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Top Finish Times

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

All-time Top 100 Men

Place	Name	Age	State	Year	Time
1	Timothy Olson	28	OR	2012	14:46:44
2	Rob Krar	38	AZ	2015	14:48:59
3	Rob Krar - 2	37	AZ	2014	14:53:22
4	Ryan Sandes	30	ZAF	2012	15:03:56
5	Geoff Roes	34	AK	2010	15:07:04
6	Anton Krupicka	26	CO	2010	15:13:52
7	Timothy Olson - 2	29	OR	2013	15:17:27
8	Seth Swanson	36	MT	2015	15:17:28
9	Seth Swanson - 2	35	MT	2014	15:19:39
10	Rob Krar - 3	36	AZ	2013	15:22:05
11	Kilian Jornet	23	ESP	2011	15:34:24
12	Scott Jurek	30	WA	2004	15:36:27
13	Dylan Bowman	28	CA	2014	15:36:41
14	Jared Hazen	20	CO	2015	15:37:55
15	Mike Wolfe	33	MT	2011	15:38:29
16	Andrew Miller	20	OR	2016	15:39:36
17	Mike Morton	25	VA	1997	15:40:41
18	Gediminas Grinius	35	LTU	2015	15:40:55
19	Nick Clark	38	CO	2012	15:44:09
20	Max King	34	OR	2014	15:44:45
21	Mike Morton - 2	41	FL	2013	15:45:21
22	Ryan Sandes - 2	32	ZAF	2014	15:46:59
23	Ian Sharman	33	CA	2014	15:47:50
24	Nick Clark - 2	37	CO	2011	15:50:23
25	Dave Mackey	42	CO	2012	15:53:36
26	Alex Varner	28	CA	2014	15:53:42
27	Tom Johnson	32	CA	1991	15:54:05
28	Ian Sharman - 2	31	OR	2012	15:54:38
29	Jez Bragg	30	GBR	2011	15:55:08
30	Thomas Lorblanchet	35	FRA	2015	15:56:32
31	Brendan Davies	37	AUS	2014	15:56:49
32	Zeke Tiernan	36	CO	2012	15:57:59
33	Scott Jurek - 2	29	WA	2003	16:01:18
34	Dylan Bowman - 2	26	CO	2012	16:03:24
35	Kilian Jornet - 2	22	ESP	2010	16:04:50
36	Jorge Maravilla	34	CA	2012	16:05:30
37	Nick Clark - 3	36	CO	2010	16:05:56
38	Tsuyoshi Kaburaki	42	JPN	2011	16:07:04
39	Hal Koerner	31	OR	2007	16:12:16
40	Joe Uhan	34	OR	2012	16:13:14
41	Didrik Hermansen	36	NOR	2016	16:16:08
42	Neal Gorman	35	VA	2012	16:18:40
43	Timothy Olson - 3	27	OR	2011	16:18:42
44	Scott Jurek - 3	28	WA	2002	16:19:10
45	Ryan Sandes - 3	35	ZAF	2017	16:19:37
46	Brett Rivers	32	CA	2014	16:20:06
47	Ian Sharman - 3	32	CA	2013	16:20:25
48	Brian Purcell	32	CA	1988	16:24:00
49	Hal Koerner - 2	33	OR	2009	16:24:55
50	Dave Mackey - 2	34	CO	2004	16:30:17
51	Jeff Browning	44	OR	2016	16:30:40
52	Dylan Bowman	27	CA	2013	16:32:18
53	Graham Cooper	41	CA	2011	16:34:41
54	Julien Chorier	34	FRA	2015	16:34:43
55	Dave Mackey - 3	41	CO	2011	16:36:21
56	Jesse Haynes	41	CA	2014	16:36:42
57	Erik Skaden	35	CA	2007	16:36:49
58	Chuck Jones	27	CA	1986	16:37:47
59	Scott Jurek - 4	27	WA	2001	16:38:30
60	Tom Johnson - 2	31	CA	1990	16:38:52
61	Brian Purcell - 2	35	CA	1991	16:39:08
62	Andy Jones-Wilkins	43	ID	2011	16:39:20
63	Thomas Lorblanchet - 2	36	FRA	2016	16:39:55
64	Ian Sharman - 4	30	CA	2011	16:40:19
65	Scott Jurek - 5	31	WA	2005	16:40:46
66	David Riddle	30	OH	2012	16:42:55
67	Yassine Diboun	33	OR	2012	16:43:01
68	Jez Bragg - 2	33	GBR	2014	16:45:36
69	Ian Sharman - 5	34	OR	2015	16:44:27
70	Dan Olmstead	39	OR	2011	16:45:45
71	Thomas Crawford	31	CA	2012	16:46:08
72	Jim Pellon	36	CA	1986	16:48:19
73	Sim Jae-duk	42	KOR	2011	16:48:22
74	Alex Nichols	32	CO	2017	16:48:23
75	Tim Twietmeyer	35	CA	1994	16:51:01
76	Tsuyoshi Kaburaki - 2	40	JPN	2009	16:52:06
77	Mark Hammond	32	UT	2017	16:52:37
78	Paul Giblin	38	GBR	2016	16:53:20
79	Zach Bitter	26	WI	2012	16:53:28
80	Mark Brotherton	32	CA	1989	16:53:39
81	Tim Twietmeyer - 2	33	CA	1992	16:54:16
82	Jez Bragg - 3	28	GBR	2009	16:54:35
83	Ian Sharman - 6	35	OR	2016	16:55:11
84	Zachariah Miller	34	MT	2010	16:55:17
85	Shunsuke Okunomiya	32	JPN	2011	16:56:18
86	Nick Clark - 4	39	CO	2013	16:56:23
87	Jasper Halekas	33	CA	2009	16:56:25
88	Glen Redpath	45	NY	2011	16:57:58
89	Chris Price	33	CA	2014	16:58:34
90	Kevin Sullivan	38	MA	2009	16:59:36
91	David Laney	26	OR	2015	17:01:37
92	Chris Mocko	30	CA	2016	17:01:47
93	Peter Findlay	32	BC	1991	17:02:59
94	Kyle Pietari	29	MA	2016	17:05:01
95	Gary Robbins	33	BC	2010	17:06:20
96	Tim Twietmeyer - 3	30	CA	1989	17:06:51
97	Andy Jones-Wilkins - 2	37	CA	2005	17:07:14
98	Christopher DeNucci	36	CA	2016	17:07:57
99	Tom Johnson - 3	34	CA	1993	17:08:34
100	Glen Redpath - 2	44	NY	2010	17:10:06

