RAAM Race Statistics - Women
76 starts 51 different women have started 26 women who have DNF’ed their rookie year never came back. 1 women DNF’ed twice and never finished 3 women who DNF’ed their rookie year came back to finish their second year. 21 women have their first finish their rookie year 24 women have finished (47%) 8 women have finished more than once 4 women have finished more than twice (Hogan, Mariolle, Notorangelo, Ritz) 38 Officials Finishes (50%) 37 DNFs 1 Unofficial Finish
Starts - Numbers Three years have had no women starters – 1982, 1999, 2004 Six years have had 1 starter – 1983, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 Two years had had 2 starters – 2001, 2006 15 years have had 3 or more starters. Last time 3 or more starters before 2007 was 1997
Finishes - Numbers Of the years with starters, four have had no finishers – 1983, 2002, 2003, 2007 Six years with 1 finisher – 1989, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 No year has had more than 3 women finishers.
Finish Time Distribution 6 finishes under 10d 10 finishes in 10-11d 8 finishes in 11-12d 8 finishes in 12-13d 6 finishes in 13-14d 1 finish over 14d (Bonnie Alison – 50+) Median and Average Finish Time – 11d 112h
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Speed Distribution 2 finishes over 13mph 12 finishes 12-13mph 3 finishes 11-12 mph 11 finishes 10-11 mph 9 finishes 9-10mph 2 finishes 8-9 mph Median and Average Speed – 10.67mph Winning Times Fastest Winning Time – 9d4h17m Slowest Winning Time – 12d20h57m Winning Times have an even spread among 9d, 10d, 11d, 12d Average winning time is 10d21h.
Rookies versus Veterans The average time for a rookie finisher is 12d 8h. Take off the two super rookie finishes of Muffy Ritz (9d16h) and Cassie Lowe (10d3d) and the average time of a rookie finish is 12d14h. The average time of the 17 veteran finishes is 10d 8h. Only 3 veteran finishes over 11d.
DNF Distribution 7 in first 500 miles 9 in mile 500-1000 10 in mile 1000-1500 8 in mile 1500-2000 3 past mile 2000
Interesting The hey-dey was 1986-1994 with 45 starters and 23 finishes. In the past ten years 1998-2007, there have been 14 starters and 6 finishes. Before 2007, the last finish over 12d for women was 1992.
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Slow Years – They Happen 9 of the 12 slowest times occurred in 3 years – 1984, 1988, and 1991. 1984 was not a good year in general – only 6 men finished (1 unofficial), 13 men DNF’ed, the winning time for men was the 3th slowest ever at 9d13h with only 1982 and 1983 slower. 1984 saw 3 out of 4 women finish with the winning time of 12d20h 1988 again was not a good year in general – 11 men finished, 22 men DNF’ed. Again with a slow winning time for men (7th slowest). 6 women started, 3 finished with a winning time of 12d3h 1991 had 3 out of 4 women finish with a winning time of 12d6h. It was just a slow year for women.
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RAAM Race Statistics - Men
548 starts 276 men have started 275 finishes (50%), 6 Honorable Mentions, 34 Unofficial (57% finish rate with unofficial) 182 men have finished (155 officially) (56% officially have finished, 66% have finished officially or unofficially) 143 men have finished their rookie year (115 officially, 2 Honorable Mention, and 26 Unofficial) 122 have finished once (99 have 1 official finish) 29 have finished twice (32 have 2 official finishes) 18 have finished three times (12 have 3 official finishes) 6 have finished four times (Kees, Robic, Haldeman, Fourney, Ward, Sakurai) (5 have four official finishes) 3 have finished five times (Kent, Secrest, Biasiolo) – all official 4 have finished seven or more times (Kish, Chew, Fasching, Tatrai) – all official
DNFs
168 men have DNF’ed 122 have DNF’ed once 36 have DNF’ed twice 5 have DNF’ed three times 3 have DNF’ed four times 1 has DNF’ed six times 75 men who have DNF’ed their rookie year never came back 15 have attempted twice and DNF’ed twice 2 have attempted three times and DNF’ed three times 2 have attempted four times and DNF’ed four times
Start Numbers 2 year have fewer than 12 starters – 1982, 1983 8 years have 13-19 starters 11 years have 20-25 starters 5 years have more than 25 starters (1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2006
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Finish Numbers 10 years have fewer than 10 official finishers 11 years have 10-14 official finishers 4 years have 15-19 official finishers 1 year has 20 finishers (2007) Finish Counts with Unofficial and Honorable Mention 6 years have fewer than 10 finishers 12 years have 10-14 finishers 7 years have 15-19 finishers 1 year has 20 finishers (2007) Finish Percentage 5 years have fewer than 33% official finish rate 5 years have 33-50% official finish rate 12 years have 50-66% official finish rate 4 years have 66% of better official finish rate (1982, 2000, 2003, 2007) Finish Percentage with Unofficial and Honorable Mention 3 years have fewer than 33% finish rate 4 years have 33-50% finish rate 10 years have 50-66% finish rate 9 years have better than 66% finish rate DNF by Year 12 years have fewer than 10 DNFs 12 years have 10-15 DNFs 1 year has 22 DNFs (1988) 1 year has no DNFs (1982) DNF Percentage by Year 9 years have a DNF rate less than 33% 10 years have a DNF rate between 33% and 50% 4 years have a DNF rate between 50% and 66% (1992, 1997, 2004, 2005) 3 years have a DNF rate above 66% (1984, 1988,1993) Time Distribution 36 8-9d finishes (all official) 88 9-10d finishes (all official) 99 10-11d finishes (7 unofficial) 65 11-12d finishes (17 unofficial) 27 12d+ finishes (16 unofficial) Average Time is 10d8h Average Time official only is 10d4h Last Update: 08/07 www.raceacrossamerica.org
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Speed Distribution 1 finish over 15 mph (Pete Penseyres) 23 finishes 14-15mph 53 finishes 13-14mph 84 finishes 12-13mph 92 finishes 11-12mph (12 Unofficial) 54 finishes 10-11mph (21 Unofficial) 8 finishes under 10mph (7 Unofficial) Winning Times Fastest Winning Time 8d3h (1992) Slowest Winning Time 10d16h (1983) Average Winning Time is 8d23h 15 wins under 9d 10 wins 9-10d 1 win over 10d (1983) Winning Speeds Distribution 1 win over 15 mph (1986) 12 wins 14-15 mph 11 wins 13-14 mph 2 wins 12-13 mph (1982, 1983) Rookies versus Veterans Average Rookie Time is 10d16h(143 finishes) Average Veteran Time is 9d16h (172 finishes) <9d – 2 rookies, 34 Veterans (Michael Trevino, Wolfgang Fasching) 9d-10d – 27 rookies, 61 Veterans 10-11d – 49 rookies, 51 Veterans 11d-12d – 44 rookies, 21 Veterans 12d-13d – 20 rookies, 5 Veterns
DNF Distribution 41 in first 500 miles 42 in 500-1000 miles 58 in 1000-1500 miles 37 in 1500-2000 miles 36 in 2000-2500 miles 19 in last 500 miles
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