Buchs/Suisse

The event was created by the Swissultra team Jeff Lüscher, Daniel Meier and Carsten Sacher. The first event in 2016 consisted of per day ultratriathlons exclusively and with the 20xDay the longest ultratriathlon in Europe until then. 2023 the label found a new owner in Norbert Lüftenegger, an experienced ultratriathlete and IUTA World Cup winner 2015 & 2019. (last update April 2023)

Race Facts
FactsSwimBikeRun
length loop/lane pool / 50m 9,0171km 1,221km
lanes/loops 1x 76 20 35
full distance 1x 3,8km 180,342km 42,74km
lanes/loops 5x 380 100 173
full distance 5x 19km 901,71km 211,23km
lanes/loops 10x 760 200 346
full distance 10x 38km 1803,42km 422,47km
lanes/loops 20x 1520 400 692
full distance 20x 76km 3606,84km 844,93km
official measured yes yes yes
gradient 1x - ± 400m negligible
gradient 5x - ± 2000m negligible
gradient 10x - ± 4000m negligible
gradient 20x - ± 8000m negligible
ground - asphalt asphalt / forest path
closed for traffic - partially partially
lights needed - yes no
time limit 1x 2h 16h (swim + bike) 20h
time limt 5x 16h 149h (swim + bike) 153h
time limit 10x 30h 198h (swim + bike) 338h
time limit 20x 73h 400h (swim + bike) 724h
5x Statistics
5xWomenMenTotal
race record 84:44:30h (A. Meixner) 92:40:19h (N. Lüftenegger) -
swim record 7:49:00h (A. Meixner) 7:04:47h (N. Lüftenegger) -
bike record 39:20:26h (A. Meixner) 43:44:51h (R. Rößler) -
run record +T2 37:35:03h (A. Meixner) 36:44:37h (N. Lüftenegger) -
participations 2 13 15
finished particip. 2 12 14
diff. competitors 2 13 15
different finisher 2 12 14
AVG finish time - - 118:35:20h
10x Statistics
10xWomenMenTotal
race record 250:18:42h (A. Meixner) 182:43:143h (K. Vanthuyne) -
swim record 15:34:27h (A. Meixner) 12:19:31h (V. Matveev) -
bike record 104:18:40h (A. Meixner) 86:37:59h (R. Jung) -
run record +T2 124:50:25h (T. Vu) 75:11:32h (K. Vanthuyne) -
most finishes Shanda Hill (2) Mark Hohe-Dorst (3) -
participations 10 43 53
finished particip. 8 36 44
diff. competitors 8 34 42
different finisher 7 29 36
AVG finish time - - 261:47:08h
5xDay Statistics
5xDayWomenMenTotal
race record 66:52:25h (E. Hürlimann) 49:32:49h (R. Ratasepp) -
best day 12:20:45h (E. Hürlimann) 9:47:18h (T. Eckert) -
participations 8 26 34
finished particip. 5 20 25
diff. competitors 8 22 30
different finisher 5 17 22
AVG finish time - - 69:09:26h
AVG fin. time/day - - 13:49:53h
10xDay Statistics
10xDayWomenMenTotal
race record 137:23:43h (A. Meixner) 106:11:53h (R. Jung) -
best day 12:08:39 (E. Hürlimann) 9:57:48h (R. Jung) -
most participations - B. Knechtle, J. Rokob (3) -
participations 5 37 42
finished particip. 2 31 33
diff. competitors 5 29 34
different finisher 2 25 27
AVG finish time - - 143:43:39h
AVG fin. time/day - - 14:22:22h
20xDay Statistics
20xDayWomenMenTotal
race record 279:37:48h (A. Meixner) 241:36:45h (N. Lüftenegger) -
best day 12:52:25h (A. Meixner) 11:20:02h (N. Lüftenegger) -
participations 2 17 19
finished particip. 1 9 10
diff. competitors 2 16 18
different finisher 1 8 9
AVG finish time - - 267:57:58h
AVG fin. time/day - - 13:23:54h