1.3K
Updated 1/8/17
We have listed the top graded performances for each commonly run ultra distance. These rankings are determined by using the Comparative Difficulty Ratios developed by Gary Wang at RealEndurance.com. In his analysis Wang compares times from runners who ran multiple events within the same year to determine a score for each event. Using this approach we can make a relative assessment for courses of widely varying difficulty. Some smaller events are not included as there was insufficient data for Wang to develop a reliable score.
100 Mile (Male)
1 | Jason Schlarb, 38, CO | 22:58:28 | Hardrock | 1 |
2 | Zach Bitter, 29, CA | 11:40:55 | 2015 Desert Solstice | 0.994 |
3 | Zach Bitter, 30, CA | 13:30:28 | Javelina | 0.991 |
4 | Alex Nichols, 31, CO | 17:57:33 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.986 |
5 | Andrew Miller, 20, OR | 15:39:36 | Western States | 0.975 |
6 | Ian Sharman, 35, OR | 16:22:39 | Leadville Trail | 0.97 |
7 | Jeff Browning, 44, OR | 25:42:03 | Hardrock | 0.957 |
8 | Jeff Browning, 44, OR | 21:22:49 | HURT | 0.928 |
9 | Jeff Browning, 44, OR | 16:30:40 | Western States | 0.925 |
10 | Mark Hammond, 31, UT | 19:19:20 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.917 |
11 | Kyle Curtin, 29, CO | 19:27:04 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.911 |
12 | Ian Sharman, 35, OR | 13:45:03 | Rocky Raccoon | 0.911 |
13 | Gary Robbins, 39, BC | 21:55:19 | HURT | 0.906 |
14 | Ian Sharman, 35, OR | 16:55:11 | Western States | 0.902 |
15 | Jeff Browning, 44, OR | 19:38:48 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.902 |
16 | Chris Mocko, 30, CA | 17:01:47 | Western States | 0.897 |
17 | Brian Rusiecki, 37, MA | 19:15:14 | Massanutten | 0.896 |
18 | Kyle Pietari, 29, MA | 17:05:01 | Western States | 0.894 |
19 | David Riddle, 35, OH | 16:24:15 | Pinhoti | 0.894 |
20 | Ryan Ghelfi, 28, OR | 18:28:20 | Pine to Palm | 0.893 |
21 | Christopher Denucci, 36, CA | 17:07:57 | Western States | 0.891 |
22 | Ryan Weibel, 43, CA | 19:33:30 | The Bear | 0.89 |
23 | Jesse Haynes, 43, CA | 17:12:30 | Western States | 0.887 |
24 | Sage Canaday, 30, CO | 17:16:00 | Western States | 0.884 |
25 | Chikara Omine, 34, CA | 16:56:31 | Headlands | 0.883 |
100 Mile (Female)
1 | Gina Slaby, 35, WA | 13:45:49 | Desert Solstice | 1 |
2 | Pam Smith, 41, OR | 14:09:48 | Dawn to Dusk to Dawn | 0.972 |
3 | Kaci Lickteig, 29, NE | 17:57:59 | Western States | 0.958 |
4 | Kaci Lickteig, 30, NE | 20:27:57 | The Bear | 0.95 |
5 | Sabrina Little, 29, TX | 14:55:50 | Rocky Raccoon | 0.945 |
6 | Clare Gallagher, 24, CO | 19:00:27 | Leadville | 0.941 |
7 | Katalin Nagy, 36, FL | 14:41:59 | 2015 Desert Solstice | 0.936 |
8 | Courtney Dauwalter, 31, CO | 21:23:37 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.933 |
9 | Amy Sproston, 42, OR | 18:54:44 | Western States | 0.91 |
10 | Ashley Nordell, 36, OR | 21:38:43 | Bighorn | 0.898 |
11 | Devon Yanko, 34, CA | 19:10:08 | Western States | 0.898 |
12 | Darcy Piceu, 41, CO | 23:15:25 | Wasatch Front | 0.888 |
13 | Alissa St Laurent, 31, AB | 22:38:48 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.881 |
