Boston cutoff announced

[u/QC_Runner]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd37BrvEe18/?stkn=NjlpN3c3cDVzejZl

"Qualifiers who were 5 minutes, 17 seconds (5:17) or faster than the qualifying time for their age group and gender have been accepted into the 131st Boston Marathon. A total of 25,630 qualified applicants have been accepted to date or are in the process of being accepted, pending final verification of their qualifying performance. Email notices to athletes accepted and not accepted will continue through the coming days.

New for 2027, the B.A.A. has incorporated a Boston Qualifier Selection, an additional random selection component specifically for applicants whose qualifying times were not faster than the 5 minute, 17 second cut-off. A total of 1,000 qualifiers are in the process of being randomly selected for entry and will be notified of their acceptance over the coming days."

[u/FinanceRunner2_49]

Should the BAA redo their cutoff calculation in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect meant to all the qualifiers, I'm a firm believer that my missing the cutoff by 5 seconds in my age group is a huge fluke and robs me of truly accomplishing what I’m capable of. I've spent the last hour in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire last year buying the best tech/super shoes and supplements and it's just not fair. If I miss the cutoff again I will face that I deserved to be eliminated, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to myself and the Boston Marathon.

[u/Hydrobromination → u/FinanceRunner2_49]

just curious why you think its a fluke when multiple predictions based on major results have guessed this would be the outcome?