Fresh UTMB rankings every week. Movers, fallers, brand splits, country shifts. Plus one long read every other Sunday — about the people, the brands, and the business behind the sport.
Rankings update every Tuesday at 18:00 CET. Pick two dates and compare what shifted in between.
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Single-race UTMB Index performances from the Top 200 General pool — Global + Germany, Men's + Women's. Refreshed every Wednesday alongside The Ascent.
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xCI — Expected Competition Index. A pre-race measure of field depth, based on the top 10 UTMB Index scores on the start list. Higher = deeper field.
I only started tracking xCI in May 2026, and only for selected races. The list grows piece by piece.
Two ranking systems, five categories, one big question — who actually shows up on both lists. The overlap tells you a lot about how the sport is structured right now.
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Uphill Notes is written by Martin Biela — a trail and ultra runner based in Wiesbaden, Germany, near Frankfurt, with 28 years in marketing as a day job. The site is what happens when those two worlds meet: weekly rankings data, brand and athlete stories, and the occasional long read about where this sport is actually heading.
Rankings, brand moves, athlete stories, and the numbers behind them. No gear reviews, no race reports — just the stuff that actually tells you something.
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