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Toughest Enduros? Lies, Damned lies, and statistics.

After completing the James Williamson 75km and thinking that was tough, I then did the 100ker at Tathra, which rendered me dizzy, nauseated, and walking. So I wanted to figure out a way to compare enduros, and thought that the number of starters as a proportion of finishers could be a good indicator. I've completed three of the events below, and I think I agree with the positions of each.

DNS are not included. And though some other races have results up, some only show the times of the finishers (CP2010, Angry Doctor 2007 & 2008), so I can't incliude them.

Feel free to add some more, and I'll edit them into the list.

Name of event : Number of starters : Number of finishers : Proportion that finished

Highland Fling 100km, 2010 : 682 : 587 : 86.0%

Capital Punishment 100km, 2011 : 832 : 697 : 83.7%

Avoca Enduro Champs 93km, 2010 : 277 : 213 : 76.9%

Freedom Marathon, 60km 201? : 95 : 71 : 74.7

James Williamson Challenge 75km : 228 : 170 : 74.5%

The Husky 100km, 2011: 293 : 214 : 73.0%

Angry Doctor 100km, 2009 : 641 : 462 : 72.1%

Capital Punishment 100km, 2010 : 866 : 595 : 68.7%

Tathra Enduro 110km : 74 : 47 : 63.5%

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Comment by Ray Smith on August 9, 2011 at 15:32: Gday Chris, the 60K Freedom Marathon up near Byron is a doozy. The results from last year show 71 of 95 starters finished = 75%. I think the only flat sections in the race were a couple of creek causeways.

Comment by Christopher Giuliano on August 9, 2011 at 13:15: Added the Husky from the weekend as I heard a few people bailed: 293 starters, 214 finishers = 73.0% finished

Comment by Milto on May 16, 2011 at 11:10: Also the longer an event has been running you will see higher finish rates as more people have done it before and know what to expect, more people hear about how hard it is etc...

Comment by Third Idiot on May 16, 2011 at 2:51: A bit of a late 2 cents worth here. I reckon the conditions on the day make a difference. I've done the Epic a few times in QLD and the year it was super muddy I think a higher proportion didn't finish and also the year it was humid and over 30degrees I believe was similar. Other years the finish rate has probably been higher.

Comment by Steve K on April 2, 2011 at 17:02: Nice vid - makes it look nearly as steep as it was haha :)

Comment by Matthew Nott on April 2, 2011 at 15:14: Have a look at Richard Moffatt taking on the fast, sweeping 'bridges' descent with helmet cam during this years Tathra Endurohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27svk-MgZOY

Comment by Christopher Giuliano on April 1, 2011 at 13:33: Steve - email forwarded.

Mark - I've added Avoca. I counted the D2s and the D3s as DNF's as they did not finish the prescribed distance.

Comment by Mark Caldwell on April 1, 2011 at 10:17: Hi Chris,

D2 and D3 marks riders that have taken detours and finished with a different category than they started in.

ps, nice work on the stats.

Comment by Steve K on April 1, 2011 at 9:00: Off topic - can anyone forward me the email from the Tathra peeps? I didn't get it for some reason :) Cheers!
knopey at gmail dot com
Thanks

Comment by blondie on April 1, 2011 at 8:42: i think its a great idea - its interesting!