2026 Marathon Sub-3

Eligibility

1. The race must be an officially organized full marathon, in mainland China or overseas, with a verifiable finisher certificate.
2. Eligibility is based on the net time shown on the certificate. The net time must be strictly under 3:00:00; exactly 3:00:00 does not qualify.
3. Only records of races held between January 1 and December 31, 2026 are shown publicly on the challenge wall and receive draw entries. Sub-three races from earlier years can also be submitted and saved to your profile, but they are not shown publicly and do not count toward the draw.
4. The challenge closes on January 15, 2027. Submit your 2026 race records before then; races held in 2027 do not count toward this challenge.

What to submit

Select Upload Record on this page to upload a race record. If the race is already in your profile, select Choose Record to submit it without uploading it again. The record should include:

• The race name and race date;
• A finish track in .fit or .gpx format, with .fit preferred;
• A finisher certificate that identifies the race, date, full-marathon event, and net time. It is required for the review before the draw, so we recommend uploading it with your submission;
• A medal photo is optional and does not affect basic eligibility or draw entries.

The recorded distance should be between 40 and 44 km.

Checks and valid records

1. After submission, the race type, finish track, distance, and time are checked automatically. Qualifying records of races held in 2026 appear on the challenge wall right away.
2. Passing the automatic check does not guarantee prize eligibility. Before the draw, administrators will review candidate records against the race date, finish track, and certificate. The review result is the final basis for eligibility.
3. Only one record from the same runner at the same race can be valid. Duplicate submissions do not create additional draw entries.
4. A runner may submit sub-three results from different official marathons. Each distinct race record that passes review receives one draw entry, up to three entries per runner.
5. Fabricated, borrowed, altered, duplicated, or otherwise unverifiable records will be disqualified. Administrators may request additional evidence when necessary.

Prizes and draw rules

1. The prize pool contains five boxes of SiS Beta Fuel Energy Gel 6 Pack, for up to five winners who each receive one box.
2. If five or fewer runners pass review, no draw is held and each of them receives one box.
3. If more than five runners pass review, winners are drawn using valid draw entries. Once a runner wins, that runner’s remaining entries are removed so no runner wins twice.
4. Each runner may submit records from multiple races. Each record that passes review counts as one draw entry, up to three entries and at most one prize per runner. This challenge is drawn separately from other challenges; winning in another challenge does not affect your entries here.
5. Candidate records are checked again before the draw. A record that fails review is disqualified and another winner is drawn.
6. Winners will be announced on January 31, 2027, and each winner will be contacted individually to confirm the result and delivery using the contact details in their profile. A prize is forfeited if no delivery information is provided within two weeks.
7. If a winner does not provide valid delivery information in time, the prize is forfeited and a replacement winner is drawn from the remaining valid participants.
8. We will contact winners using the contact details in their profile, preferring the registered email. WeChat IDs and phone numbers are only used if the runner chose to provide them.
9. Prizes are normally delivered by mail. If mail delivery is not possible, we will contact the winner.

Record display and data use

Qualifying records of races held during the challenge period are shown in the FINISHERS section, ranked by finish time, with summary information such as the runner’s nickname, avatar, race name, date, distance, finish time, and pace. Original track files, certificates, and medal photos are not shown on the challenge wall and are used only for eligibility review.

By participating, runners agree that summaries of records they manually submit and that qualify may be displayed to the community and used in aggregated or anonymized form as a reference for community race and running data.