Race Statistics

  Final Decision on race records

After a great deal of thought and consultation I have decided that the course records are the fastest times from start to finish. We can not compare the times of a start to finish race with those of a race with a mandatory overnight. The men's bike record to McGrath set by John Stamstad in 1998 of 3 days 8 hrs 15 min including a mandatory overnight is a superhuman achievement and remains the record for the old race format. Mike Curiak's record of 15 days 1 hr and 15 min to Nome stands as the over all course record. This applies also to Chloe Lanthier- Brandner's female bike record of 4 days 23 hrs 50 min. All of us who were on the trail when these records were set can appreciate the efforts of these athletes during their record setting rides. Since we have no plans to include a mandatory overnight in our race format these records are set in stone as they deserve to be. Kathi Merchant's time of 5 days 7 hours 48 minutes is the new Alaska Ultra Sport female bike record. Steve Reifenstuhl broke the men's foot record with a time of 4 days 15 hours. Gail Koepf set the female ski record and won the ski division with her time of 7 days 6 hours 18 minutes.       

Bill Merchant /Race Director
I hope my decision seems fair to all concerned.

race results 2004

race results 2005

race results 2006

race results 2007

race results 2008

race results 2009

Nome Finishers 2000-2009

Alaska Ultra Sport  Records

350 mile

Men's division

Bike Record Peter Basinger  - 2007 -bike  - 3 days 5 hours 40 minutes

Foot Record Steve Reifenstuhl - 2005 - foot - 4 days 15 hours

Ski Record Jim Jaeger  - 2002 -ski - 4 days  8 hours

Women's division

Bike Record Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant - 2005 - bike - 5 days 7 hours 48 min

Ski Record Gail Koepf - 2005 - ski - 7 days 6 hours 18 min

Foot Record Loreen Hewitt - 2008- 7 days 14 hours 40 minutes foot

1100 mile

Northern route (even numbered years)

Bike Record Mike Curiak - 2002-bike - 17 days 2 hours

Foot Record Roberto Ghidoni -2002-foot-22 days 6 hrs 6 min

Women's Record Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant-2008-bike- 25 days 12 hours 58 minutes
*** first female cyclist to Nome***

Southern route (odd numbered years)

Bike Record Carl Hutchings-2005-bike-22 days 47 min

Foot Record Tim Hewitt-2009-foot-25 days 9 hours and 29 minutes

Iditasport records (1990-2001)

 350 mile
(times include a mandatory overnight)

Mens's division

John Stamstad - 1998 - bike - 3 days 8 hours 15 min

Mel Strauch - 1997- ski-6 days 7 hours 5 min

Tom Possert - 1998- foot - 6 days 2 hours 50 min

Women's division

Chloe Lanthier-Brandner-1998-bike- 4 days 23 hrs 50 min

1100 mile

Men's division

(Northern route)
 Mike Curiak -  2000 -bike - 15 days  1 hour  15 min

(Southern route)
Tom Jarding/Tim Hewitt - 2001 - foot - 26 days 20 hrs 46 min

Andrew Heading/Mike Estes - 2001 - bike - 26 days 5 hrs 7 min

Bob Baker and Tim Kelley -1990 - ski - 23 days  5 hours  4 min
time did not include a mandatory overnight

Women's division

Janine Duplessis - 2000 - foot - 41 days 10 hours 30 min
 
Other course records

Ben Couturier - bike -7 days 22 hrs 58 min - 2001- youngest racer to McGrath at 14

Sam Newbury - bike - youngest racer to Nome 2002

Pat Irwin -2002 - bike - 3 days 19 hours 30 min singlespeed record to McGrath

Bill Merchant - 1998 - skijoring - 5 days 6 hours 49 min McGrath

Serum Run Route 2003 (768 miles)

Roberto Ghidoni - 2003 - foot - 18 days

350 mile results 2009 (45 starters)

Jeff Oatley bike 5 days 19 hrs 34 min Winner!

Tracey Petervary bike 6 days 5 hrs 28 min 2nd place First Woman!

Jay Petervary bike 6 days 5 hours 28 min 2nd place

John Ross bike 6 days 5 hours 55 min 4th place

Peter Basinger ski 6 days 6 hours 15 min 5th place First Skier!

