SUMMARY FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD MARATHON CHALLENGE^®

The World Marathon Challenge® is the premier and authentic annual event, globally recognized as the 7 Marathons 7 Continents 7 Days®.
The first marathon occurs within the Antarctic Circle on mainland Antarctica and the final marathon takes place in Miami, North America.
The global route is Ultima Basecamp (Antarctica), Cape Town (Africa), Perth (Australia), Dubai (Asia), Madrid (Europe), Fortaleza (South America) and Miami (North America)
After the initial marathon in Antarctica, competitors fly by charter plane to every marathon location around the globe.
Finishers are recognized by the Intercontinental Marathon Club ®, which provides the definitive list of people who have run 7 marathons on 7 continents within 7 days.
There is a competition element within the trip - the fastest combined marathon times, or average marathon time, for male and female categories are declared the outright winners of the overall challenge.
There will also be a team competition in the 2026 World Marathon Challenge. The fastest combined marathon times of the top three team scorers, who finish all seven marathons, will be declared the winners. Teams can be composed of more than three people but must have both male and female runners amongst their scoring three. As part of a team you are also included in the individual competition.
Participants run 295 km (183 miles) over the seven-day period and spend about 68 hours in the air.
The Book of Alternative Records recognizes the event for world record purposes, including fastest average marathon times for 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days and shortest duration to run 7 marathons on 7 continents.
The Guinness Book of Records also acknowledges the event for record setting purposes.

The 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2025 World Marathon Challenges were resounding successes.

CURRENT RECORDS FOR
7 MARATHONS 7 CONTINENTS 7 DAYS^®

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Michael Wardian

Shortest Average Marathon Time (Men), 2:45:57 hrs, 2017 WMC

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Estefania Unzu Ripoll

Shortest Average Marathon Time (Women): 3:18:30 hrs, 2025 WMC

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Tomomi Bitoh

Shortest Duration (Women), 5 Days 19 hours 7 Minutes, 2025 WMC

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Kyle Vogt

Shortest Duration (Men), 3 Days 9 Hours 38 Minutes (outside WMC)

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Lisa Norton-Motulsky and Molly Sheridan

Oldest Women 68 years old, 2025 WMC

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Dan Little

Oldest Man: 80 years old, 2023 WMC

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Catherine Sun & Eric Xin

Fastest Married Couple, 72:47:53 hrs, 2017 WMC

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Willian Tan

First Mens Wheelchair Marathon, average 05:03:06 hrs, 2023 WMC

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Darren Edwards

First Men's Handcycle Marathon, average 03:10:22 hrs, 2023 WMC

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Sinead Kane

First Blind Athlete, average 04:49:18 hrs, 2017 WMC (guide runner John O'Regan)

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Robert Tetrault & Charles Tetrault

Fastest Brothers, 56:47:10 hrs; average 4:03:22 hrs per marathon‍, 2025 WMC

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Ying Liu & Mengfei Liu

Fastest Mother & Daughter Duo, Half Marathon, 40:44:07 hrs, 2025 WMC

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