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The sled
pull.

Half of Open men finish the 50 m sled pull in under 4:57, half of Open women in under 5:46. The fastest 10% are under 3:40 and 4:19.

50 m station 3 of 8 between Run 3 and Run 4 1,338,208 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

3:40 4:57 353,809

Open · Women

4:19 5:46 193,744

Pro · Men

4:05 5:46 68,765

Pro · Women

4:19 5:50 30,812

Doubles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Doubles · Men

2:31 3:19 204,646

Doubles · Women

3:18 4:12 207,926

Doubles · Mixed

3:01 3:58 216,862

Pro Doubles · Men

3:10 4:05 38,732

Pro Doubles · Women

3:29 4:26 22,577

Pro Doubles · Mixed

2:40 3:16 335

Middle half Middle 80% Median

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Rows don’t all carry the same load, so only compare times within a row. That’s why Pro men are slower here than Open men.

Season by season · median sled pull, lower is faster

4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9* Open · Men · season 1: median 4:53 Open · Men · season 2: median 5:37 Open · Men · season 3: median 5:59 Open · Men · season 4: median 4:43 Open · Men · season 5: median 4:43 Open · Men · season 6: median 4:59 Open · Men · season 7: median 4:49 Open · Men · season 8: median 4:59 Open · Men · season 9 (in progress): median 5:08 Men 5:08 Open · Women · season 1: median 6:05 Open · Women · season 2: median 6:32 Open · Women · season 3: median 6:20 Open · Women · season 4: median 5:34 Open · Women · season 5: median 5:34 Open · Women · season 6: median 5:47 Open · Women · season 7: median 5:37 Open · Women · season 8: median 5:48 Open · Women · season 9 (in progress): median 5:55 Women 5:55

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 sled pull time puts you

Percentile

Open Men Women
Top 1% 2:57 3:33
Top 5% 3:23 4:02
Top 10% 3:40 4:19
Top 25% 4:11 4:55
Median 4:57 5:46
Bottom 25% 6:00 6:56
Bottom 10% 7:17 8:23

Share of the field under

3:00 1% 0%
5:00 51% 27%
6:00 75% 56%
8:00 94% 87%
9:00 97% 93%

By finish time · Open · Men

Athletes finishing in 3:20–3:30 spend 7:40 longer on the sled pull than those finishing in 0:50–1:00.

FinishSled pullOf race
0:50–1:00
3:07 5.7%
1:00–1:10
3:37 5.6%
1:10–1:20
4:12 5.6%
1:20–1:30
4:47 5.6%
1:30–1:40
5:22 5.6%
1:40–1:50
5:57 5.7%
1:50–2:00
6:32 5.7%
2:00–2:10
7:07 5.7%
2:10–2:20
7:37 5.6%
2:20–2:30
8:07 5.6%
2:30–2:40
8:37 5.6%
2:40–2:50
9:07 5.5%
2:50–3:00
9:27 5.4%
3:00–3:10
10:07 5.5%
3:10–3:20
10:12 5.2%
3:20–3:30
10:47 5.3%

By age · Open median

16-24
4:57 5:42
25-29
4:52 5:37
30-34
4:52 5:42
35-39
4:52 5:47
40-44
4:57 5:47
45-49
5:07 5:57
50-54
5:17 6:12
55-59
5:32 6:37
60-64
5:42 6:42
65-69
6:12 7:32
70-74
7:07 7:57

Men Women

Against the other stations · Open men median

1 SkiErg
4:33 2 Sled push
3:03 3 Sled pull
4:57 4 Burpee broad jump
5:35 5 Row
4:53 6 Farmers carry
2:11 7 Sandbag lunges
5:18 8 Wall balls
6:58

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

Tenerife
+39 s 386 raced elsewhere
Boston
+17 s 715 raced elsewhere
Delhi
+16 s 618 raced elsewhere
Salt Lake City
+16 s 382 raced elsewhere
Karlsruhe
+13 s 834 raced elsewhere

Quicker than their other races

Beijing
−28 s 543 raced elsewhere
Bangkok
−27 s 967 raced elsewhere
Jakarta
−12 s 486 raced elsewhere
Shenzhen
−12 s 409 raced elsewhere
Sydney
−10 s 1,006 raced elsewhere

The fastest 1%

1 in 100 Open men finishes in under 2:57.

Open

Men
under 2:57 3,538 of 353,809
Women
under 3:33 1,937 of 193,744

Pro

Men
under 3:18 687 of 68,765
Women
under 3:33 308 of 30,812

Doubles

Men
under 2:01 2,046 of 204,646
Women
under 2:44 2,079 of 207,926
Mixed
under 2:26 2,168 of 216,862

Pro Doubles

Men
under 2:37 387 of 38,732
Women
under 2:58 225 of 22,577
Mixed
under 2:20 3 of 335

Timed mat to mat. Walking in and out counts as roxzone. Splits under 1:30 are timing errors and left out.

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