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Qualifying Races

Beginning with the 2015 race, we made the qualifying standards trail 100K and 100 Mile races. We have limited the number of qualifying races to the largest trail 100 milers domestically, and the largest 100Ks that are also of significant difficulty. Worldwide, we’ve included the largest races but also have the goal of geographic diversity so runners from anywhere in the world have an opportunity to run a qualifying race.

While every effort is made to ensure that this information is current, complete and accurate, WS cannot be held responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage related to your reliance thereon. WS reserves the right to determine all WS qualifiers.

We update the list of qualifying races once a year each September and post by October 1. We welcome corrections of factual errors at anytime. WS does not receive any payment or other benefit in exchange for placing an event on its list of Qualifying Races.

An event that is not on the list cannot be used as a qualifier.

2020 Qualifying Races List

Events below are official qualifiers for the 2020 Western States Endurance Run. The 2020 qualifying run must be run from Monday, November 5, 2018 through Sunday, November 3, 2019. All races are 2019 edition unless otherwise noted. If a time is listed you must run under that time. "Finisher" means under the advertised absolute cut-off for the race.
Run NameDistanceState/CountryRegionMonthTime
Abbots Way125kItalyIntl428 hours
Angeles Crest100mCaliforniaPAC8Finisher
Arkansas Traveler100mArkansasSouth10Finisher
Aso Round Trail108.7kJapanIntl530 hours
Autumn100mEnglandIntl10Finisher
Bandera100kTexasWest117 hours
Bear, The100mUtahWest9Finisher
Beaverhead100kIdaho/MontanaWest719 hours
Bighorn100mWyomingMid-W6Finisher
Black Canyon100kArizonaWest217 hours
Blackall 100k100kAustraliaIntl1018 hours
Brazil 135135mBrazilIntl1Finisher
Bryce100mUtahWest6Finisher
Burning River100mOhioMid-W7Finisher
Cameron Ultra-Trail100kMalaysiaIntl728 hours
Canadian Death Race125kCanadaIntl823 hours
Canyons, The100kCaliforniaPAC418 hours
Cascade Crest100mWashingtonPAC8Finisher
Castle Peak100kCaliforniaPAC820 hours
Columbia China Ultra Chongli100kChinaIntl728 hours
Columbia China Ultra Chongli168kChinaIntl7Finisher
Courmayeur Champex Chamonix (CCC)100kItalyIntl825 hours
Craze Ultra101kSingaporeIntl1122 hours
Craze Ultra100mSingaporeIntl11Finisher
Cruel Jewel100mGeorgiaSouth5Finisher
Cuyamaca100kCaliforniaPAC1017 hours
Dalian100kChinaIntl425 hours
Eastern States100MPennsylvaniaMid-A8Finisher
Eiger Ultra Trail101kSwitzerlandIntl722 hours
Endurance Trail des Templiers100kFranceIntl1019 hours
Fat Dog120mCanadaIntl9Finisher
FunTrails 2018105kJapanIntl1130 hours
Garmin 100100kHong KongIntl230 hours
Georgia Death Race74mGeorgiaSouth323 hours
Golden Ring 100K100kRussiaIntl718 hours
Gran Trail Peñalara 110K110kSpainIntl625 hours
Grand Raid La Reunion162kReunionIntl1050 hours
Grindstone100mVirginiaSouth10Finisher
Grossglockner Ultra-Trail110kAustriaIntl728 hours
Hallucination (Run Woodstock)100mMichiganMid-W9Finisher
Hardcore Hundred100mPhillipinesIntl5Finisher
Hardrock100mColoradoWest7Finisher
Hellgate 2018100kVirginiaSouth1217 hours
Hennepin100mIllinoisMid-W10Finisher
Hong Kong 100K100kHong KongIntl123 hours
HURT100mHawaiiPAC1Finisher
IMTUF100mIdahoWest9Finisher
Indiana100mIndianaMid-W10Finisher
Istria100mCroatiaIntl4Finisher
Javelina Jundred100mArizonaWest11Finisher
Karkloof100mSouth AfricaIntl9Finisher
Kettle Moraine100mWisconsinMid-W6Finisher
Kierat100kPolandIntl527 hours
Krakonosova Stovka100kCzech RepublicIntl622 hours
Kullamannen100mSwedenIntl11Finisher
La Mision100mArgentinaIntl245 hours
La Mision200kArgentinaIntl256 hours
Lakeland100mEnglandIntl7Finisher
Laoshan Ultra Trail100kChinaIntl528 hours
Laurel Highlands70.5mPennsylvaniaMid-A620 hours