Cory Smith ski 6 days 6 hours 55 min 6th place

Phil Hofstetter bike 6 days 7 hours 45 min 7th place

Alec Petro bike 6 days 9 hours 18 min 8th place

Ed Plumb ski 6 days 9 hours 53 min 9th place

Tim Hewitt foot 6 days 15 hours 10th place on to Nome First on Foot!

Tom Jarding foot 6 days 15 hours 10th place on to Nome First on Foot!

Louise Kobin bike 6 days 20 hrs 41 min 12th place

Eric Warkentin bike 6 days 20 hrs 41 min 12th place

Aidan Harding bike 6 days 21 hrs 49 min 14th place

Billy Koitzsch bike 6 days 21 hrs 49 min 15th place

Eric Johnson foot 7 days 15 min 16th place

Todd Kasteler foot 7 days 1 hour 39 min 17th place

Rick Freeman foot 7 days 8 hours 18th place

Robert Struble foot 7 days 8 hours 18th place

Marco Berni foot 7 days 8 hours 50 min 20th place on to Nome

Bob Ostrom bike 8 days 6 hours 5 min 21 place

Frank McGuire bike 8 days 13 hours 22 place

Howard Cook foot 9 days 9 hours 40 min 23 place

Francesco Ghigliotti foot 9 days 9 hours 40 min 24th place

Savino Musicco foot 9 days 10 hours 25th place

Sean Grady bike 9 days 23h 25min 26th place

George Azarias bike 10 days 9 hrs 40 min 27th place

Roger Leavesley foot 10 days 12 hrs 30 min 28th place

17 racers scratched from the race

350 mile results 2008 (45 starters)

Jay Petervary bike 3 days 14 hours 20 minutes Winner!

Dave Hart bike 3 days 20 hours 50 minutes 2nd place

Jacques Boutet bike 3 days 20 hours 50 minutes 2nd place

Carl Hutchings bike 3 days 22 hours 6 minutes 4th place

Rocky Reifenstuhl bike 3 days 23 hours 15 minutes 5th place

Jeff Oatley bike 3 days 23 hours 30 minutes 6th place

Tim Stern bike 3 days 23 hours 30 minutes 6th place

James Leavesley bike 3 days 23 hours 54 minutes 8th place

Brij Potnis bike 4 days 2 hours 27 minutes 9th place

Peter Basinger bike 4 days 2 hours 28 minutes 10th place on to Nome

Dario Valsesia bike 4 days 2 hours 54 minutes 11th place

Philip Hofstetter bike 4 days 5 hours 15 minutes 12th place

Rok Kovac bike 5 days 9 hours 13th place on to Nome

Bill Merchant bike 5 days 9 hours 30 minutes 14th place on to Nome

Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant bike 5 days 9 hours 30 minutes 14h place first woman! on to Nome

Antonio Frezza bike 5 days 13 hours 15th place

Jill Homer bike 6 days 2 hours 20 minutes 16th place

Andrea Cavagnet ski 6 days 4 hours 45 minutes 17th place first skier!

Riccardo Ghirardi foot 6 days 10 hours 18th place first runner!

Alessandro Da Lio bike 6 days 16 hours 30 minutes 19th place

Mario Sterli foot 7 days 8 hours 15 minutes 20th place

Paolo Gregorini foot 7 days 8 hours 15 minutes 21st place

Roberto Gazzoli foot i 7 days 8 hours 40 minutes 22nd place

Christian Cullinane bike 7 days 13 hours 10 minutes 23 place

Loreen Hewitt foot 7 days 14 hours 40 minutes new woman's foot record! 24th place

Rick Freeman foot 7 days 14 hours 40 minutes 24th place

Tim Hewitt foot 7 days 14 hours 40 minutes 24th place

Eric Johnson foot 8 days 3 hours 30 minutes 27th place

Jose Diego Estebanez foot 9 days 3 hours 40 minutes 28th place

17 racers scratched from the race

350 mile results 2007 (31 starters)

