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If you are a geek and really like numbers, this page is for you. It is mostly a collection of statistics by Tropical John Medinger, but there are also others who have and will contribute to this page. If you have other suggestions for content or have something geeky that others might be interested in, let us know.

Top Finish Times

Here are the all-time top 100 times for men and women from 1986 onward.

All-time Top 100 Men

1	Jim Walmsley	29	AZ	2019	14:09:28
2	Jared Hazen	24	AZ	2019	14:26:46
3	Jim Walmsley - 2	28	AZ	2018	14:30:04
4	Tom Evans	31	GBR	2023	14:40:22
5	Jim Walmsley - 3	31	AZ	2021	14:46:01
6	Timothy Olson	28	OR	2012	14:46:44
7	Rob Krar	38	AZ	2015	14:48:59
8	Rob Krar - 2	37	AZ	2014	14:53:22
9	Tom Evans - 2	27	GBR	2019	14:59:44
10	Ryan Sandes	30	ZAF	2012	15:03:56
11	Tyler Green	39	OR	2023	15:04:59
12	Geoff Roes	34	AK	2010	15:07:04
13	Anthony Costales	34	UT	2023	15:09:16
14	Adam Peterman	26	MT	2022	15:13:48
15	Anton Krupicka	26	CO	2010	15:13:52
16	Timothy Olson - 2	29	OR	2013	15:17:27
17	Seth Swanson	36	MT	2015	15:17:28
18	Seth Swanson - 2	35	MT	2014	15:19:39
19	Jia-Sheng Shen	28	CHN	2023	15:19:42
20	Matt Daniels	31	CO	2019	15:21:36
21	Rob Krar - 3	36	AZ	2013	15:22:05
22	Daniel Jones	32	NZL	2023	15:22:15
23	Kilian Jornet	23	ESP	2011	15:34:24
24	Mark Hammond	34	UT	2019	15:36:12
25	Scott Jurek	30	WA	2004	15:36:27
26	Dylan Bowman	28	CA	2014	15:36:41
27	Mathieu Blanchard	35	QC	2023	15:37:02
28	Jared Hazen - 2	20	CO	2015	15:37:55
29	Mike Wolfe	33	MT	2011	15:38:29
30	Ryan Montgomery	29	UT	2023	15:38:35
31	Andrew Miller	20	OR	2016	15:39:36
32	Mike Morton	25	VA	1997	15:40:41
33	Gediminas Grinius	35	LTU	2015	15:40:55
34	Jeffrey Colt	32	CO	2023	15:42:09
35	Gediminas Grinius - 2	39	LTU	2019	15:43:50
36	Nick Clark	38	CO	2012	15:44:09
37	Max King	34	OR	2014	15:44:45
38	Mike Morton - 2	41	FL	2013	15:45:21
39	Ryan Sandes - 2	32	ZAF	2014	15:46:59
40	Hayden Hawks	31	UT	2022	15:47:22
41	Ian Sharman	33	CA	2014	15:47:50
42	Nick Clark - 2	37	CO	2011	15:50:23
43	Dave Mackey	42	CO	2012	15:53:36
44	Alex Varner	28	CA	2014	15:53:42
45	Tom Johnson	32	CA	1991	15:54:05
46	Stephen Kersh	27	AZ	2019	15:54:15
47	Patrick Reagan	32	GA	2019	15:54:31
48	Cole Watson	31	CA	2023	15:54:36
49	Ian Sharman - 2	31	OR	2012	15:54:38
50	Francois D'Haene	32	FRA	2018	15:54:53
51	Jeff Browning	47	UT	2019	15:55:06
52	Jez Bragg	30	GBR	2011	15:55:08
53	Kyle Pietari	32	CO	2019	15:56:13
54	Arlen Glick	29	OH	2022	15:56:17
55	Thomas Lorblanchet	35	FRA	2015	15:56:32
56	Brendan Davies	37	AUS	2014	15:56:49
57	Tyler Green - 2	38	OR	2022	15:57:10
58	Zeke Tiernan	36	CO	2012	15:57:59
59	Scott Jurek - 2	29	WA	2003	16:01:18
60	Dylan Bowman - 2	26	CO	2012	16:03:24
61	Kilian Jornet - 2	22	ESP	2010	16:04:50
62	Jorge Maravilla	34	CA	2012	16:05:30
63	Nick Clark - 3	36	CO	2010	16:05:56
64	Tsuyoshi Kaburaki	42	JPN	2011	16:07:04
65	Ryan Sandes - 3	37	ZAF	2019	16:08:12
66	Mark Hammond - 2	33	UT	2018	16:08:59
67	Drew Holmen	30	CO	2022	16:09:00
68	Janosch Kowalczyk	32	DEU	2023	16:09:19
69	Tyler Green - 3	37	OR	2021	16:11:02
70	Hal Koerner	31	OR	2007	16:12:16
71	Joe Uhan	34	OR	2012	16:13:14
72	Rod Farvard	27	CA	2023	16:15:55
73	Didrik Hermansen	36	NOR	2016	16:16:08
74	Neal Gorman	35	VA	2012	16:18:40
75	Timothy Olson - 3	27	OR	2011	16:18:42
76	Scott Jurek - 3	28	WA	2002	16:19:10
77	Ryan Sandes - 4	35	ZAF	2017	16:19:37
78	Ludovic Pommeret	46	FRA	2022	16:20:02
79	Brett Rivers	32	CA	2014	16:20:06
80	Ian Sharman - 3	32	CA	2013	16:20:25
81	Ludovic Pommeret - 2	47	FRA	2023	16:21:54
82	Drew Holmen - 2	29	CO	2021	16:23:09
83	Ian Sharman - 4	37	OR	2018	16:23:32
84	Brian Purcell	32	CA	1988	16:24:00
85	Hal Koerner - 2	33	OR	2009	16:24:55
86	Vincent Viet	38	FRA	2022	16:28:22
87	Alex Nichols	37	CO	2022	16:28:34
88	Chris Mocko	33	CO	2019	16:29:32
89	Cody Lind	27	ID	2022	16:29:38
90	Dave Mackey - 2	34	CO	2004	16:30:17
91	Jeff Browning - 2	44	OR	2016	16:30:40
92	Dylan Bowman - 3	27	CA	2013	16:32:18
93	Graham Cooper	41	CA	2011	16:34:41
94	Julien Chorier	34	FRA	2015	16:34:43
95	Kris Brown	30	CA	2019	16:35:22
96	Scott Traer	41	MA	2022	16:35:23
97	Dave Mackey - 3	41	CO	2011	16:36:21
98	Jesse Haynes	41	CA	2014	16:36:42
99	Erik Skaden	35	CA	2007	16:36:49
100	Arlen Glick - 2	30	OH	2023	16:37:15