Lavaredo Ultra Trail118kItalyIntl626 hour
Le Grand Trail des Lacs et Châteaux105kBelguimIntl518 hours
Leadville Trail100mColoradoWest8Finisher
Łemkowyna Ultra-Trail150kmPolandIntl10Finisher
Leona Divide100kCaliforniaPAC416 hours
Lost Soul Ultra100kCanadaIntl921 hours
Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115KPortugalIntl429 hours
Magnificent Merapoh Trail100kMalaysiaIntl821 hours
Malnad Ultra110kIndiaIntl1124 hours
Massanutten100mVirginiaSouth5Finisher
Miwok100kCaliforniaPAC5Finisher
Mohican100mOhioMid-W6Finisher
Morenic Trail100kItalyIntl1022 hours
Mountain Lakes100mOregonPAC9Finisher
Mozart 100112kAustriaIntl622 hours
Never Summer103kColoradoWest723 hours
North Downs Way100mEnglandIntl8Finisher
Olympus Mythical Trail100KGreeceIntl628 hours
OSJ Ontake100kJapanIntl716 hours
OSJ Ontake100mJapanIntl7Finisher
Patagonia Run100kArgentinaIntl421 hours
Patagonia Run100mArgentinaIntl4Finisher
Penyagolosa115kSpainIntl526 hours
Pine to Palm100mOregonPAC9Finisher
Pinhoti100mAlabamaSouth11Finisher
Pong Yaeng trail 2018100kThailandIntl1127 hours
Pong Yaeng trail 2018165kThailandIntl11Finisher
Ponitrianska 100105kSlovakiaIntl924 hours
Pulag 100 Trail100kPhilippinesIntl430 hours
Quicksilver100kCaliforniaPAC516 hours
Rio Del Lago100mCaliforniaPAC11Finisher
Rocky Raccoon100mTexasWest2Finisher
Run Rabbit Run100mColoradoWest9Finisher
Salomon Cappadocia Ultra-Trail119kTurkeyIntl1023 hours
San Diego100mCaliforniaPAC6Finisher
Scenic Trail113kSwitzerlandIntl630 hours
Sean O'Brien100kCaliforniaPAC216 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail110KJapanIntl920 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail100mJapanIntl9Finisher
SkyRun 2018100kSouth AfricaIntl1128 hours
SkyView Ultra Trail143kJapanIntl938 hours
Siskiyou Outback100kOregonPAC717 hours
South Downs Way100mEnglandIntl6Finisher
Superior 100100mMinnesotaMid-W9Finisher
Surf Coast Century100kAustraliaIntl916 hours
Swiss Alps100mSwitzerlandIntl9Finisher
Swiss Alps100kSwitzerlandIntl922 hours
Täby Extreme Challenge 100100mSwedenIntl4Finisher
Tahoe Rim Trail100mNevadaWest7Finisher
Tarawera Ultras100mNew ZealandIntl230 hours
Tarawera Ultras102kNew ZealandIntl217 hours
TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie)145kItalyIntl842 hours
Thames Path 100100mEnglandIntl4Finisher
The Most Beautiful Thing Ultra Trail100kMalaysiaIntl1030 hours
The North Face Hong Kong 2018100kHong KongIntl1227 hours
The North Face Thailand100kThailandIntl217 hours
Trail Verbier St Bernard111kSwitzerlandIntl733 hours
Transgrancanaria125kCanary IslandsIntl228 hours
Transjeju International Trail Run111kSouth KoreaIntl1027 hours
TransLantau Ultra Trail100kChinaIntl328 hours
Tsaigu Tangsi Trail100kChinaIntl425 hours
Tunnel Hill 2018100mIllinoisMid-W11Finisher
Twisted Branch100kNew YorkMid-A819 hours
Ultra-Trail de Mexico100kMexicoIntl1019 hours
Ultra Tour Siguniang110kChinaIntl1128 hours
Ultra Trail Lago d'Orta140kItalyIntl1035 hours
Ultra Trail Nan109kThailandIntl1030 hours
Ultra Trail Ninghai100kChinaIntl1028 hours
Ultra Trail Sierras del Bandolero166kSpainIntl340 hours
Ultra-Trail Australia100kAustraliaIntl519 hours
Ultra-Trail Cape Town 2018100kSouth AfricaIntl1217 hours
Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc (UTMB)166kFranceIntl8Finisher
Ultra-Trail Harricana125kCanadaIntl924 hours
Ultra-Trail Mt Fuji100mJapanIntl4**
Ultra-Trail Tai Mo Shan115kHong KongIntl134 hours
Ultra-Trail Tai Mo Shan100mHong KongIntl1Finisher
Umstead100mNorth CarolinaSouth4Finisher
Vermont100mVermontMid-A7Finisher
Vulcano Ultra-Trail 2018100kChileIntl1224 hours
Waldo100kOregonPAC817 hours
Wasatch Front100mUtahWest9Finisher
West Highland Way95mScotlandIntl630 hours
Western States100mCaliforniaPAC6Finisher
Worlds End100kPennsylvaniaMid-A619 hours
Yeti100mVirginiaSouth9Finisher
Zion100mUtahWest4Finisher
Zion100kUtahWest419 hours
Zugspitz100kGermanyIntl6***

