Since 1986, Minnesota has been keeping track of the best performances in races on certified Minnesota courses. Besides the road race records mentioned above, rankings in five-year age groups were published in print until 2010 and online since the 1990's.
From the start, a scoring system was establshed to identify the best Minnesota runners overall and in age groups. Standards were set up (and often revised) for each division to avoid clutter. Here is a compilation of the results compiled by Mike Setter in 2006-2019 that includes a detailed explanation of the system.
