carbon-plate-revolution — chart data
Essay 05, “Did carbon-plate shoes really break the marathon?” (The Rehab Lab).
Source
All values were transcribed from the essay’s published sources in October 2026:
- Hoogkamer W et al. Sports Medicine. 2018;48(4):1009-1019 (lab economy)
- Kipp S, Kram R, Hoogkamer W. Frontiers in Physiology. 2019;10:79 (economy-to-velocity model)
- Quealy K, Katz J. NYT Upshot, July 2018 and Dec. 13, 2019 (street replication)
- Guinness J et al., arXiv:2002.06105 (2020) (photo-identified footwear)
- World-Athletics-recognized race reporting through Oct. 2026 (records)
- Secondary reporting of World Athletics amendments, Jan. 31, 2020 (effective Apr. 30) and July 28, 2020 (rules)
- MarathonHandbook summary, Sept. 2026 (sex gap; full paper not checked — preliminary)
- Bruneau MM et al. PM&R. Apr. 23, 2026; Scientific Reports. 2025;15:17828 (injury)
Files
record-timeline.csv — men’s and women’s marathon world-record marks plotted on the record timeline, plus the unofficial 1:59:40.2 ghost marker.lab-economy.csv — Hoogkamer et al. (2018) treadmill findings.clock-conversion-model.csv — Kipp et al. (2019) velocity band and the converter formula.street-replication.csv — NYT Upshot Strava findings.rules.csv — World Athletics shoe limits.sex-gap.csv — MarathonHandbook summary figures.injury-evidence.csv — biomechanical signals and the epidemiology gap.
- Seconds values are computed from the published times (mm:ss to seconds).
- The ghost marker’s 1:59:40.2 equals 7180.2 s; the chart plots it at 7180.
- “3:27 faster” style readouts are simple differences of the seconds column.
- No new data was collected; nothing was invented.