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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


All-time Top 100 Men

1Jim Walmsley29AZ201914:09:28
2Caleb Olson29UT202514:11:25
3Jim Walmsley - 234AZ202414:13:35
4Chris Meyers29CO202514:17:25
5Kilian Jornet37ESP/NOR202514:19:22
6Rod Farvard28CA202414:24:15
7Hayden Hawks33UT202414:24:31
8Jared Hazen24AZ201914:26:46
9Jim Walmsley - 328AZ201814:30:04
10Jeff Mogavero31MT202514:30:11
11Daniel Jones33NZL202414:32:29
12Daniel Jones - 234NZL202514:36:17
13Caleb Olson - 228UT202414:40:12
14Tom Evans31GBR202314:40:22
15Jim Walmsley - 431AZ202114:46:01
16Timothy Olson28OR201214:46:44
17Rob Krar38AZ201514:48:59
18Rob Krar - 237AZ201414:53:22
19Jonathan Albon35GBR/NOR202414:57:01
20Seth Ruhling30CO202514:59:36
21Tom Evans - 227GBR201914:59:44
22Ryan Sandes30ZAF201215:03:56
23Tyler Green39OR202315:04:59
24Tyler Green - 240UT202415:05:39
25Geoff Roes34AK201015:07:04
26Anthony Costales34UT202315:09:16
27Jia-Sheng Shen29CHN202415:09:49
28Jonathan Rea32CO202415:13:10
29Adam Peterman26MT202215:13:48
30Anton Krupicka26CO201015:13:52
31Timothy Olson - 229OR201315:17:27
32Seth Swanson36MT201515:17:28
33Chirs Myers28CO202415:18:25
34Blake Slattengren28WA202415:18:57
35Seth Swanson - 235MT201415:19:39
36Jia-Sheng Shen - 228CHN202315:19:42
37Matt Daniels31CO201915:21:36
38Rob Krar - 336AZ201315:22:05
39Daniel Jones - 332NZL202315:22:15
40Kilian Jornet - 223ESP201115:34:24
41Ji Duo31CHN202415:35:30
42Mark Hammond34UT201915:36:12
43Scott Jurek30WA200415:36:27
44Dylan Bowman28CA201415:36:41
45Mathieu Blanchard35QC202315:37:02
46Jared Hazen - 220CO201515:37:55
47Mike Wolfe33MT201115:38:29
48Ryan Montgomery29UT202315:38:35
49Andrew Miller20OR201615:39:36
50Mike Morton25VA199715:40:41
51Gediminas Grinius35LTU201515:40:55
52Jeffrey Colt32CO202315:42:09
53Gediminas Grinius - 239LTU201915:43:50
54Nick Clark38CO201215:44:09
55Max King34OR201415:44:45
56Mike Morton - 241FL201315:45:21
57Ryan Sandes - 232ZAF201415:46:59
58Hayden Hawks31UT202215:47:22
59Ian Sharman33CA201415:47:50
60Nick Clark - 237CO201115:50:23
61Dave Mackey42CO201215:53:36
62Alex Varner28CA201415:53:42
63Tom Johnson32CA199115:54:05
64Stephen Kersh27AZ201915:54:15
65Ryan Montgomery - 231NH202515:54:29
66Patrick Reagan32GA201915:54:31
67Cole Watson31CA202315:54:36
68Ian Sharman - 231OR201215:54:38
69Francois D'Haene32FRA201815:54:53
70Jeff Browning47UT201915:55:06
71Jez Bragg30GBR201115:55:08
72Kyle Pietari32CO201915:56:13
73Arlen Glick29OH202215:56:17
74Thomas Lorblanchet35FRA201515:56:32
75Brendan Davies37AUS201415:56:49
76Tyler Green - 338OR202215:57:10
77Zeke Tiernan36CO201215:57:59
78Scott Jurek - 229WA200316:01:18
79Dylan Bowman - 226CO201216:03:24
80Kilian Jornet - 322ESP201016:04:50
81Jorge Maravilla34CA201216:05:30
82Nick Clark - 336CO201016:05:56
83Hans Troyer25GA202516:06:52
84Tsuyoshi Kaburaki42JPN201116:07:04
85Ryan Sandes - 337ZAF201916:08:12
86Mark Hammond - 233UT201816:08:59
87Drew Holmen30CO202216:09:00
88Janosch Kowalczyk32DEU202316:09:19
89Peter Fraňo29SVK202516:10:44
90Tyler Green - 337OR202116:11:02
91Hal Koerner31OR200716:12:16
92Joe Uhan34OR201216:13:14
93Rod Farvard - 227CA202316:15:55
94Didrik Hermansen36NOR201616:16:08
95Neal Gorman35VA201216:18:40
96Timothy Olson - 327OR201116:18:42
97Scott Jurek - 328WA200216:19:10
98Ryan Sandes - 435ZAF201716:19:37
99Ludovic Pommeret46FRA202216:20:02
100Brett Rivers32CA201416:20:06