** due to the changes because of weather, all runners who arrived at Oshino (checkpoint number 6, 114km) before 28 hours are qualified to enter the lottery.

*** race was shortened to 63k and thus will not be a qualifier for 2020.

2021 Qualifying Races List

Events below are official qualifiers for the 2021 Western States Endurance Run. The 2021 qualifying run must be run from Monday November 4, 2019 through Sunday November 8, 2020. All races are 2020 edition unless otherwise noted. If a time is listed you must run under that time. "Finisher" means under the advertised absolute cut-off for the race.
Run NameDistanceState/CountryRegionMonthTime
Abbots Way125kItalyIntl428 hours
Altai Ultra Trail128kRussiaIntl536 hours
Angeles Crest100mCaliforniaPAC8Finisher
Arkansas Traveler100mArkansasSouth10Finisher
Aso Round Trail121kJapanIntl530 hours
Autumn100mEnglandIntl10Finisher
Azores Trail Run118kPortugalIntl526 hours
HOKA ONE ONE Bandera100kTexasWest117 hours
Bear, The100mUtahWest9Finisher
Beaverhead100kIdaho/MontanaWest719 hours
Bighorn100mWyomingMid-W6Finisher
Black Canyon100kArizonaWest217 hours
Blackall 100k100kAustraliaIntl1018 hours
Brazil 135135mBrazilIntl1Finisher
Bryce100mUtahWest6Finisher
Burning River100mOhioMid-W7Finisher
Cameron Ultra-Trail100kMalaysiaIntl728 hours
Canadian Death Race125kCanadaIntl824 hours
Canyons, The100kCaliforniaPAC418 hours
Cascade Crest100mWashingtonPAC8Finisher
Castle Peak100kCaliforniaPAC820 hours
Courmayeur Champex Chamonix (CCC)100kItalyIntl825 hours
Craze Ultra101kSingaporeIntl1122 hours
Craze Ultra100mSingaporeIntl11Finisher
Cruel Jewel106mGeorgiaSouth5Finisher
Cuyamaca100kCaliforniaPAC1017 hours
DL100 Ultra113kChinaIntl425 hours
Eastern States100mPennsylvaniaMid-A8Finisher
Eiger Ultra Trail101kSwitzerlandIntl722 hours
Endurance Trail des Templiers100kFranceIntl1019 hours
Fat Dog120mCanadaIntl9Finisher
FunTrails 2019105kJapanIntl1130 hours
Gaoligong by UTMB125kChinaIntl330 hours
Gaoligong by UTMB100mChinaIntl3Finisher
Salomon Hong Kong Dynamic 100100kHong KongIntl230 hours
Georgia Death Race74mGeorgiaSouth323 hours
Golden Ring 100K100kRussiaIntl718 hours
Gran Trail Peñalara 110K110kSpainIntl625 hours
Grand Raid des Pyrénées - Tour de Cirques123kFranceIntl840 hours
Grand Raid La Reunion162kReunionIntl1050 hours
Grindstone100mVirginiaSouth10Finisher
Grossglockner Ultra-Trail110kAustriaIntl728 hours
Hallucination (Run Woodstock)100mMichiganMid-W9Finisher
Hardcore Hundred100mPhilippinesIntl5Finisher
Hardrock100mColoradoWest7Finisher
Hardwolds 201980mEnglandIntl1124 hours
Hellgate 2019100kVirginiaSouth1217 hours
Hennepin100mIllinoisMid-W10Finisher
Hong Kong 100K100kHong KongIntl123 hours
HURT100mHawaiiPAC1Finisher