All-time Top 100 Women

Place	Name	Age	State	Year	Time
1	Ellie Greenwood	33	BC	2012	16:47:19
2	Ann Trason	33	CA	1994	17:37:51
3	Ellie Greenwood - 2	32	AB	2011	17:55:29
4	Kaci Lickteig	29	NE	2016	17:57:59
5	Stephanie Howe	30	OR	2014	18:01:42
6	Rory Bosio	27	CA	2012	18:08:06
7	Nikki Kimball	36	MT	2007	18:12:37
8	Ann Trason - 2	31	CA	1992	18:14:48
9	Ann Trason - 3	41	CA	2002	18:16:26
10	Kami Semick	44	OR	2011	18:17:34
11	Nikki Kimball - 2	40	MT	2011	18:17:39
12	Aliza Lapierre	32	VT	2012	18:18:29
13	Tracy Garneau	42	BC	2011	18:22:15
14	Anita Ortiz	45	CO	2009	18:24:17
15	Krissy Moehl	34	CO	2012	18:29:15
16	Larisa Dannis	26	NH	2014	18:29:18
17	Ann Trason - 4	30	CA	1991	18:29:37
18	Nikki Kimball - 3	41	MT	2012	18:31:39
19	Emma Davies	37	CA	2002	18:32:17
20	Lizzy Hawker	36	CHE	2012	18:32:20
21	Ann Trason - 5	29	CA	1990	18:33:02
22	Ann Trason - 6	40	CA	2001	18:33:34
23	Ann Trason - 7	42	CA	2003	18:36:03
24	Rory Bosio - 2	26	CA	2011	18:37:17
25	Pam Smith	38	OR	2013	18:37:21
26	Annette Bednosky	38	NC	2005	18:39:02
27	Ann Trason - 8	34	CA	1995	18:40:01
28	Nikki Kimball - 4	33	MT	2004	18:43:25
29	Nathalie Mauclair	43	FRA	2014	18:43:57
30	Aliza Lapierre - 2	31	VT	2011	18:45:25
31	Ann Trason - 9	37	CA	1998	18:46:16
32	Ann Trason - 10	28	CA	1989	18:47:46
33	Meghan Arobgast	50	OR	2011	18:50:19
34	Kathy D'Onofrio	23	CA	1988	18:52:40
35	Amy Sproston	42	OR	2016	18:54:44
36	Ann Trason - 11	35	CA	1996	18:57:36
37	Tracy Garneau - 2	41	BC	2010	19:01:55
38	Magdalena Boulet	41	CA	2015	19:05:21
39	Ann Trason - 12	32	CA	1993	19:05:22
40	Emma Davies - 2	36	CA	2001	19:09:34
41	Tina Lewis	39	CO	2012	19:09:49
42	Devon Yanko	34	CA	2016	19:10:08
43	Pam Smith - 2	39	OR	2014	19:10:42
44	Amy Sproston - 2	38	OR	2012	19:11:02
45	Meghan Arbogast - 2	49	OR	2010	19:15:58
46	Beverley Anderson-Abbs	41	CA	2005	19:16:26
47	Ann Trason - 13	36	CA	1997	19:19:49
48	Kaci Lickteig - 2	28	NE	2015	19:20:31
49	Nikki Kimball - 5	42	MT	2013	19:21:43
50	Nikki Kimball - 6	39	MT	2010	19:23:09