All-time Top 100 Women


All-time Top 100 Women

1Courtney Dauwalter38CO202315:29:33
2Katie Schide32ME/FRA202415:46:57
3Fuzhao Xiang32CHN202416:20:03
4Abby Hall34AZ202516:37:16
5Eszter Csillag39HUN/HKG202416:42:17
6Katie Schide - 231ME/FRA202316:43:35
7Fuzhao Xiang - 233CHN202516:47:09
8Ellie Greenwood33BC201216:47:19
9Emily Hawgood29ZWE/CA202416:48:43
10Yngvild Kaspersen29NOR202416:50:39
11Marianne Hogan35QC202516:50:58
12Ida Nilsson42SWE/NOR202416:56:52
13Ida Nilsson - 243SWE/NOR202517:00:48
14Eszter Csillag - 238HUN/HKG202317:07:55
15Beth Pascall33GBR202117:10:42
16Heather Jackson40OR202417:16:43
17Katie Asmuth37CA202317:21:06
18Ruth Croft33NZL202217:21:30
19Fiona Pascall35GBR202517:21:52
20Clare Gallagher27CO201917:23:25
21Hau Ha36VNM202517:23:47
22Emily Hawgood - 228ZWE202317:26:22
23Courtney Dauwalter - 233CO201817:27:00
24Rachel Drake33UT202417:28:35
25Priscilla Forgie33AB202417:30:24
26Ruth Croft - 232NZL202117:33:48
27Leah Yingling33UT202417:33:54
28Brittany Peterson33ID201917:34:29
29Ann Trason33CA199417:37:51
30Hannah Allgood33CO202517:39:02
31Taylor Nowlin32WA202317:40:11
32Ragna Debats42ESP202117:41:13
33Ida Nilsson - 342SWE/NOR202317:43:34
34Priscilla Forgie - 232AB202317:46:34
35Ailsa Macdonald41CAN202217:46:46
36Caitlin Fielder32AND202517:47:26
37Leah Yingling - 232UT202317:49:00
38Anna Louden31CA202417:53:10
39Ellie Greenwood - 232AB201117:55:29
40Kaci Lickteig32NE201917:55:55
41Keely Henninger33OR202517:57:24
42Kaci Lickteig - 229NE201617:57:59
43Stephanie Howe30OR201418:01:42
44Marianne Hogan - 232QC202218:05:48
45Beth Pascall - 231GBR201918:06:51
46Brittany Peterson - 235ID202118:07:42
47Rory Bosio27CA201218:08:06
48Luiza Buehler40CHE202218:08:32
49Emily Hawgood - 330ZIM/CA202518:11:05
50Meghan Morgan25CO202318:11:32
51Nikki Kimball36MT200718:12:37
52Camelia Mayfield27OR201918:13:31
53Kaytlyn Gerbin30WA201918:13:33
54Ann Trason - 231CA199218:14:48
55Emily Hawgood - 427ZWE202218:16:02
56Ann Trason - 341CA200218:16:26
57Kami Semick44OR201118:17:34
58Nikki Kimball - 240MT201118:17:39
59Aliza Lapierre32VT201218:18:29
60Tracy Garneau42BC201118:22:15
61Katie Asmuth - 235CA202118:23:24
62Anita Ortiz45CO200918:24:17
63Krissy Moehl34CO201218:29:15
64Larisa Dannis26NH201418:29:18
65Ann Trason - 430CA199118:29:37
66Nikki Kimball - 341MT201218:31:39
67Emma Davies37CA200218:32:17
68Lizzy Hawker36CHE201218:32:20
69Leah Yingling - 331UT202218:32:31
70Ann Trason - 529CA199018:33:02
71Ann Trason - 640CA200118:33:34
72Ann Trason - 742CA200318:36:03
73Rory Bosio - 226CA201118:37:17
74Pam Smith38OR201318:37:21
75Audrey Tanguy33FRA202118:37:45
76Annette Bednosky38NC200518:39:02
77Emily Schmitz43WI202418:39:55
78Ann Trason - 834CA199518:40:01
79Kaytlyn Gerbin - 229WA201818:40:59
80Nikki Kimball - 433MT200418:43:25
81Nathalie Mauclair43FRA201418:43:57
82Aliza Lapierre - 231VT201118:45:25
83Ann Trason - 937CA199818:46:16
84Taylor Nowlin - 231WA202218:46:42
85Ann Trason - 1028CA198918:47:46
86Jenny Quilty34BC202318:49:13
87Meghan Canfield50OR201118:50:19
88Camille Herron40OK202218:51:54
89Erin Clark30MT202518:52:22
90Lauren Puretz41CO202418:52:25
91Kathy D'Onofrio23CA198818:52:40
92Lotti Brinks36DEU/ID202418:53:39
92Careth Arnold34CO202418:53:39
94Amy Sproston42OR201618:54:44
95Nicole Bitter37AZ201918:55:14
96Ann Trason - 1135CA199618:57:36
97Kathryn Drew32BC201918:59:08
98Lucy Bartholomew22AUS201818:59:45
99Tracy Garneau - 241BC201019:01:55
100Magdalena Boulet41CA201519:05:21
 

