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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 ?
It is 11 days away on Tuesday, 6/10/2025. 🔥
Scroll down to Can You Beat Your Peers*? and see what you need to aim for to beat your peers! 🥇

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
0.5
-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
.)
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
Walker
🎯 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 ~
48 secs
long.
Estimated Time*:
2 mins 1 sec

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 ~
48 secs
long.
Estimated Time*:
2 mins 1 sec

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.

Useful Links

💡 : Generate motivational quotes from OTF
Wiki on benchmark

Feedback? Found a bug?

Leave a comment or message u/BilingualAlchemist on !

Last updated on
3/23/2025
Fixed a bug in peer analysis, reporting by
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