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The farmers
carry.

Half of Open men finish the 200 m farmers carry in under 2:11, half of Open women in under 2:18. The fastest 10% are under 1:39 and 1:50.

200 m station 6 of 8 between Run 6 and Run 7 1,337,840 finishes · all seasons

How long it takes, by division · all seasons

Some standards changed over the years, so older times aren’t always comparable.

Singles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Open · Men

1:39 2:11 353,775

Open · Women

1:50 2:18 193,473

Pro · Men

1:36 2:11 68,798

Pro · Women

1:52 2:35 30,795

Doubles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Doubles · Men

1:22 1:40 204,558

Doubles · Women

1:33 1:52 207,912

Doubles · Mixed

1:30 1:50 216,973

Pro Doubles · Men

1:25 1:40 38,674

Pro Doubles · Women

1:37 1:55 22,547

Pro Doubles · Mixed

1:21 1:34 335

Middle half Middle 80% Median

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Your best farmers carry will show up in every category you’ve raced.

Rows don’t all carry the same load, so only compare times within a row.

Season by season · median farmers carry, lower is faster

1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9* Open · Men · season 1: median 2:09 Open · Men · season 2: median 2:11 Open · Men · season 3: median 2:17 Open · Men · season 4: median 2:14 Open · Men · season 5: median 2:12 Open · Men · season 6: median 2:10 Open · Men · season 7: median 2:07 Open · Men · season 8: median 2:11 Open · Men · season 9 (in progress): median 2:17 Men 2:17 Open · Women · season 1: median 2:12 Open · Women · season 2: median 2:17 Open · Women · season 3: median 2:44 Open · Women · season 4: median 2:19 Open · Women · season 5: median 2:18 Open · Women · season 6: median 2:15 Open · Women · season 7: median 2:13 Open · Women · season 8: median 2:19 Open · Women · season 9 (in progress): median 2:23 Women 2:23

Men Women * season in progress

The field grew from 4,819 finishes in season 1 to 744,286 at its peak, so a shift in the median says as much about who races as about how fast.

Where your farmers carry time puts you

Percentile

Open Men Women
Top 1% 1:22 1:32
Top 5% 1:33 1:43
Top 10% 1:39 1:50
Top 25% 1:52 2:01
Median 2:11 2:18
Bottom 25% 2:38 2:44
Bottom 10% 3:11 3:16

Share of the field under

1:00 0% 0%
2:00 35% 22%
3:00 86% 84%
4:00 97% 97%
5:00 99% 99%

By finish time · Open · Men

Athletes finishing in 3:20–3:30 spend 2:45 longer on the farmers carry than those finishing in 0:50–1:00.

FinishFarmers carryOf race
0:50–1:00
1:32 2.8%
1:00–1:10
1:42 2.6%
1:10–1:20
1:52 2.5%
1:20–1:30
2:07 2.5%
1:30–1:40
2:22 2.5%
1:40–1:50
2:32 2.4%
1:50–2:00
2:47 2.4%
2:00–2:10
2:57 2.4%
2:10–2:20
3:07 2.3%
2:20–2:30
3:17 2.3%
2:30–2:40
3:27 2.2%
2:40–2:50
3:37 2.2%
2:50–3:00
3:42 2.1%
3:00–3:10
4:02 2.2%
3:10–3:20
4:07 2.1%
3:20–3:30
4:17 2.1%

By age · Open median

16-24
2:12 2:22
25-29
2:07 2:17
30-34
2:07 2:17
35-39
2:07 2:17
40-44
2:12 2:17
45-49
2:12 2:17
50-54
2:17 2:22
55-59
2:22 2:27
60-64
2:22 2:27
65-69
2:32 2:37
70-74
2:52 2:57

Men Women

Against the other stations · Open men median

The quickest of the eight stations.

Which races ran it slow · Open · Men · season 9

Based on athletes who also raced elsewhere that season, so a strong or weak field doesn’t skew it. It describes that race, not the venue in general.

Slower than their other races

Perth
+28 s 381 raced elsewhere
Tenerife
+17 s 386 raced elsewhere
Beijing
+7 s 546 raced elsewhere
Hangzhou
+7 s 321 raced elsewhere
Karlsruhe
+6 s 835 raced elsewhere

Quicker than their other races

Sydney
−11 s 1,006 raced elsewhere
Washington DC
−8 s 838 raced elsewhere
Bangkok
−7 s 968 raced elsewhere
Shenzhen
−4 s 416 raced elsewhere
Jakarta
−4 s 486 raced elsewhere

The fastest 1%

1 in 100 Open men finishes in under 1:22.

Open

Men
under 1:22 3,537 of 353,775
Women
under 1:32 1,934 of 193,473

Pro

Men
under 1:22 687 of 68,798
Women
under 1:34 307 of 30,795

Doubles

Men
under 1:11 2,045 of 204,558
Women
under 1:20 2,079 of 207,912
Mixed
under 1:16 2,169 of 216,973

Pro Doubles

Men
under 1:15 386 of 38,674
Women
under 1:26 225 of 22,547
Mixed
under 1:11 3 of 335

Timed mat to mat. Walking in and out counts as roxzone. Splits under 1:00 are timing errors and left out.

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