Tromsø Skyrace, by the numbers
Two peaks above the Arctic city — up Tromsdalstind, then out along the rock ridge to Hamperokken and back. Every figure on this page is computed from 159 real finishes from the 2023 edition — checkpoint by checkpoint. Not estimates. The actual field.
- Median finish
- 11:11
- hours, all finishers
- Finish rate
- 78.7%
- 159 of 202 starters
- Front of the pack
- 9:11
- fastest 10% finish under
- Median age
- 35
- 13.2% of the field is female
Where your hours would land.
159 finish times, one bar per hour. The median finisher crosses at 11h 11m; the fastest 10% are done under 9h 11m.
When the field actually arrives.
The median finisher's real arrival at all 11 timed checkpoints, and how the field's pace moves segment by segment.
| Checkpoint | KM | Median arrival | Field pace here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fjellheisen 1 | 4.7 | 0:40 | 0.67× |
| Bønntuva | 8.2 | 1:11 | 0.71× |
| Tromsdalstind 1 | 15.6 | 2:26 | 0.80× |
| Breivikeidet 1 | 21.4 | 3:33 | 0.90× |
| Middagsaksla | 24.8 | 4:52 | 1.71× |
| Hamperokken | 26.3 | 5:38 | 2.38× |
| Breivikeidet 2 | 32.4 | 6:56 | 0.96× |
| Tromsdalstind 2 | 38.2 | 9:03 | 1.72× |
| Fjellheisen 2 | 48.5 | 10:46 | 0.79× |
| FV | 52.7 | 11:13 | 0.59× |
| Mål | 53.0 | 11:08 | 0.49× |
Field pace: the median finisher's pace on the segment into this checkpoint, relative to their own whole-race average — right/orange = slower than race pace, left/blue = faster. Middagsaksla to Hamperokken is the scramble: hands-on rock, and far and away the slowest ground on the course. Runners who missed a cutoff or dropped are not in the data (finishers only).
The race is planned on paper. It's decided out there.
The slowest stretch of the entire course for the median finisher — 2.38× their whole-race pace, 5h 38m into the race.
The second-hardest segment — 1.72× their whole-race pace, 9h 03m into the race.
The fastest segment on the course for the median finisher — the field moves at 0.49× its whole-race pace into Mål.
Tromsø Skyrace FAQ
- What is a typical Tromsø Skyrace finish time?
- The median finish across 159 finishers (2023) is 11h 11m. The fastest 10% finish under 9h 11m; the slowest 10% finish after 13h 28m.
- What percentage of runners finish Tromsø Skyrace?
- 78.7% across the 2023 edition (159 finishers from 202 starters).
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Methodology & sources
Split data: official per-runner checkpoint times for the 2023 Tromsø Skyrace, 159 finishers at 11 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; no figure on this page is modeled or extrapolated.