14 | Bethany Lewis, 38, UT | 31:56:35 | Hardrock | 0.867 |
15 | Jacqueline Merritt, 28, GA | 19:04:46 | Pinhoti | 0.866 |
16 | Nikki Kimball, 45, MT | 22:31:12 | Bighorn | 0.863 |
17 | Nicole Kalogeropoulos, 33, TX | 23:10:36 | Run Rabbit Run | 0.861 |
18 | Denise Bourassa, 46, OR | 25:06:57 | Istria (Croatia) | 0.856 |
19 | Amanda Basham, 26, CO | 20:11:39 | Western States | 0.852 |
20 | Maggie Walsh, 34, CO | 21:00:08 | Leadville Trail | 0.852 |
21 | Traci Falbo, 44, IN | 19:16:04 | Burning River | 0.848 |
22 | Alissa St. Laurent, 31, AB | 20:27:11 | Western States | 0.841 |
23 | Meghan Arbogast, 55, CA | 20:30:11 | Western States | 0.839 |
24 | Silke Koester, 33, CO | 23:10:53 | Bighorn | 0.839 |
25 | Hannah Green, 25, CO | 24:48:06 | Wasatch Front | 0.832 |
100K (Female)
1 | Camille Herron, 34, OK | 9:37:42 | UROC | 1 |
2 | Cassie Scallon, 33, CO | 9:19:46 | Bandera | 0.958 |
3 | Magdalena Boulet, 42, CA | 10:58:03 | The Canyons | 0.941 |
4 | Amy Sproston, 42, OR | 10:09:34 | Black Canyon | 0.897 |
5 | Liza Howard, 43, TX | 10:00:17 | Bandera | 0.894 |
6 | Jodee Adams-Moore, 33, WA | 10:27:58 | Gorge Waterfalls | 0.887 |
7 | Pam Smith, 41, OR | 7:56:48 | IAU World 100K | 0.887 |
8 | Meghan Arbogast, 55, CA | 7:58:21 | IAU World 100K | 0.884 |
9 | Courtney Dauwalter, 31, CO | 8:48:25 | Javelina | 0.879 |
10 | Amanda Basham, 26, CO | 10:34:10 | Gorge Waterfalls | 0.878 |
100K (Male)
1 | Sage Canaday, 30, CO | 7:52:26 | Black Canyon | 1 |
2 | Jim Walmsley, 25, AZ | 7:46:37 | Bandera | 0.998 |
3 | Geoffrey Burns, 25, MI | 6:30:37 | Mad City | 0.992 |
4 | Patrick Reagan, 29, GA | 6:35:42 | IAU World 100K | 0.989 |
5 | Geoffrey Burns, 25, MI | 6:38:33 | IAU World 100K | 0.982 |
6 | Charlie Ware, 30, AZ | 8:41:20 | Black Canyon | 0.97 |
7 | Patrick Reagan, 29, GA | 6:35:36 | Mad City | 0.965 |
8 | Paddy O’Leary, 28, CA | 9:35:40 | The Canyons | 0.962 |
9 | Chris Mocko, 29, CA | 8:48:16 | Black Canyon | 0.958 |
10 | Chikara Omine, 31, CA | 6:48:48 | IAU World 100K | 0.957 |
50 Mile (Male)
1 | Jim Walmsley, 26, AZ | 6:00:52 | Lake Sonoma | 1 |
2 | Zach Miller, 28, CO | 5:56:03 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.994 |
3 | Jim Walmsley, 26, AZ | 5:21:28 | JFK | 0.991 |
4 | Hayden Hawks, 25, UT | 5:58:07 | TNF – San Francisco | 0.988 |
5 | Chikara Omine, 33, CA | 5:57:12 | Ruth Anderson | 0.966 |
6 | Tim Freriks, 25, AZ | 6:17:58 | Lake Sonoma | 0.955 |
7 | David Laney, 28, OR | 6:15:16 | TNF – San Francisco | 0.948 |
8 | Mario Mendoza, 30, OR | 6:30:44 | Lake Sonoma | 0.924 |
9 | Dylan Bowman, 30, CA | 6:31:00 | Lake Sonoma | 0.923 |
10 | Jorge Maravilla, 39, CA | 6:23:43 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.922 |
11 | Tyler Sigl, 30, WI | 6:44:12 | Cayuga Trails | 0.875 |
12 | Daniel Metzger, 22, CA | 6:37:23 | Lake Sonoma | 0.908 |
13 | Anthony Kunkel, 24, CO | 5:52:07 | JFK | 0.904 |
14 | Dakota Jones, 25, CO | 7:31:09 | Squamish | 0.902 |
15 | Alex Nichols, 31, CO | 6:33:43 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.899 |