All-time Top 100 Women

1	Courtney Dauwalter	38	CO	2023	15:29:33
2	Katie Schide	31	FRA	2023	16:43:35
3	Ellie Greenwood	33	BC	2012	16:47:19
4	Eszter Csillag	38	HKG	2023	17:07:55
5	Beth Pascall	33	GBR	2021	17:10:42
6	Katie Asmuth	37	CA	2023	17:21:06
7	Ruth Croft	33	NZL	2022	17:21:30
8	Clare Gallagher	27	CO	2019	17:23:25
9	Emily Hawgood	28	ZWE	2023	17:26:22
10	Courtney Dauwalter - 2	33	CO	2018	17:27:00
11	Ruth Croft - 2	32	NZL	2021	17:33:48
12	Brittany Peterson	33	ID	2019	17:34:29
13	Ann Trason	33	CA	1994	17:37:51
14	Taylor Nowlin	32	WA	2023	17:40:11
15	Ragna Debats	42	ESP	2021	17:41:13
16	Ida Nilsson	42	SWE	2023	17:43:34
17	Priscilla Forgie	32	AB	2023	17:46:34
18	Ailsa Macdonald	41	CAN	2022	17:46:46
19	Leah Yingling	32	UT	2023	17:49:00
20	Ellie Greenwood - 2	32	AB	2011	17:55:29
21	Kaci Lickteig	32	NE	2019	17:55:55
22	Kaci Lickteig - 2	29	NE	2016	17:57:59
23	Stephanie Howe	30	OR	2014	18:01:42
24	Marianne Hoburg	32	CAN	2022	18:05:48
25	Beth Pascall - 2	31	GBR	2019	18:06:51
26	Brittany Peterson - 2	35	ID	2021	18:07:42
27	Rory Bosio	27	CA	2012	18:08:06
28	Luiza Buehler	40	CHE	2022	18:08:32
29	Meghan Morgan	25	CO	2023	18:11:32
30	Nikki Kimball	36	MT	2007	18:12:37
31	Camelia Mayfield	27	OR	2019	18:13:31
32	Kaytlyn Gerbin	30	WA	2019	18:13:33
33	Ann Trason - 2	31	CA	1992	18:14:48
34	Emily Hawgood - 2	27	ZWE	2022	18:16:02
35	Ann Trason - 3	41	CA	2002	18:16:26
36	Kami Semick	44	OR	2011	18:17:34
37	Nikki Kimball - 2	40	MT	2011	18:17:39
38	Aliza Lapierre	32	VT	2012	18:18:29
39	Tracy Garneau	42	BC	2011	18:22:15
40	Katie Asmuth - 2	35	CA	2021	18:23:24
41	Anita Ortiz	45	CO	2009	18:24:17
42	Krissy Moehl	34	CO	2012	18:29:15
43	Larisa Dannis	26	NH	2014	18:29:18
44	Ann Trason - 4	30	CA	1991	18:29:37
45	Nikki Kimball - 3	41	MT	2012	18:31:39
46	Emma Davies	37	CA	2002	18:32:17
47	Lizzy Hawker	36	CHE	2012	18:32:20
48	Leah Yingling - 2	31	UT	2022	18:32:31
49	Ann Trason - 5	29	CA	1990	18:33:02
50	Ann Trason - 6	40	CA	2001	18:33:34
51	Ann Trason - 7	42	CA	2003	18:36:03
52	Rory Bosio - 2	26	CA	2011	18:37:17
53	Pam Smith	38	OR	2013	18:37:21
54	Audrey Tanguy	33	FRA	2021	18:37:45
55	Annette Bednosky	38	NC	2005	18:39:02
56	Ann Trason - 8	34	CA	1995	18:40:01
57	Kaytlyn Gerbin - 2	29	WA	2018	18:40:59
