SaintéLyon, by the numbers
France’s giant winter classic, a night crossing of the Monts du Lyonnais from Saint-Étienne to Lyon by headlamp. Built from 6,152 finishes in 2025, checkpoint by checkpoint.
Le Camp - Saint-Genou km 44.8
On the stretch into this checkpoint the median finisher ran 18% slower than their average pace for the race.
- Median finisher
- 6:14
- You, 11:00 finish
- 6:14
The shading shows how the field's pace on each stretch compares with their own average for the race: rose is slower, blue is faster, and stretches close to average stay grey.
The slowest stretch is the one into Le Camp - Saint-Genou (km 45), where the median finisher ran 18% slower than their average pace for the race, 6h 14m into the race. The next hardest is the stretch into Sainte-Catherine (km 34). The course gives time back on the way into Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, where the field ran 15% faster than their average pace for the race.
Where the field slows down
The slowest stretch is the one into Le Camp - Saint-Genou (km 45), where the median finisher ran 18% slower than their average pace for the race, 6h 14m into the race. The next hardest is the stretch into Sainte-Catherine (km 34). The course gives time back on the way into Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, where the field ran 15% faster than their average pace for the race.
- Median finish
- 10:58
- hours, all finishers
- Finish rate
- 89%
- 6,152 of 6,912 starters
- Fastest 10%
- 8:48
- finish under this
- Women in the field
- 12.8%
- share of finishers
Where the finish times land
6,152 finish times, one bar per hour. The median finisher crosses the line in 10h 58m; the fastest 10% are done under 8h 48m.
Most runners finished between 10 and 11 hours: 1,303 of them.
About 51% of finishers were faster than that.
| Checkpoint | Km | You arrive |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christo-en-Jarez | 19.2 | 2:15 |
| Sainte-Catherine | 33.8 | 4:25 |
| Le Camp - Saint-Genou | 44.8 | 6:14 |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest | 58.5 | 8:08 |
| Chaponost | 65.1 | 9:07 |
| Lyon | 79.2 | 11:00 |
Your time is spread the way the median finisher spread theirs over this course, so the climbs and the night take their real share. Aid-station stops are included, as they are in the recorded splits.
On race day you get a tracker for your phone, a sheet for your crew and a strip to print for your wrist, all set to this time.
When the median finisher reaches each checkpoint
The median finisher's real arrival at all 6 timed checkpoints, and how the field's pace moves segment by segment.
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| Checkpoint | Km | Median arrival | Field pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christo-en-JarezFly it19.2 km | 19.2 | 2:15 | 15% faster |
| Sainte-CatherineFly it33.8 km | 33.8 | 4:25 | 7% slower |
| Le Camp - Saint-GenouFly it44.8 km | 44.8 | 6:14 | 18% slower |
| Soucieu-en-JarrestFly it58.5 km | 58.5 | 8:08 | 1% slower |
| ChaponostFly it65.1 km | 65.1 | 9:06 | 5% slower |
| LyonFly it79.2 km | 79.2 | 10:58 | 2% faster |
Field pace compares the median finisher's pace on the stretch into each checkpoint with their own average for the whole race. Runners who missed a cutoff or dropped are not in the data (finishers only).
The course
The key climbs, a pacing plan matched to the terrain, and the whole route in 3D.
SaintéLyon questions
What is a typical SaintéLyon finish time?
The median finish across 6,152 finishers (2025) is 10h 58m. The fastest 10% finish under 8h 48m; the slowest 10% finish after 13h 33m.
What percentage of runners finish SaintéLyon?
89% across the 2025 edition (6,152 finishers from 6,912 starters).
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Split data: official per-runner checkpoint times for the 2025 SaintéLyon, 6,152 finishers at 6 timed checkpoints. All split-derived figures describe finishers only. Runners who dropped or missed a cutoff do not appear in split data, so buffer statistics understate how tight cutoffs are for the full field. Medians are used throughout. Apart from the finish-time explorer, which scales the median finisher's splits to the time you pick, no figure on this page is modeled or extrapolated.