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Quarter-mile Run

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Quarter-mile Run⁠

planner estimates how long it’ll take to CRUSH your quarter-mile run benchmark based on a set of predefined strategies - Unlike the official pace chart, it allows you to have a mix of push, base & all-out during your run!

When is the next

Quarter-mile Run⁠

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It has not been announced yet.

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The last one was on 6/10/2025, and it is expected to come again at around 8/1/2025, based on an average of between each Quarter-Mile Run 💨. (You can find all the data in Calendar 🗓 ⁠ .)

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How To Use

Pick your tread group: Runner or Power Walker 💨

Find a strategy below that fits your style

Set your pace & any other additional info your strategy requires

Check out the 💡 : It’ll tell you how long you’ll be running at your all-out based on your pace & distance.

Look at Estimate time* to see how long it’ll take you to complete your

1

⁠

-mile benchmark.

Check this

⁠

to include a

⁠

% adjustment to account for tread’s ramp up time, machine calibration issue, misclicks or human error.

(Not sure what it is? Leave it checked ✅, and you can find more context

here⁠

Want to know how your goal compare against your peers? Check out the Can you beat your peers? 🥇 section at the bottom!

First Timer?

Go with the One Pace (aka Set-And-Forget) or Split by Quarters strategies.

Strategies

💡 By default, the planner includes a
⁠1 ⁠ %
⁠
penalty to the distance to account for tread’s ramp-up time, etc. See How To Use? above ☝️ to turn off/adjust the penalty as desire.

🏃‍♂️ Runner or Walker?

✅ Runner

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Walker

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🎯 Your distance goal is

0.25

⁠

mile.

Set It And Forget It

Set the pace in the beginning, maintain it till the end of the run and go all-out in the last 0.1+ mile (If you have anything left in the tank!)

Flow

Start at

⁠

mph 👈 This is your tread speed!!

In the last

⁠

mi, go all-out at

⁠

mph

💡 Your all-out will be ~
24 secs
⁠
long.

Estimated Time*:

2 mins 1 sec

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Base, Push, then All-Out

Start with base, and bump up your pace at every 0.01 to 0.05 mile. Finish with an all-out.

Flow

Start with base at

⁠

mph

Every

⁠

mi, bump up the pace by

⁠

mph

Don’t go faster than

⁠

mph

In the last

⁠

mi, go all-out at

⁠

mph

💡 Your all-out will be ~
24 secs
⁠
long.

Estimated Time*:

2 mins 1 sec

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Analysis: Can you beat your peers*? 🥇

Adjust the Filters below to see how your goal / PR compares against your peers*.

Peers are defined as within

3

⁠

years in age,

2

⁠

inch(es) in height &

7.5

⁠

lbs in weight.

Filters
Reset filters
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Style:

✅ Runner

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Walker

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Biker

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Strider

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Gender:

✅ Female

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Male

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Nonbinary

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Age:

⁠

Height:

⁠

Weight:

⁠

lbs

New to OTF (Joined OTF < 6 months ago)?

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Benchmark Date:

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Adjust Peer Definition ⚙️

Age: +/-

⁠

years

Height: +/-

⁠

inches

Weight: +/-

000

7.5

⁠

lbs

Analysis

# data points

1021

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Average:

1 min 44 secs

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Bottom 25%:

1 min 55 secs

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Median:

1 min 40 secs

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Top 25%:

1 min 27 secs

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Top 10%:

1 min 19 secs

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Top 5%:

1 min 15 secs

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Top 1%:

1 min 9 secs

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Useful Links

💡

OTF Quotes⁠

: Generate motivational quotes from OTF

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r/orangetheory⁠

Wiki on benchmark

Feedback? Found a bug?

Leave a comment or message u/BilingualAlchemist on

Reddit⁠

Last updated on

6/12/2025

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Added data from 6/10’s benchmark survey

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