raceIQ
For runners who race to place, not just to finish

Find the race built for your pace

raceIQ ranks every upcoming race near you by where your target pace will place you, using real results from past races. See your best races before you enter.

Free to use. Strava connection is optional. Or browse races by state.

finish times from real race results
18.5M
finish times from real race results
past races with full results
51,000+
past races with full results
upcoming races ranked for you
17,000+
upcoming races ranked for you

How it works

Set it up once. Every race near you gets scored against its own past finishers. How we work it out

Enter your pace and places

The pace you can race at each distance, and the areas you'll travel to.

5K6:30/mi
10K6:45/mi
Half7:05/mi

See where you'd place

Every upcoming race, against its past finishers in your age group and gender.

Jingle Bell Jog 5K2nd of ~27

Pick your race, not a guess

Filter by field strength, date and distance, and know your chances before you register.

New · World Marathon Majors

Where would you finish in a major?

Your marathon time against every finisher in Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Sydney, from the official results.

Compare your time
  1. New YorkTop 34%
  2. LondonTop 34%
  3. BerlinTop 36%
  4. SydneyTop 37%

Overall placing in each race's latest year with full results.

raceIQ in your AI tool

Ask Claude or ChatGPT which race to run

Connect raceIQ to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code and plan your season in plain English. Your AI searches every race we track, checks real past results, and knows your paces and places, so its answers are about you.

Add the server to your AI tool
https://raceiq.run/mcp
Or in Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http raceiq https://raceiq.run/mcp
Setup guide and example prompts

Race search works without an account. Sign in when you ask about your own chances.

Which upcoming 10Ks near me would I place best in?

At your 7:15/mi 10K pace, these are your best shots, from past finishers in Men 40–49:

  1. 1Lakefront Turkey Trot 10K · Nov 26 · 12 mi awayExpected 1st in your age group, about 4th overall
  2. 2Frost Bite 10K · Jan 23 · 26 mi awayExpected 1st–2nd in your age group, high confidence
  3. 3Riverbend Spring 10K · Mar 20 · 14 mi awayExpected 2nd in your age group, a competitive field

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Wondering how fast you are? 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon times by age and gender, and World Marathon Majors finish times.

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