Runners listed
50
Fastest
2:17:31 — Hugo Fry
Middle of the list
2:50:53
Sub-3 / sub-4
50 / 50
Ranking
0 official, 2 reported and 48 not yet verified. Unverified times come from public reports we haven't matched to a source yet — treat them as indicative.
| # | Runner | Time | Pace /km | Race | Year | Status & source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧 Hugo Fry Sub‑elite marathon runner, endurance athlete, and content creator | 2:17:31 | 3:16 | London Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 2 | 🇿🇦 Nick Bester Founder of Best Athletics running club and community | 2:19:45 | 3:19 | Berlin Marathon | 2024 | Unverified |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 Jake Dearden HYROX Elite 15 Athlete | 2:22:10 | 3:22 | Houston Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 4 | 🇩🇪 Bernd Heinrich Professor emeritus in the biology department at the University of Vermont and is the author of a number of books about nature and biology | 2:22:34 | 3:23 | West Valley Marathon | 1980 | Unverified |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Oz Pearlman American magician | 2:23:52 | 3:25 | Philadelphia Marathon | 2014 | ReportedMy Best Runs |
| 6 | 🇪🇸 Daniel Atienza Cycling | 2:29:27 | 3:33 | Zurich Marathon | 2013 | Unverified |
| 7 | 🇳🇴 Kristian Blummenfelt Elite Triathlete | 2:30:47 | 3:34 | *Ironman Texas North American Championships (07:21:24) | 2026 | Unverified |
| 8 | 🇬🇧 Matthew Parris British politician | 2:32:57 | 3:37 | London Marathon | 1985 | Unverified |
| 9 | 🇺🇸 Bill Demong Skiing - Nordic combined | 2:33:05 | 3:38 | New York City Marathon | 2014 | Unverified |
| 10 | 🇦🇺 Kane Cornes Australian Rules Football | 2:36:39 | 3:43 | Melbourne Marathon | 2018 | Unverified |
| 11 | 🇳🇴 Eivind Andreas Vold Norwegian European Champion and World medalist kayaker. Trivia: 162.5 kg bench press at 71 kg (156 lbs) bodyweight — a 2.3× bodyweight lift. | 2:39:00 | 3:46 | Valencia Marathon | 2025 | Unverified |
| 12 | 🇺🇸 Cameron Hanes Elite American bowhunter, ultramarathon runner, and author | 2:39:11 | 3:46 | Eugene Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 13 | 🇪🇸 Abraham Olano Cycling | 2:39:19 | 3:47 | San Sebastian Marathon | 2006 | Unverified |
| 14 | 🇺🇸 Nick Bare Fitness entrepreneur, YouTuber, author, and U.S. Army veteran recognized as a leader in the "hybrid athlete" movement | 2:39:20 | 3:47 | California International Marathon | 2023 | Unverified |
| 15 | 🇦🇺 Andrew Leigh Australian politician and economist | 2:42:48 | 3:51 | Tokyo Marathon | 2017 | Unverified |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Rolf Aldag Cycling | 2:42:57 | 3:52 | Hamburg Marathon | 2006 | Unverified |
| 17 | 🇬🇧 James Cracknell Rowing - Olympic Rowing Athlete | 2:43:12 | 3:52 | London Marathon | 2017 | Unverified |
| 18 | 🇩🇪 Wolfgang Ketterle Nobel Prize winner, German physicist and professor | 2:44:06 | 3:53 | Boston Marathon | 2014 | Unverified |
| 19 | 🇬🇧 Shane McGuigan British boxing coach, son of former world champion Barry | 2:44:51 | 3:54 | London Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 20 | 🇫🇷 Laurent Jalabert Cycling - French former professional road racing cyclist | 2:45:52 | 3:56 | Barcelona Marathon | 2007 | Unverified |
| 21 | 🇬🇧 Alan Turing Codebreaking pioneer, computer science pioneer | 2:46:03 | 3:56 | Olympic trials (unofficial) | 1947 | Unverified |
| 22 | 🇳🇱 Erben Wennemars Speed Skater | 2:47:43 | 3:58 | Rotterdam Marathon | 2021 | Unverified |
| 23 | 🇦🇹 Thomas Rohregger Cycling | 2:48:47 | 4:00 | Vienna City Marathon | 2016 | Unverified |
| 24 | 🇬🇧 Spencer Matthews British TV personality and entrepreneur, podcaster 'Untapped' | 2:49:46 | 4:01 | Berlin Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 25 | 🇩🇪 Günter Wallraff German writer | 2:50:14 | 4:02 | Frankfurt Marathon | 1983 | Unverified |