16 | Sage Canaday, 30, CO | 6:35:52 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.894 |
17 | Jared Burdick, 29, NY | 6:55:50 | Cayuga Trails | 0.851 |
18 | Erik Sorenson, 30, CA | 6:38:43 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.887 |
19 | David Riddle, 34, OH | 7:28:34 | Georgia Jewel | 0.887 |
20 | Paddy O’Leary, 28, CA | 6:39:19 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.886 |
21 | Coree Woltering, 26, IL | 5:30:15 | Tunnel Hill | 0.884 |
22 | Ryan Smith, 36, CO | 7:20:27 | Quad Rock | 0.884 |
23 | Brian Rusiecki, 37, MA | 7:11:51 | TNF – Bear Mtn | 0.881 |
24 | Brian Condon, 31, CO | 6:42:43 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.879 |
25 | Matt Flaherty, 30, IN | 6:53:34 | Lake Sonoma | 0.873 |
50 Mile (Female)
1 | Caroline Boller, 42, CA | 5:48:01 | Brazos Bend | 1 |
2 | Magdalena Boulet, 42, CA | 7:06:12 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.992 |
3 | YiOu Wang, 31, CA | 7:14:45 | Lake Sonoma | 0.991 |
4 | Leah Frost, 33, VT | 6:23:39 | JFK | 0.99 |
5 | Kaci Lickteig, 29, NE | 7:22:13 | Lake Sonoma | 0.973 |
6 | Katalin Nagy, 37, FL | 6:52:35 | Everglades | 0.971 |
7 | Caroline Boller, 41, CA | 6:32:35 | JFK | 0.967 |
8 | Anna Mae Flynn, 29, CA | 7:28:22 | Lake Sonoma | 0.96 |
9 | Kaci Lickteig, 29, NE | 7:41:54 | Silver State | 0.959 |
10 | Camille Herron, 34, OK | 7:30:09 | Lake Sonoma | 0.956 |
11 | Annie Jean, 35, QC | 7:24:41 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.949 |
12 | Clare Gallagher, 25, CO | 7:25:25 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.947 |
13 | Sandi Nypaver, 28, CO | 7:27:08 | TNF–San Francisco | 0.943 |
14 | Emily Peterson, 29, CA | 7:41:59 | Lake Sonoma | 0.931 |
15 | Kasie Enman, 37, VT | 7:33:59 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.929 |
16 | Camille Herron, 34, MI | 7:36:42 | White River | 0.924 |
17 | Keely Henninger, 24, OR | 7:38:05 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.921 |
18 | Stephanie Howe Violett, 33, OR | 7:42:04 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.913 |
19 | Megan Kimmel, 36, CO | 7:46:34 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.904 |
20 | Laura Kline, 39, NY | 7:47:53 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.901 |
21 | Megan Digregorio, 28, MD | 7:02:01 | JFK | 0.899 |
22 | Sarah Keyes, 31, NY | 7:50:18 | TNF-San Francisco | 0.897 |
23 | Liz Gleason, 31, VT | 7:05:05 | JFK | 0.893 |
24 | Maggie Walsh, 34, CO | 7:52:38 | Silver Rush | 0.893 |
25 | Hannah Green, 25, CO | 9:05:15 | Squamish | 0.89 |
50K (Female)
1 | Megan Roche, 25, CA | 3:42:24 | Way Too Cool | 1 |
2 | YiOu Wang, 30, CA | 3:43:12 | Way Too Cool | 0.996 |
3 | Magdalena Boulet, 43, CA | 4:09:52 | Overlook | 0.975 |
4 | Megan Roche, 26, CA | 4:20:51 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.974 |
5 | Kaci Lickteig, 29, NE | 4:23:25 | Psycho Psummer | 0.965 |
6 | Heather Hoescht, 36, PA | 4:03:50 | Everglades | 0.956 |
7 | Kaci Lickteig, 30, NE | 3:45:46 | GOATz | 0.938 |
8 | Emily Peterson, 29, CA | 4:22:30 | Marin Ultra Challenge | 0.928 |
9 | Anna Mae Flynn, 28, CA | 3:59:44 | Way Too Cool | 0.928 |