58	Nikki Kimball - 4	33	MT	2004	18:43:25
59	Nathalie Mauclair	43	FRA	2014	18:43:57
60	Aliza Lapierre - 2	31	VT	2011	18:45:25
61	Ann Trason - 9	37	CA	1998	18:46:16
62	Taylor Nowlin - 2	31	WA	2022	18:46:42
63	Ann Trason - 10	28	CA	1989	18:47:46
64	Jenny Quilty	34	BC	2023	18:49:13
65	Meghan Canfield	50	OR	2011	18:50:19
66	Camille Herron	40	OK	2022	18:51:54
67	Kathy D'Onofrio	23	CA	1988	18:52:40
68	Amy Sproston	42	OR	2016	18:54:44
69	Nicole Bitter	37	AZ	2019	18:55:14
70	Ann Trason - 11	35	CA	1996	18:57:36
71	Kathryn Drew	32	BC	2019	18:59:08
72	Lucy Bartholomew	22	AUS	2018	18:59:45
73	Tracy Garneau - 2	41	BC	2010	19:01:55
74	Magdalena Boulet	41	CA	2015	19:05:21
75	Ann Trason - 12	32	CA	1993	19:05:22
76	Emma Davies - 2	36	CA	2001	19:09:34
77	Tina Lewis	39	CO	2012	19:09:49
78	Devon Yanko	34	CA	2016	19:10:08
79	Pam Smith - 2	39	OR	2014	19:10:42
80	Amy Sproston - 2	38	OR	2012	19:11:02
81	Emily Hawgood - 2	26	ZWE	2021	19:13:55
82	Meghan Canfield - 2	49	OR	2010	19:15:58
83	Beverley Anderson-Abbs	41	CA	2005	19:16:26
84	Camelia Mayfield - 2	28	OR	2021	19:17:20
85	Amanda Basham	28	UT	2018	19:17:59
86	Ann Trason - 13	36	CA	1997	19:19:49
87	Kaci Lickteig - 3	28	NE	2015	19:20:31
88	Nikki Kimball - 5	42	MT	2013	19:21:43
89	Nikki Kimball - 6	39	MT	2010	19:23:09
90	Amy Sproston - 3	39	OR	2013	19:25:11
91	Krissy Moehl - 2	31	WA	2009	19:26:02
92	Ashley Nordell	32	OR	2012	19:26:30
93	Nikki Kimball - 7	35	MT	2006	19:26:51
94	Katie Asmuth - 2	36	CA	2022	19:30:26
95	Meghan Canfield - 3	52	OR	2013	19:30:50
96	Beverley Anderson-Abbs - 2	43	CA	2007	19:31:18
97	Cat Bradley	25	CO	2017	19:31:30
98	Rory Bosio - 3	25	CA	2010	19:32:07
99	Emma Davies - 3	38	CA	2003	19:32:33
100	Stephanie Howe - 2	31	OR	2015	19:32:58

All-Time Fastest Splits

Western States 100 Fastest All-Time Splits

Start to Red Star Ridge	Tim Ball, 1989	2:19	Lizzy Hawker, 2012	2:31
(mile 0.0 to 16.0)	Hal Koerner, 2009	2:23	Anita Ortiz, 2009	2:41
	Dave Mackey, 2009	2:23	Rory Bosio, 2012	2:41
			Ellie Greenwood, 2012	2:41

Red Star Ridge to Robinson Flat	Jim Walmsley, 2019	1:51	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	2:10
(mile 16.0 to 30.3)	Jim Walmsley, 2021	1:51	Katie Schide, 2023	2:11
	Jared Hazen, 2019	1:53	Courtney Dauwalter, 2019	2:14