| 26 | 🇺🇸 David Petraeus U.S. Army General | 2:50:53 | 4:03 | Omaha Marathon | 1982 | Unverified |
| 27 | 🇬🇧 Jim McDonnell Boxing - British former Boxer | 2:50:54 | 4:03 | London Marathon | 2003 | Unverified |
| 28 | 🇺🇸 Lance Armstrong Tour de France cyclist | 2:50:58 | 4:03 | Boston Marathon | 2008 | Unverified |
| 29 | 🇺🇸 Jim Scheibel Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota | 2:52:00 | 4:05 | Twin Cities Marathon | 1988 | Unverified |
| 30 | 🇲🇦 Abdelkader Benali Moroccan-Dutch writer | 2:52:25 | 4:05 | Rotterdam Marathon | 2006 | Unverified |
| 31 | 🇬🇧 Jenson Button Formula One - winner of F1 World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn | 2:52:30 | 4:05 | London Marathon | 2015 | Unverified |
| 32 | 🇦🇺 Joanna Wietrzyk HYROX Elite 15 Athlete | 2:52:43 | 4:06 | Sunshine Coast Marathon | 2025 | Unverified |
| 33 | 🇺🇸 Jacob Frey Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2:53:22 | 4:07 | Twin Cities Marathon | 2021 | Unverified |
| 34 | 🇺🇸 Jamie McMurray Motorsports - Racing Driver | 2:53:51 | 4:07 | Last Chance BQ2 (Geneva, IL) | 2019 | Unverified |
| 35 | 🇳🇴 Arne Treholt Norwegian politician | 2:54:05 | 4:08 | New York City Marathon | 1982 | Unverified |
| 36 | 🇬🇧 Nell McAndrew English glamour model, TV presenter and fitness trainer | 2:54:39 | 4:08 | London Marathon | 2012 | Unverified |
| 37 | 🇸🇰 Mikuláš Dzurinda Prime Minister of Slovakia | 2:54:57 | 4:09 | Malokarpatsky Marathon | 1986 | Unverified |
| 38 | 🇺🇸 Erich Segal American writer | 2:56:30 | 4:11 | Boston Marathon | 1964 | Unverified |
| 39 | 🇺🇸 David Goggins Motivational speaker, athlete, author, former US Air Force JTAC, and retired US Navy SEAL | 2:56:38 | 4:11 | Boston Marathon | 2006 | Unverified |
| 40 | 🇫🇷 Dominique de Villepin French Prime Minister | 2:57:06 | 4:12 | Marathon de l’Essonne | 1980 | Unverified |
| 41 | 🇳🇱 Guido van der Werve Dutch conceptual artist | 2:57:06 | 4:12 | Berlin Marathon | 2013 | Unverified |
| 42 | 🇬🇧 Stuart Murdoch Belle and Sebastian | 2:57:08 | 4:12 | Glasgow Marathon | 1986 | Unverified |
| 43 | 🇺🇸 Ana Cabrera CNN | 2:57:11 | 4:12 | New York City Marathon | 2022 | Unverified |
| 44 | 🇺🇸 Casey Neistat Neistat Brothers | 2:57:34 | 4:12 | Tucson Marathon | 2023 | Unverified |
| 45 | 🇪🇸 Luis Enrique Football - Spanish soccer player | 2:58:08 | 4:13 | Florence Marathon | 2007 | Unverified |
| 46 | 🇺🇸 Benjamin Cheever American writer | 2:58:35 | 4:14 | New York City Marathon | 1981 | Unverified |
| 47 | 🇬🇧 Adam Yates Cycling | 2:58:43 | 4:14 | Barcelona Marathon | 2021 | Unverified |
| 48 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel Formula One - Racing Driver 4x F1 Champion | 2:59:08 | 4:15 | London Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 49 | 🇬🇧 Harry Styles Former One Direction singer | 2:59:13 | 4:15 | Berlin Marathon | 2025 | ReportedRunner's World UK |
| 50 | 🇬🇧 Peter Duncan Blue Peter presenter | 2:59:59 | 4:16 | London Marathon | 1991 | Unverified |
What the times show
Many of the fastest celebrities come from endurance or professional sport — cyclists, footballers and racing drivers already train like athletes, which shows in sub-3 times.
A sub-3:00 marathon needs an average of 4:15 per kilometre for 42.2 km — faster than most club runners ever manage.
The middle time on this list is 2:50:53, a pace of 4:03 per km.
How this list works
“Celebrity” here means someone famous mainly for something other than running — acting, music, sport, politics or media. Professional distance runners are listed separately and never mixed into celebrity rankings.
Each runner appears once, with their best recorded time. Rankings and counts update automatically as the database changes. Read our methodology for what Official, Reported and Unverified mean.