10 | Caitlin Smith, 35, CA | 4:34:06 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.927 |
11 | Anna Mae Flynn, 29, CA | 4:34:48 | Silver State | 0.925 |
12 | Ellie Greenwood, 37, BC | 4:11:58 | Chuckanut | 0.924 |
13 | Lindsay Tollefson, 30, CA | 4:03:19 | Way Too Cool | 0.914 |
14 | Lindsay Tollefson, 30, CA | 4:15:17 | Gold Rush | 0.913 |
15 | Lindsay Tollefson, 31, CA | 4:39:08 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.911 |
16 | Joelle Vaught, 41, ID | 4:16:05 | Smith Rock Ascent | 0.91 |
17 | YiOu Wang, 31, CA | 4:16:08 | Quicksilver | 0.91 |
18 | Emily Peterson, 29, CA | 4:41:52 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.902 |
19 | Elizabeth Northern, 28, TX | 3:21:30 | Cowtown | 0.893 |
20 | Caitlin Smith, 35, CA | 3:34:22 | IAU 50K (Qatar) | 0.889 |
21 | Caroline Boller, 41, CA | 3:22:50 | Caumsett | 0.888 |
22 | Caroline Boller, 41, CA | 3:22:51 | Cowtown | 0.888 |
23 | Alicia Shay, 33, AZ | 4:34:27 | Crown King | 0.888 |
24 | Anne-Marie Madden, 35, BC | 4:22:52 | Chuckanut | 0.886 |
25 | Sarah Bard, 31, WA | 4:25:27 | Chuckanut | 0.878 |
50K (Male)
1 | Jim Walmsley, 25, AZ | 3:49:20 | Moab Red Hot | 1 |
2 | David Roche, 27, CA | 3:19:43 | Way Too Cool | 0.996 |
3 | Hayden Hawks, 25, UT | 5:25:04 | Speedgoat | 0.991 |
4 | Jim Walmsley, 26, AZ | 4:34:07 | Franklin Mountain | 0.985 |
5 | Jorge Maravilla, 38, CA | 3:22:00 | Way Too Cool | 0.985 |
6 | Alex Nichols, 31, CO | 5:27:42 | Speedgoat | 0.983 |
7 | Zach Bitter, 30, CA | 3:41:55 | Overlook | 0.982 |
8 | Dylan Bowman, 29, CA | 3:23:23 | Way Too Cool | 0.978 |
9 | Cole Watson, 25, OR | 3:43:32 | TNF – San Francisco | 0.975 |
10 | Cody Reed, 25, AZ | 3:43:51 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.974 |
11 | Morgan Elliott, 24, NC | 5:41:24 | Flagstaff Sky Race | 0.972 |
12 | David Roche, 28, CA | 3:44:27 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.971 |
13 | Chris Vargo, 34, AZ | 3:47:15 | Crown King | 0.959 |
14 | Paddy O’Leary, 28, CA | 3:27:31 | Way Too Cool | 0.959 |
15 | Daniel Kraft, 27, WA | 5:47:18 | Flagstaff Sky Race | 0.955 |
16 | Tim Tollefson, 31, CA | 3:58:51 | Silver State | 0.952 |
17 | Dylan Bowman, 30, CA | 3:48:54 | Tamalpa Headlands | 0.952 |
18 | Alex Varner, 30, CA | 3:29:09 | Way Too Cool | 0.952 |
19 | Ryan Bak, 35, OR | 3:34:08 | Flagline Trail Fest | 0.952 |
20 | Anthony Kunkel, 24, CO | 5:50:08 | Flagstaff Sky Race | 0.947 |
21 | Mario Mendoza, 30, OR | 3:40:06 | Chuckanut | 0.947 |
22 | Tim Tollefson, 31, CA | 4:40:21 | The Canyons | 0.946 |
23 | Chris Vargo, 34, AZ | 4:30:48 | Dirty Thirty | 0.945 |
24 | Daniel Metzger, 21, CA | 3:31:46 | Way Too Cool | 0.94 |
25 | Brett Hornig, 24, OR | 3:32:43 | Way Too Cool | 0.936 |
3 comments
50 Mile (Men) has to be an error – Hayden Hawks ran 5:57 at The North Face – SF behind Zach Miller.
Same issue with 50K (Male): 2nd & 3rd places are on the list, but not 1st place Morgan Elliott.
Same wth the women’s 100 you have first and third place runner at wasatch but not the second place , Annie Rutledge
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