51	Amy Sproston - 3	39	OR	2013	19:25:11
52	Krissy Moehl - 2	31	WA	2009	19:26:02
53	Ashley Nordell	32	OR	2012	19:26:30
54	Nikki Kimball - 7	35	MT	2006	19:26:51
55	Meghan Arbogast - 3	52	OR	2013	19:30:50
56	Beverley Anderson-Abbs - 2	43	CA	2007	19:31:18
57	Cat Bradley	25	CO	2017	19:31:30
58	Rory Bosio - 3	25	CA	2010	19:32:07
59	Emma Davies - 3	38	CA	2003	19:32:33
60	Stephanie Howe - 2	31	OR	2015	19:32:58
61	Caren Spore	42	CA	2010	19:34:29
62	Amy Sproston - 4	37	OR	2011	19:36:19
63	Luanne Park	43	CA	2004	19:42:40
64	Aliza Lapierre - 3	35	VT	2015	19:43:22
65	Ann Trason - 14	39	CA	2000	19:44:42
66	Meghan Arbogast - 4	51	OR	2012	19:45:24
67	Becky Wheeler	36	WY	2011	19:46:54
68	Magdalena Boulet - 2	43	CA	2017	19:49:15
69	Nikki Kimball - 8	43	MT	2014	19:51:31
70	Rory Bosio - 4	28	CA	2013	19:52:09
71	Beverley Anderson-Abbs - 3	45	CA	2009	19:53:14
72	Becky Wheeler - 2	35	WY	2010	19:58:40
73	Karine Herry	37	FRA	2005	19:58:47
74	Aliza Lapierre - 4	33	VT	2013	20:04:46
75	Kaci Lickteig - 3	27	NE	2014	20:07:10
76	Luanne Park - 2	42	CA	2003	20:10:33
77	Beverley Anderson-Abbs - 4	42	CA	2006	20:10:36
78	Amanda Basham	26	CO	2016	20:11:39
79	Sabrina Stanley	27	CO	2017	20:11:41
80	Emma Roca	41	ESP	2015	20:12:00
81	Karine Herry - 2	39	FRA	2007	20:12:39
82	Kathy D'Onofrio - 2	24	CA	1989	20:17:52
83	Suzi Leon	38	CA	2003	20:18:44
84	Denise Bourassa	44	OR	2014	20:19:30
85	Joelle Vaught	35	ID	2010	20:19:38
86	Nicole Studer	33	TX	2015	20:19:56
87	Carol O'Hear	29	WA	2004	20:24:13
88	Alissa St. Laurent	31	AB	2016	20:27:11
89	Sally McRae	36	CA	2015	20:27:33
90	Denise Bourassa - 2	42	OR	2012	20:28:10
91	Emily Harrison	27	AZ	2013	20:28:40
92	Meghan Arbogast - 5	55	CA	2016	20:30:11
93	Caren Spore - 2	39	CA	2007	20:36:09
94	Jenny Capel	39	NV	2012	20:36:19
95	Diana Fitzpatrick	46	CA	2004	20:38:16
96	Bethany Patterson	37	VA	2016	20:40:42
97	Pam Smith - 3	36	OR	2011	20:40:48
98	Sue Summerhays-King	34	CA	1988	20:41:27
99	Annette Bednosky - 2	43	NC	2010	20:43:04
100	Helen Cospolich	34	CO	2011	20:44:50

