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The sled
push.

Half of Open men finish the 50 m sled push in under 3:03, half of Open women in under 2:53. The fastest 10% are under 2:14 and 2:08.

50 m station 2 of 8 between Run 2 and Run 3 1,338,225 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

2:14 3:03 353,942

Open · Women

2:08 2:53 193,663

Pro · Men

2:43 3:43 68,865

Pro · Women

2:52 3:54 30,810

Doubles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Doubles · Men

1:26 1:50 204,458

Doubles · Women

1:28 1:51 207,852

Doubles · Mixed

1:41 2:11 216,992

Pro Doubles · Men

1:44 2:12 38,734

Pro Doubles · Women

1:55 2:28 22,574

Pro Doubles · Mixed

1:29 1:45 335

Middle half Middle 80% Median

See yourself on this chart

Your best sled push will show up in every category you’ve raced.

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 push, lower is faster

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9* Open · Men · season 1: median 2:20 Open · Men · season 2: median 2:53 Open · Men · season 3: median 4:58 Open · Men · season 4: median 2:57 Open · Men · season 5: median 3:00 Open · Men · season 6: median 2:58 Open · Men · season 7: median 2:46 Open · Men · season 8: median 3:07 Open · Men · season 9 (in progress): median 3:21 Men 3:21 Open · Women · season 1: median 2:16 Open · Women · season 2: median 2:43 Open · Women · season 3: median 4:19 Open · Women · season 4: median 2:57 Open · Women · season 5: median 2:49 Open · Women · season 6: median 2:48 Open · Women · season 7: median 2:39 Open · Women · season 8: median 2:56 Open · Women · season 9 (in progress): median 3:10 Women 3:10

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 push time puts you

Percentile

Open Men Women
Top 1% 1:43 1:41
Top 5% 2:03 1:58
Top 10% 2:14 2:08
Top 25% 2:34 2:27
Median 3:03 2:53
Bottom 25% 3:40 3:26
Bottom 10% 4:29 4:06

Share of the field under

1:00 0% 0%
2:00 4% 6%
3:00 47% 56%
4:00 83% 89%
5:00 94% 97%

By finish time · Open · Men

Athletes finishing in 3:20–3:30 spend 4:15 longer on the sled push than those finishing in 0:50–1:00.

FinishSled pushOf race
0:50–1:00
2:07 3.8%
1:00–1:10
2:27 3.8%
1:10–1:20
2:42 3.6%
1:20–1:30
2:57 3.5%
1:30–1:40
3:12 3.4%
1:40–1:50
3:32 3.4%
1:50–2:00
3:52 3.4%
2:00–2:10
4:12 3.4%
2:10–2:20
4:27 3.3%
2:20–2:30
4:52 3.4%
2:30–2:40
5:07 3.3%
2:40–2:50
5:27 3.3%
2:50–3:00
5:42 3.3%
3:00–3:10
6:02 3.3%
3:10–3:20
6:07 3.1%
3:20–3:30
6:22 3.1%

By age · Open median

16-24
3:02 2:52
25-29
3:02 2:52
30-34
2:57 2:52
35-39
3:02 2:52
40-44
3:02 2:52
45-49
3:07 2:57
50-54
3:12 3:02
55-59
3:22 3:12
60-64
3:32 3:17
65-69
3:52 3:42
70-74
4:22 3:57

Men Women

Against the other stations · Open men median

The second 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

Tenerife
+48 s 386 raced elsewhere
Geneva
+37 s 823 raced elsewhere
Boston
+28 s 715 raced elsewhere
Gdansk
+22 s 756 raced elsewhere
Rome
+15 s 1,488 raced elsewhere

Quicker than their other races

Sydney
−28 s 1,006 raced elsewhere
Delhi
−24 s 618 raced elsewhere
Istanbul
−24 s 320 raced elsewhere
Cape Town
−19 s 214 raced elsewhere
Jakarta
−14 s 486 raced elsewhere

The fastest 1%

1 in 100 Open men finishes in under 1:43.

Open

Men
under 1:43 3,539 of 353,942
Women
under 1:41 1,936 of 193,663

Pro

Men
under 2:09 688 of 68,865
Women
under 2:16 308 of 30,810

Doubles

Men
under 1:12 2,044 of 204,458
Women
under 1:14 2,078 of 207,852
Mixed
under 1:23 2,169 of 216,992

Pro Doubles

Men
under 1:27 387 of 38,734
Women
under 1:37 225 of 22,574
Mixed
under 1:17 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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