −1.3% | −3.1% | −2.8% | −2.8% | −1.2% | +0.3% | +3.8% | +5.4% | +0.1% |
| Paris | −5.1% | −5.0% | −4.3% | −4.0% | −2.7% | +1.1% | +5.9% | +10.3% | +3.4% |
| Madrid | −3.5% | −7.5% | −5.5% | −3.1% | −4.8% | +2.7% | +3.0% | +11.7% | +10.4% |
| Warsaw | −2.7% | −4.7% | −5.3% | −3.0% | −2.1% | +0.8% | +5.8% | +9.3% | +0.3% |
| Frankfurt | −3.4% | −3.3% | −4.8% | −2.7% | −1.6% | +0.4% | +4.7% | +7.2% | +3.7% |
| Barcelona | +0.5% | −3.7% | −3.2% | −3.7% | −2.6% | −0.1% | +2.3% | +6.3% | +3.2% |
| Stockholm | −5.0% | −4.7% | −4.7% | −3.7% | −0.2% | +2.0% | +4.9% | +7.5% | +3.9% |
| Gold Coast | −6.7% | −6.3% | −6.2% | −4.8% | −2.4% | +0.3% | +7.6% | +13.5% | +5.9% |
| Eindhoven | −4.0% | −3.2% | −3.3% | −3.3% | −1.5% | +0.1% | +4.1% | +8.0% | +3.9% |
| Oslo | −2.0% | −6.4% | −4.0% | −2.8% | −1.7% | −0.1% | +3.3% | +9.0% | +5.7% |
| Sydney | −7.6% | −5.5% | −6.8% | −4.0% | −3.6% | +1.1% | +7.8% | +13.5% | +5.9% |
| Dubai | −6.8% | −7.2% | −6.9% | −4.9% | −1.9% | +1.5% | +7.9% | +12.6% | +7.2% |
| Singapore | −9.0% | −9.8% | −7.7% | −1.7% | −1.0% | +4.4% | +6.4% | +12.5% | +4.0% |
| Helsinki | −1.6% | −5.8% | −7.0% | −5.0% | −1.4% | +1.8% | +8.3% | +6.0% | +4.3% |
| Austin | −6.5% | −10.3% | −5.1% | −3.2% | +0.0% | +2.6% | +5.1% | +10.1% | +8.1% |
| Auckland | −4.7% | −5.5% | −7.0% | −4.3% | −1.7% | +0.4% | +9.2% | +8.8% | +4.2% |
Metronomes as a share of finishes, by course
| Course | Metronomes | Finishes |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 17% | 213,840 |
| Sydney | 18% | 11,345 |
| Gold Coast | 20% | 31,544 |
| Dubai | 20% | 10,351 |
| Madrid | 21% | 44,025 |
| London | 21% | 152,323 |
| New York | 21% | 712,178 |
| Chicago | 25% | 763,250 |
| Rotterdam | 27% | 139,923 |
| Boston | 30% | 257,269 |
| Copenhagen | 31% | 125,695 |
| Oslo | 32% | 22,334 |
| Stockholm | 33% | 33,825 |
| Amsterdam | 34% | 152,214 |
| Berlin | 34% | 769,273 |
| Warsaw | 35% | 41,021 |
| Frankfurt | 37% | 55,461 |
| Eindhoven | 37% | 29,058 |
| Hamburg | 38% | 117,569 |
| Valencia | 48% | 115,773 |