Table 1 Descriptive results (mean ± SD for miles/h) for performance (speed mean, mile/h) according to gender and performance level.

From: A macro to micro analysis to understand performance in 100-mile ultra-marathons worldwide

 

Men

Women

Top three

Top 10

Top 100

Top three

Top 10

Top 100

Africa

9.37 (1.7)abcd

8.64 (1.6)abcd

7.45 (1.3)abcd

7.52 (1.7)

7.39 (1.5)bc

6.91 (1.0)abc

America

7.93 (1.5)a

7.28 (1.4)a

6.29 (1.2)ab

7.37 (1.7)d

6.80 (1.4)a

6.04 (1.1)ab

Asia

7.10 (1.8)

6.59 (1.7)

5.76 (1.5)

7.29 (2.1)d

6.44 (1.8)a

5.71 (1.5)

Europe

8.29 (1.9)abc

7.64 (1.8)abc

6.74 (1.5)ac

8.29 (1.8)

7.38 (1.7)abc

6.72 (1.4)abcd

Oceania

8.05 (1.7)a

7.27 (1.6)a

6.45 (1.6)a

7.45 (1.5)

6.71 (1.4)

5.91 (1.4)a

  1. SD standard deviation.
  2. adifference for Asia; bdifference for America; cdifference for Oceania; ddifference for Europe.