Rankings FAQs
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1. Rankings Tables
How the main distance rankings are built and ordered.
The Rankings tables cover track and road events from 800m to the marathon, with separate rankings for each gender and climate. Each table ranks the best performance achieved by Singaporeans and Singapore residents in the selected event and year. Only performances that meet the relevant cut-off times for gender, climate and age are included.
Rankings can be further filtered by age category and nationality. For athletes aged 50 or over, eligible performances are included in the relevant age-category rankings and only appear in the overall annual rankings if they also meet the Open cut-off times.
Athletes are ordered from the fastest to the slowest. Equal times receive the same rank so a tie may display positions 1, 2, 2, 4. Athletes who change age categories over the year will just appear once in the overall annual ranking but may appear in two lists when filtered by Age Category.
The All Years view covers results from 2020 onwards and keeps each athlete’s fastest eligible performance for the selected distance, climate, and age category. Athletes who change age categories over the years will just appear once in the All Years view but may appear in two or more lists when filtered by Age Category
CRK means Age Category Rank, the position of an athlete against other athletes in that age category in the period. Senior and masters age categories are based on age on race day. Junior age categories are based on age at the end of the calendar year.
2. Filters & Climate
Using the year, gender, climate, distance, nationality and age-category controls.
Every active control is applied together. For example, selecting Female, Tropical, 10K, Singaporean and V40 shows only eligible results matching all five selections in the chosen period.
Tropical and Cool Climate results are kept in separate tables so performances achieved in different environmental conditions can be compared more fairly. A race’s climate classification is assigned according to the Koppen climate classification and not the conditions on the day. There is no climate distinction for results from 800m, 1500m and 3000m races.
Road rankings cover 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon. Track rankings cover 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10000m.
The Singaporean filter limits the table to results marked as run by Singaporeans. The All Nationalities view includes residents and Permanent Residents regardless of nationality.
Senior and masters age categories are based on age on race day. Junior age categories are based on age at the end of the calendar year.
3. Top Performers
How the Age Grade and Performance tables compare athletes across events.
Results from distances between 800m and the marathon are converted into an age grade score using the RSR Age Grade Tables, allowing athletes of different ages and genders and competing in different events to be ranked in one table. Each athlete appears once using their strongest score across all supported distances and climates in the selected period, with the highest age-grade percentage ranked first. An athlete may not appear in the Age Grade rankings if their date of birth is unknown. Please use the form on the Submit Result page to submit this information.
Results from distances between 800m and the marathon are converted into comparable performance points using the RSR Performance Equivelency Tables, allowing athletes competing in different events to be ranked in one table. Each athlete appears once using their strongest score across all supported distances and climates in the selected period, with the highest score ranked first.
The Age Grade and Performance rankings are designed to compare athletes rather than list every result. The system therefore keeps only the strongest eligible performance for each athlete in the selected period.
Athletes with the same displayed score or percentage receive the same rank. The next position is skipped, for example 1, 2, 2, 4.
4. Athlete Search
Understanding athlete profiles, age grade, distance performance and PB progression.
The system converts each supported performance to a climate-adjusted performance-equivalent score using our RSR Performance Equivalency Tables. The result with the strongest score becomes the athlete’s Best Overall Performance Since 2020.
Distance Performance shows the athletes current PBs over each supported distance and climate and uses the athlete’s Best Overall Performance to calculate a predicted PB for each supported distance and climate. Current % compares the predicted PB with the athlete’s current PB since 2020 in that event. It is a comparison guide rather than a guaranteed race prediction.
Choose an available distance to view the athlete’s PB progression at that distance.
The profile summarises current 5K Series and 10K achievements, including fastest time, single-age records, age-category records and ranks, all-time rank, age-grade league position and currently held badges. Record and ranking badges can change when another athlete takes the position.
5. Club Search
Finding performances by club or school.
Club search ranks eligible performances by club members or students in a year that meet the relevant cut-off times for each gender, climate and age.
For athletes aged 50 or over, eligible performances appear in the relevant age category rankings and only appear in the overall annual rankings if they also meet the Open cut-off times.
Ranking and result rows display an athlete’s club and/or school at the time of the performance. An athlete who changes club or school may therefore have historical results listed under a previous club.
6. Criteria & Updates
Eligibility, missing results, corrections and data updates.
A result must meet the applicable RSR distance, gender, age and climate criteria and come from an accepted race source. The current qualification cut-off times are published on the Criteria page.
Please check the criteria first and submit the appropriate form found on the Submit Results page. Submitted results are reviewed before they are added to the rankings.
Please submit the appropriate form found on the Submit Result page. Include enough information or evidence for the RSR team to verify the change.
Rankings are updated on a weekly basis.