https://github.com/llimllib/bostonmarathon

Almost complete data dumps from the Boston Marathon, 2001-2014
https://github.com/llimllib/bostonmarathon

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Almost complete data dumps from the Boston Marathon, 2001-2014

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/llimllib/bostonmarathon
• Owner: llimllib
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-04-26T18:07:38.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-29T12:14:09.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-30T02:50:26.295Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Jupyter Notebook
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• Size: 54.3 MB
• Stars: 30
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Boston Marathon Raw Data

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This repository contains, as close as I can manage, all of the data on the Boston Marathon

available from baa.org. It also contains a python notebook for exploration of that data.

The Data

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Look in the results/{year}/results.csv files for the data. Do something interesting with

it, and make sure you [tell me about it]([email protected])!

Format

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There are (unfortunately) two different data formats. 2013 and 2014 have more detailed

timing data, with splits at 10k, 20k, 25k, half, 30k, 35k, and 40k.

Pre-2013, the data has only the finishing time, but adds the person's standing in their

division, gender, and overall.

Caveats

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* The data includes wheelchair racers but not hand cyclists or other special groups...

if you're interested in that data please submit a pull request!

* The data does not include runners who did not finish. There's nothing I can

do about that, as far as I can tell that data is unavailable from baa.org

* The data is certainly missing a few people, but it ought to contain the large

majority of runners who finished from each year.

* The code is ugly. This is just about grinding the results out!

Visualizations

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* @tmcw

    * [heatmap of finish times](http://bl.ocks.org/tmcw/11376778/d39142fc73e14097fad33d50e75366d197b6c2a3)

    * [which years did people PR?](http://bl.ocks.org/tmcw/raw/11385055/)

* me

    * ![Violin plot of finish times 2001-2014](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/llimllib/bostonmarathon/master/images/times_violin.png)

    * [histogram of finishers by gender and age](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmH86ZHCQAEay54.png:large)

License

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MIT License. Use it as you want to, don't feel obligated to give me credit. It's the BAA's

data anyway. (Thanks for organizing, BAA)

Downloading The Data

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I... already did that for you. Why do you want to do that?

Anyway, if you do, you'll want to run `python multidl.py {year}`

Viewing the notebook

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1. Install the prerequisites: `pip install < requirements.txt`

2. Start the notebook: `make notebook`

3. Play!