The Summit · Best Performances 2026
The Summit · Best Performances 2026
The year's peaks.
Single-race UTMB Index performances from a pool of nearly 2,000 athletes: over 1,000 from the global rankings and nearly 1,000 from the German rankings, Men's + Women's. Refreshed every Wednesday alongside The Ascent.
Top 100
| # | Athlete | Nat | Cat | Race | Index |
|---|
By continent · share of top 50
Top countries · top 50 representation
Not every race
is scored
is scored
Caveat. The UTMB Index doesn't score every race in real time — some take weeks to land, others sit structurally outside the system. So a fast race may still be missing here.
World Ranking · Best Performances
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Source: UTMB Index race history · scraped weekly
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