IMTUF100mIdahoWest9Finisher
Indiana100mIndianaMid-W10Finisher
Istria128kCroatiaIntl428 hours
Istria168kCroatiaIntl4Finisher
Javelina Jundred100mArizonaWest11Finisher
Jiangnan 100 Ultra Trail100kChinaIntl428 hours
Jiangnan 100 Ultra Trail100mChinaIntl4Finisher
Karkloof100mSouth AfricaIntl9Finisher
Kettle Moraine100mWisconsinMid-W6Finisher
Kierat100kPolandIntl527 hours
Krakonosova Stovka100kCzech RepublicIntl622 hours
Kullamannen100mSwedenIntl11Finisher
La Mision 2019110kArgentinaIntl1238 hours
La Mision 2019100mArgentinaIntl1245 hours
La Mision 2019200kArgentinaIntl1256 hours
Lakeland100mEnglandIntl7Finisher
Laurel Highlands70.5mPennsylvaniaMid-A620 hours
Lavaredo Ultra Trail120kItalyIntl626 hours
Leadville Trail100mColoradoWest8Finisher
Łemkowyna Ultra-Trail150kmPolandIntl10Finisher
Les Coursières des Hauts du Lyonnais 111kFranceIntl522 hours
Long Haul100mFloridaSouth1Finisher
Lost Soul Ultra100kCanadaIntl921 hours
Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115kPortugalIntl429 hours
Magnificent Merapoh Trail100kMalaysiaIntl821 hours
Malnad Ultra110kIndiaIntl1124 hours
Massanutten100mVirginiaSouth5Finisher
Miwok100kCaliforniaPAC5Finisher
Mohican100mOhioMid-W6Finisher
Morenic Trail100kItalyIntl1022 hours
Mountain Lakes100mOregonPAC9Finisher
Mozart 100108kAustriaIntl622 hours
Never Summer103kColoradoWest723 hours
North Downs Way100mEnglandIntl8Finisher
Nuts Ylläs Pallas105kFinlandIntl722 hours
Nuts Ylläs Pallas160kFinlandIntl7Finisher
Olympus Mythical Trail100kGreeceIntl628 hours
Orobie Ultra-Trail140kItalyIntl7Finisher
OSJ Ontake100kJapanIntl716 hours
OSJ Ontake100mJapanIntl7Finisher
Oso Negro100kMexicoIntl124 hours
Patagonia Run112kArgentinaIntl427 hours
Patagonia Run100mArgentinaIntl4Finisher
Penyagolosa115kSpainIntl526 hours
Pine to Palm100mOregonPAC9Finisher
Pinhoti100mAlabamaSouth11Finisher
Pong Yaeng trail 2019119kThailandIntl1127 hours
Pong Yaeng trail 2019166kThailandIntl11Finisher
Ponitrianska 100105kSlovakiaIntl924 hours
Pulag 100 Trail100kPhilippinesIntl430 hours
Quebec Mega Ultra Trail110kCanadaIntl622 hours
Quicksilver100kCaliforniaPAC516 hours
Rio Del Lago100mCaliforniaPAC11Finisher
HOKA ONE ONE Rocky Raccoon100mTexasWest2Finisher
Run Rabbit Run100mColoradoWest9Finisher
Salomon Cappadocia Ultra-Trail119kTurkeyIntl1023 hours
Salomon Xreid Voss-Bergen120kNorwayIntl535 hours
San Diego100mCaliforniaPAC6Finisher
Scenic Trail113kSwitzerlandIntl630 hours
Scenic Trail100mSwitzerlandIntl6Finisher
Sean O'Brien100kCaliforniaPAC216 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail110kJapanIntl920 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail100mJapanIntl9Finisher
100 Millas Sierras del Bandolero166kSpainIntl340 hours