Robinson Flat to Last Chance	Jim Walmsley, 2019	1:29	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	1:38
(mile 30.3 to 43.3)	Jim Walmsley, 2021	1:29	Katie Schide, 2023	1:38
	Tom Evans, 2023	1:30	Courtney Dauwalter, 2019	1:43
	Dakota Jones, 2023	1:30

Last Chance to Devil's Thumb	Jim Walmsley, 2021	0:44	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	0:51
(mile 43.3 to 47.8)	Mark Brotherton, 1989	0:46	Courtney Dauwalter, 2019	0:52
	Kilian Jornet, 2011	0:47	Ann Trason, 1989	0:53
	Jim Walmsley, 2017	0:47
	Jim Walmsley, 2019	0:47
	Jared Hazen, 2019	0:47

Devil's Thumb to Michigan Bluff	Jim Walmsley, 2019	1:08	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	1:16
(mile 47.8 to 55.7)	Jared Hazen, 2019	1:09	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	1:18
	Jim Walmsley, 2021	1:12	Courtney Dauwalter, 2019	1:20
	Tom Evans, 2023	1:12	Katie Schide, 2023	1:20
	Dakota Jones, 2023	1:12

Michigan Bluff to Foresthill	Tom Evans, 2023	0:50	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	0:56
(mile 55.7 to 62.0)	Dakota Jones, 2023	0:50	Katie Schide, 2023	0:58
	Jim Walmsley, 2016	0:51	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	1:00
	Jim Walmsley, 2019	0:51	Ruth Croft, 2022	1:00
	Jared Hazen, 2019	0:51

Foresthill to River Crossing	Rob Krar, 2014	2:03	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	2:10
(mile 62.0 to 78.0)	Jim Walmsley, 2019	2:05	Katie Asmuth, 2023	2:25
	Jared Hazen, 2019	2:05	Eszter Csillag, 2023	2:26

River Crossing to Pointed Rocks	Tom Evans, 2019	2:27	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	2:38
(mile 78.0 to 94.6)	Tom Evans, 2023	2:32	Eszter Csillag, 2023	2:54
	Jim Walmsley, 2019	2:33	Leah Yingling, 2022	2:59
			Katie Asmuth, 2023	2:59

Pointed Rocks to Finish	Patrick Reagan, 2019	0:48	Clare Gallagher, 2019	0:51
(mile 94.6 to 100.2)	Jim Walmsley, 2019	0:50	Courtney Dauwalter, 2023	0:55
	Jeff Browning, 2019	0:50	Katie Schide, 2023	0:55
	Kyle Pietari, 2019	0:50	Eszter Csillag, 2023	0:55

Ranking Years by Difficulty

Median finish times 1986 and onward. It should be noted that both 1995 and 1998 the finish time cutoff was extended to 32 hours. While those years were arguably very difficult they do skew the median times.

Year	Median Time	Rank
1995	28:15:00	1	<--- Hardest
1998	27:54:31	2
2021	27:54:31	2
2006	27:31:10	4
2017	27:22:13	5
2000	27:21:21	6
1993	27:20:19	7
1992	27:18:28	8
2016	27:14:27	9
2009	27:14:06	10
1996	27:09:05	11
2023	27:07:15	12
1999	26:59:15	13
2001	26:58:38	14
1994	26:52:46	15
2004	26:52:06	16
1990	26:50:12	17
2002	26:45:52	18
2022	26:42:12	19
2003	26:40:26	20
1987	26:40:22	21
2015	26:36:46	22
2005	26:36:42	23
1997	26:36:11	24
2010	26:23:30	25
2013	26:23:01	26
2007	26:18:58	27
2019	26:08:46	28
2011	26:06:32	29
2018	25:58:48	30
1991	25:58:46	31
1989	25:55:35	32
2014	25:37:06	33
1988	25:02:20	34
1986	24:48:39	35
2012	24:48:29	36	<--- Easiest

Diamond Groups

Here is an interesting way to help you determine what splits you might want to target. This idea came from The Great Ed Willson of Eugene, OR and coded by Julie Schulte. The splits for each segment are separated into finish hour groups. Let’s say you want to run 22-23 hours. You can look at the splits that the 22-23 hour finishers ran. Outliers to the positive ran slower for that segment that other 22-23 hour finishers, while outliers to the negative ran faster than the group. The perfect split for your time goal may be right in the middle of your diamond group.

Ed Willson’s Diamond Charts

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Mathematical analysis of lottery by Ryan Witko.

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The Statistical Guide to a Silver Buckle by Ryan Witko.

Tevis and Western States Finishers

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Top Finish Times

All-time Top 100 Men

All-time Top 100 Men

All-time Top 100 Women

All-time Top 100 Women

All-Time Fastest Splits

Ranking Years by Difficulty

Diamond Groups

Runner Surveys

Lottery

Splits

Tevis and Western States Finishers

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