| Ray C. Fair: Marathon Times |
| Predicted | |||||||
| Minimum | |||||||
| No. | Date | Place | Time | Pace | Age | Time | Difference |
| 1 | December 2, 1984 | Atlantic City | 3:08:44 | 7:12 | 42 | 2:54:03 | 14:41 |
| 2 | October 17, 1985 | New York City | 3:15:37 | 7:28 | 43 | 2:55:22 | 20:15 |
| 3 | December 1, 1985 | Atlantic City | 3:16:04 | 7:29 | 43 | 2:55:22 | 20:42 |
| 4 | November 2, 1986 | New York City | 3:04:52 | 7:03 | 44 | 2:56:50 | 8:02 |
| 5 | November 29, 1987 | Philadelphia | 2:58:45 | 6:49 | 45 | 2:58:19 | 0:26 |
| 7 | April 18, 1988 | Boston | 3:08:59 | 7:12 | 45 | 2:58:19 | 10:40 |
| 8 | November 6, 1988 | New York City | 3:06:44 | 7:07 | 46 | 2:59:38 | 7:06 |
| 9 | April 17, 1989 | Boston | 3:07:27 | 7:09 | 46 | 2:59:38 | 7:49 |
| 10 | November 6, 1989 | New York City | 3:01:59 | 6:56 | 47 | 3:01:07 | 0:52 |
| 11 | April 16, 1990 | Boston | 3:19:23 | 7:37 | 47 | 3:01:07 | 18:16 |
| 12 | November 4, 1990 | New York City | 3:16:50 | 7:31 | 48 | 3:02:36 | 14:14 |
| 13 | October 6, 1991 | Minneapolis | 3:23:08 | 7:45 | 49 | 3:04:05 | 19:03 |
| 14 | April 20, 1992 | Boston | 3:13:24 | 7:23 | 49 | 3:04:05 | 9:18 |
| 15 | October 14, 1995 | Hartford | 3:10:00 | 7:15 | 53 | 3:10:00 | 0:00 |
| 16 | May 5, 1996 | Walter Childs | 3:13:29 | 7:23 | 53 | 3:10:00 | 3:29 |
| 17 | November 12, 2000 | Ocean State | 3:27:30 | 7:55 | 58 | 3:17:54 | 9:36 |
| 18 | October 28, 2001 | Mystic Places | 3:30:23 | 8:02 | 59 | 3:19:23 | 11:00 |
| 19 | November 23, 2003 | Philadelphia | 3:44:19 | 8:34 | 61 | 3:22:40 | 21:39 |
| 20 | November 19, 2011 | Philadelphia | 4:18:22 | 9:52 | 69 | 3:36:09 | 42:13 |
| 21 | May 6, 2012 | Providence | 4:28:03 | 10:14 | 69 | 3:36:09 | 51:54 |
The predicted minimum times were computed on the aging part of this site: Aging in Sports and Chess. Even though my best time ever was 2:58:45 at age 45, my best age corrected time according to the age factors used on this site was 3:10:00 at age 53. The predicted minimum times above use the 3:10:00 performance at age 53 as the base. |