Siskiyou Outback100kOregonPAC717 hours
SkyRun 2019100kSouth AfricaIntl1128 hours
SkyView Ultra Trail140kJapanIntl938 hours
Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary112kHungaryIntl620 hours
Soria Moria til Verden Ende100mNorwayIntl5Finisher
South Downs Way100mEnglandIntl6Finisher
Stefanik Trail145kSlovakiaIntl532 hours
Superior 100100mMinnesotaMid-W9Finisher
Surf Coast Century100kAustraliaIntl916 hours
Swiss Alps100kSwitzerlandIntl922 hours
Swiss Alps100mSwitzerlandIntl9Finisher
Täby Extreme Challenge 100100mSwedenIntl4Finisher
Tahoe Rim Trail100mNevadaWest7Finisher
Tarawera Ultras100mNew ZealandIntl230 hours
Tarawera Ultras102kNew ZealandIntl217 hours
TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie)147kItalyIntl842 hours
Thames Path 100100mEnglandIntl4Finisher
The Most Beautiful Thing Ultra Trail100kMalaysiaIntl1030 hours
The North Face China100kChinaIntl525 hours
The North Face Hong Kong 2019100kHong KongIntl1227 hours
The North Face Thailand100kThailandIntl217 hours
Trail de Conímbriga Terras de Sicó111kPortugalIntl224 hours
Trail Verbier St Bernard111kSwitzerlandIntl733 hours
Transgrancanaria125kCanary IslandsIntl228 hours
Transjeju International Trail Run111kSouth KoreaIntl1027 hours
TransLantau Ultra Trail100kHong KongIntl328 hours
Tunnel Hill 2019100mIllinoisMid-W11Finisher
Tuscany Crossing103kItalyIntl421 hours
Tuscany Crossing160kItalyIntl4Finisher
Twisted Branch100kNew YorkMid-A819 hours
Ultimate Tsaigu Trail110kChinaIntl430 hours
Ultra Tour Siguniang110kChinaIntl1128 hours
Ultra Trail Lago d'Orta140kItalyIntl1035 hours
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley106kSloveniaIntl525 hours
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley160kSloveniaIntl5Finisher
Ultra-Trail Australia100kAustraliaIntl519 hours
Ultra-Trail Cape Town 2019100kSouth AfricaIntl1217 hours
Ultra-Trail de Mexico100kMexicoIntl1019 hours
Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc (UTMB)166kFranceIntl8Finisher
Ultra-Trail Harricana125kCanadaIntl924 hours
Ultra-Trail Mt Fuji100mJapanIntl4Finisher
Ultra Trail Nan109kThailandIntl1030 hours
Ultra Trail Ninghai108kChinaIntl1028 hours
Ultra-Trail Tai Mo Shan115kHong KongIntl134 hours
Ultra-Trail Tai Mo Shan100mHong KongIntl1Finisher
Umstead100mNorth CarolinaSouth4Finisher
Vermont100mVermontMid-A7Finisher
Vulcano Ultra-Trail 2019100kChileIntl1224 hours
Waldo100kOregonPAC817 hours
Wasatch Front100mUtahWest9Finisher
West Highland Way95mScotlandIntl630 hours
Western States100mCaliforniaPAC6Finisher
Worlds End100kPennsylvaniaMid-A619 hours
Yeti100mVirginiaSouth9Finisher
Zion100mUtahWest4Finisher
Zion100kUtahWest419 hours
Zugspitz100kGermanyIntl622 hours