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The Ascent · UTMB Top 100

This week's movement.

Rankings update every Tuesday at 18:00 CET. Pick two dates and compare what shifted in between.

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      Source: UTMB Index · scraped weekly from utmb.world Open UTMB Index →

      * Transgrancanaria 2026 was not a UTMB Index scoring race, so its results don't show up in these rankings.


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      OCC 2025 · Chamonix First time meeting Jim Walmsley. I walked up and asked him where the bib pickup was. He looked a little puzzled — fair enough, you don't usually ask one of the world's best where the registration tent is. Best moment of the weekend. #stillafan
      "I get to be a fan of one of the most beautiful sports out there — and I'd rather geek out about the data than take myself too seriously."

      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.


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