Skyline cutouts
Your city’s silhouette cut clean through the casting — the most requested marathon design of the last decade, and still the most photographed.
CUSTOM RACE MEDALS
Custom Marathon Medals
Statement pieces finishers hang on the wall, not in a drawer.
Nobody trains 18 weeks for a participation trinket. A marathon medal is the trophy of an ordinary person’s extraordinary year, and it gets hung on a wall, photographed, and compared. This line is our flagship: oversized castings, sculpted 3D relief, cutouts, spinners, and dual-plating.
Marathon medals also carry your race’s brand further than any billboard — finishers post them the same afternoon. We design for the photo: high contrast, deep relief, and a ribbon that reads at arm’s length.
- Typical size
- 4–5 in (102–127 mm)
- Thickness
- 4.5–5 mm, sculpted multi-level relief
- Options
- Spinners, cutouts, dual-plating, glow enamel, translucent epoxy, UV photo panels
- Ribbon
- 38–45 mm sublimated, double-sided, sewn or heat-cut
VOLUME PRICING
Marathon pricing
Per-unit pricing for our standard spec. Proofs and two edit rounds are included at every tier.
| Quantity | Price per unit |
|---|---|
| 100–249 | $2.50 |
| 250–499 | $2.15 |
| 500–999 | $1.85 |
| 1,000+ | $1.55 |
Options beyond the standard spec are itemized in your quote — and we beat any written competitor quote by up to 10%. See the full race medal pricing guide.
Pricing is by size, not by sport: a 3-inch medal runs about $2.50 each at 100 units for any race — larger sizes slightly more, smaller sizes less, and same-size medals start at the same price. Design and proofs are quoted with your order. New designs carry a one-time mold fee (generally around $100, depending on size); reorders of the same design never pay it again. Specialty builds — spinners, moving parts, oversized cutouts — can add to the per-medal cost.
DESIGN IDEAS
What marathon directors are ordering
Spinner centers
A rotating center disc (mile marker, compass, or your logo) turns the medal into something finishers hand around at brunch.
Mile-by-mile backs
The full course profile with elevation engraved on the reverse — marathoners relive the hill at mile 21 every time they flip it.
Finisher personalization
Add-on engraving plates let finishers get name and time engraved at the expo — a revenue line for the race, not a cost.
Marathon questions
What makes a marathon medal feel premium?
Size, thickness, and depth of relief — in that order. A 4.5 mm casting at 4+ inches with sculpted (not flat-printed) art reads as premium before anyone checks the details. Plating finish matters more than the number of enamel colors.
How far ahead should we order marathon medals?
Eight weeks before race day is comfortable: 3–4 weeks production plus shipping and buffer. Spinners and complex cutouts add about a week. Rush casting can compress the total to 15 business days when a date sneaks up.
Can you match a design from a previous vendor?
Yes — send photos of last year’s medal and we’ll match or improve the spec, and beat any written quote for it by up to 10%.
Get your marathon medal designed
Tell us about your race and see a 3D rendering with firm pricing within 48 hours — no payment, no commitment.