1 Peter Basinger Alaska, USA bike 3 days 5 hours 40 min  *** bike record 350 mile***

2 Jeff Oatley Alaska, USA bike 4 days 1 hour 20 min

2 Jay Petervary Wyoming, USA bike 4 days 1 hour 20 min

2 Rocky Reifenstuhl Alaska, USA bike 4 days 1 hour 20 min

5 Joseph Dundee MA, USA bike 4 days 9 hours 59 min    

6 Carl Hutchings UK bike 4 days 12 hours 41 min

7 Jim Jager Alaska, USA,  bike 4 days 15 hours

7 Jacques Boutet Alaska, USA  bike 4 days 15 hours

9 Steve Reifenstuhl Alaska, USA foot 5 days 11 hours  first on foot!

10 Masaru Adachi Japan bike 5 days 11 hours 45 min

11 Jan Kopka Czech Republic bike 6 days 1 hour 50 min

12 Alan Tilling UK bike 6 days 1 hour 55 min

13 Louise Kobin California, USA  bike  6 days 3 hours 15 min   first woman!

13 Eric Warkentin California, USA bike 6 days 3 hours 15 min

14 Marco Berni Italy foot 13 days 5 hours

15 Franz Nel South Africa foot 13 days 23 hours 30 min

15 racers scratched from the race

2006 race results 350 mile (36 starters)

1 Peter Basinger Alaska USA   4 days 17 hours first biker!

1 Rocky Reifenstuhl Alaska USA 4 days 17 hours first biker

3 Jeff Oatley Alaska USA 5 days 3 hours bike

4 Eric Warkentin California USA 5 days 14 hours bike

5 Tom Jarding 6 days 11 hours 18 minutes first runner!

6 Pierre Ostor France 6 days 12 hours bike

7 Adam Bartlett Alaska USA 6 days 12 hours bike

8 Rok Kovac Slovenia 6 days 15 hours 10 minutes bike

9 Wilco van den Akker Netherlands 7 days 9 hours 45 minutes foot

10 Eric Johnson Utah USA 7 days 16 hours 45 minutes foot

11 Marco Berni Italy 8 days 5 hours 45 minutes foot

11 Andrea Cavagnet Italy 8 days 5 hours 45 minutes foot

12 Ned Rozell Alaska USA 8 days 7 hours 30 minutes first skier

12 Andy Sterns Alaska USA 8 days 7 hours 30 minutes first skier

13 Bob Lisey Ohio USA 8 days 7 hours 45 minutes foot

14 Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant Germany 8 days 8 hours 25 min first female biker

14 Bill Merchant Alaska USA 8 days 8 hours 25 minutes bike

15 Ray Molina New Mexico USA 11 days 9 hours 55 minutes bike

    18 racers scratched from the race.

2005 race results 350 mile (41 starters)

Mike Curiak Colorado USA bike  3 days 6 hours Winner!

Alan Sheldon United Kingdom bike 3 days 14 hours

Rocky Reifenstuhl Alaska USA bike 3 days 21 hours 30 min

Jeff Oatley Alaska USA bike 4 days 15 min

Carl Hutchings England bike 4 days 3 hours 40 min

Peter Basinger Alaska USA  bike 4 days 12 hours 27 min

Eric Parsons Alaska USA  bike 4 days 13 hours 30 min

Steve Reifenstuhl Alaska USA foot  4 days  15 hours ***overall 350 mile foot record***

Rob Dapice Alaska USA  bike 5 days 3 hours

Bill Merchant Alaska USA bike 5 days 7 hours 48 min

Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant Germany bike 5 days 7 hours 48 min ***women's bike record***

Adam Bartlett Alaska USA bike 5 days 14 hours 35 min

Eris Zama Italy  foot 6 days 6 hours 30 min

Roberto Ghidoni Italy foot 6 days 8 hours 25 min

Ryuji Sakata Japan  bike 6 days 11 hours 40 min

Savino Musicco Italy   foot 6 days 18 hours 42 min

Aldo Mazzocchi Italy   foot 6 days 20 hours

Gigi Mazzocchi Italy   foot 6 days 22 hours 25 min

Donald Kane Scotland bike 6 days 22 hours 33 min

Jon Orban California USA bike 7 days 2 hours 30 min

Elliott McAllister Pennsylvania USA  bike 7 days 5 hours 42 min

Gail Koepf Alaska USA ski 7 days 6 hours 18 min *** female ski record 350 mile***

Bob Lisey Ohio USA foot 7 days 8 hours 22 min

Alicja Barahona New York USA foot 7 days 16 hours

Wilco van den Akker Netherlands foot 7 days 18 hours 47 min

Dario Valsesia  Italy foot 7 days 18 hours 47 min

Antonio Frezza Italy foot 8 days 10 hours 30 min

Dimitri Kieffer France  foot 8 days 13 hours 20 min

John Schweiker Alaska USA foot 9 days 13 hours 30 min

12 racers scratched from the race

2004 race results  350 mile (27 starters)

9 racers scratched from the race

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