Boston Marathon’s 2027 cutoff is the fastest in race history

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  The 2027 Boston Marathon has a 5:17 cutoff, the fastest qualifying cutoff in the race’s history.

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  The cutoff makes the effective qualifying times 2:49:43 for open-division men and 3:19:43 for women and non-binary runners.

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  The Boston Athletic Association accepted 24,630 runners from 33,649 applicants based on qualifying times.

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  The association changed its rules in an effort to prevent another high cutoff, but the cutoff continued to rise.

Who

The Boston Athletic Association set the cutoff; runners applying to the 2027 Boston Marathon were affected.

What

The cutoff was 5:17, the fastest in the race’s history.

When

For the 2027 race; the cutoff was announced about two weeks before the article was published on October 12, 2026.

Where

Boston, Massachusetts.

Why

The number of applicants exceeded the available places, so runners were ranked by how far they ran under their qualifying times.

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