All-Time Fastest Splits

Western States 100 Fastest All-Time Splits

Section	Men		Women
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, 2016	1:54	Lizzy Hawker, 2012	2:15
(mile 16.0 to 30.3)	Jim Walmsley, 2017	1:55	Ann Trason, 1990	2:16
	Tim Ball, 1989	1:56	Magdalena Boulet, 2015	2:16
	Sage Canaday, 2016	1:56

Robinson Flat to Last Chance	Jim Walmsley, 2017	1:33	YiOu Wang, 2017	1:52
(mile 30.3 to 43.3)	Jim Walmsley, 2016	1:35	Stephanie Howe, 2014	1:53
	Sage Canaday, 2016	1:36	Kaci Lickteig, 2016	1:55

Last Chance to Devil's Thumb	Mark Brotherton, 1989	0:46	Ann Trason, 1989	0:53
(mile 43.3 to 47.8)	Kilian Jornet, 2011	0:47	Ann Trason, 1990	0:54
	Jim Walmsley, 2017	0:47	Ann Trason, 1992	0:55

Devil's Thumb to Michigan Bluff	Tom Johnson, 1991	1:13	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	1:18
(mile 47.8 to 55.7)	Jim Walmsley, 2016	1:14	Ann Trason, 1994	1:23
	Eric Clifton, 1991	1:17	Ann Trason, 1998	1:26
	Timothy Olson, 2012	1:17

Michigan Bluff to Foresthill	Jim Walmsley, 2016	0:51	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	1:00
(mile 55.7 to 62.0)	Kilian Jornet, 2010	0:52	Ann Trason, 1994	1:01
	Rob Krar, 2014	0:53	Ann Trason, 1993	1:03

Foresthill to River Crossing	Rob Krar, 2014	2:03	Ann Trason, 1998	2:33
(mile 62.0 to 78.0)	Rob Krar, 2015	2:07	Ann Trason, 1994	2:35
	Jim Walmsley, 2016	2:10	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	2:36

River Crossing to Highway 49	Rob Krar, 2015	2:13	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	2:49
(mile 78.0 to 93.5)	Timothy Olson, 2012	2:16	Ann Trason, 1994	3:01
	Rob Krar, 2014	2:17	Krissy Moehl, 2012	3:02

Highway 49 to Finish	Jim Howard, 1983	0:56	Ellie Greenwood, 2011	1:07
(mile 93.5 to 100.2)	Rob Krar, 2013	0:57	Ellie Greenwood, 2012	1:10
	Timothy Olson, 2012	0:58	Kaci Lickteig, 2015	1:12
	Jared Hazen, 2015	0:58

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
2006	27:31:10	3
2017	27:22:13	4
2000	27:21:21	5
1993	27:20:19	6
1992	27:18:28	7
2016	27:14:27	8
2009	27:14:06	9
1996	27:09:05	10
1999	26:59:15	11
2001	26:58:38	12
1994	26:52:46	13
2004	26:52:06	14
1990	26:50:12	15
2002	26:45:52	16
2003	26:40:26	17
1987	26:40:22	18
2015	26:36:46	19
2005	26:36:42	20
1997	26:36:11	21
2010	26:23:30	22
2013	26:23:01	23
2007	26:18:58	24
2011	26:06:32	25
1991	25:58:46	26
1989	25:55:35	27
2014	25:37:06	28
1988	25:02:20	29
1986	24:48:39	30
2012	24:48:29	31	<--- 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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