All-Time Fastest Splits

Western States 100 Fastest All-Time Splits
Start to Red Star RidgeTim Ball, 19892:19Lizzy Hawker, 20122:31
(mile 0.0 to 16.0)Rod Farvard, 20252:21Katie Schide, 20242:36
Jeff Mogavero, 20252:21Ida Nilsson, 20252:40
Red Star Ridge to Robinson FlatJim Walmsley, 20191:51Katie Schide, 20242:08
(mile 16.0 to 30.3)Jim Walmsley, 20211:51Courtney Dauwalter, 20232:10
Jared Hazen, 20191:53Katie Schide, 20232:11
Robinson Flat to Last ChanceChirs Meyers, 20251:27Ida Nilsson, 20251:33
(mile 30.3 to 43.3)Caleb Olson, 20251:28Katie Schide, 20241:35
Jim Walmsley, 20191:29Courtney Dauwalter, 20231:38
Jim Walmsley, 20211:29Katie Schide, 20231:38
Adam Peterman, 20251:29
Daniel Jones, 20251:29
Last Chance to Devil's ThumbJim Walmsley, 20210:44Katie Schide, 20240:50
(mile 43.3 to 47.8)Caleb Olson, 20250:45Courtney Dauwalter, 20230:51
Kilian Jornet, 20250:45Courtney Dauwalter, 20190:52
Devil's Thumb to Michigan BluffJim Walmsley, 20191:08Courtney Dauwalter, 20231:16
(mile 47.8 to 55.7)Jared Hazen, 20191:09Ellie Greenwood, 20121:18
Caleb Olson, 20251:09Katie Schide, 20241:19
Michigan Bluff to ForesthillTom Evans, 20230:50Courtney Dauwalter, 20230:56
(mile 55.7 to 62.0)Dakota Jones, 20230:50Katie Schide, 20230:58
Jim Walmsley, 20160:51Fuzhao Xiang, 20240:59
Jim Walmsley, 20190:51Ida Nilsson, 20250:59
Jared Hazen, 20190:51
Caleb Olson, 20250:51
Foresthill to Rucky ChuckyRob Krar, 20142:03Courtney Dauwalter, 20232:10
(mile 62.0 to 78.0)Jim Walmsley, 20192:05Katie Asmuth, 20232:25
Jared Hazen, 20192:05Katie Schide, 20242:23
Fuzhao Xiang, 20242:23
River Crossing to Pointed RocksJim Walmsley, 20242:19Courtney Dauwalter, 20232:38
(mile 78.0 to 94.6)Tom Evans, 20192:27Fuzhao Xiang, 20242:48
Hayden Hawks, 20242:29Eszter Csillag, 20242:49
Daniel Jones, 20242:29
Pointed Rocks to FinishHayden Hawks, 20240:46Clare Gallagher, 20190:51
(mile 94.6 to 100.2)Patrick Reagan, 20190:48Courtney Dauwalter, 20230:55
Blake Slattengren, 20240:48Katie Schide, 20230:55
Eszter Csillag, 20230:55
Priscilla Forgie, 20240:55

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.

YearMedian TimeRank
199528:15:001<--- Hardest
199827:54:312
202127:54:312
200627:31:104
201727:22:135
200027:21:216
199327:20:197
199227:18:288
201627:14:279
200927:14:0610
199627:09:0511
202327:07:1512
199926:59:1513
200126:58:3814
199426:52:4615
200426:52:0616
199026:50:1217
200226:45:5218
202226:42:1219
200326:40:2620
198726:40:2221
201526:36:4622
200526:36:4223
199726:36:1124
202426:25:38 25
201026:23:3026
201326:23:0127
200726:18:5828
201926:08:4629
201126:06:3230
201825:58:4831
199125:58:4632
198925:55:3533
201425:37:0634
198825:02:2035
198624:48:3936
201224:48:2937<--- Easiest

Runner Surveys

Beginning in 2014, there has been an independent survey conducted by ultralive.net as runners go through check-in the day before the race in Squaw Valley. Participation is completely voluntary.

survey_2015_finish_hour

Lottery

Mathematical analysis of lottery by Ryan Witko.

Splits

The Statistical Guide to a Silver Buckle by Ryan Witko.

Timing Data Analysis by Drew Coughlin.

Tevis and Western States Finishers

The Western States Endurance Run honors its beginnings from the Western States Trail Ride (Tevis Cup). Through the years, inspired by the draw of the Western States Trail, these athletes have met the challenge of both events.