01Nima
Javaheri
Silver Ticket · Team Captain
Qualifying
59
Team champs
2022: 35 · 2024: 59
Backyard UltraWorld Team ChampionshipBaar ZG
One loop.
Every hour.
Until nobody can.
Fifteen runners for Switzerland, 6706 metres, on the hour. Not in the corral at the bell and you are out. Loop not finished inside sixty minutes and you are out. The country with the most completed loops wins.
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Hour 01 · Sat 15:00The format
No finish line. A bell every hour.
6706
Metres
The loop. Out and back along the Lorze, gravel and concrete, about 30 metres of climb. The same one every time.
60
Minutes
That is all there is. Run the loop in fifty and you get ten minutes to eat, change and sit down.
15
Runners
No categories, no age groups, no separate fields. Everyone starts the same loop at the same second.
The loop, to scaleThe dot runs one loop per hour, on the clock
1 no zebra crossing, quiet street · 2 just before 2 km, with an island
Scoring
One loop, one point.
Speed does not score. Every loop any of the fifteen finishes is one point for Switzerland.
Hour
00
Points
0
Belgium 2024
1147
15 runnersHour 1 → 48
Full team1 square = 1 point
Hour 08 · Sat 22:00The squad
Fifteen runners.
The number is each runner’s best loop count between 16 August 2024 and 15 August 2026. Two places came from Silver Ticket wins, thirteen from the At Large list.
15 runners · drag or use the arrows
01
02Matteo
Tenchio
At Large
Qualifying
58
Team champs
2024: 58
03Ismael
Röthlisberger
At Large
Qualifying
40
Debut
—
04Marc
Schneider
At Large
Qualifying
40
Team champs
2024: 33
05NL
Nicolas
Lehmann
At Large
Qualifying
38
Team champs
2024: 38
06Felix
Stamm
Silver Ticket
Qualifying
37
Team champs
2024: 32
07Mona
Winter
At Large
Qualifying
35
Debut
—
08Doron
De Wolf
At Large
Qualifying
33
Debut
—
09Pierre
Biege
At Large
Qualifying
33
Debut
—
10Julian
Schneckenburger
At Large
Qualifying
32
Team champs
2024: 31
11AP
Andrea
Pestoni
At Large
Qualifying
32
Debut
—
12Francois
Gervaix
At Large
Qualifying
30
Debut
—
13Daniel
Schwitter
At Large
Qualifying
30
Team champs
2024: 30
14Jörg
Desteffani
At Large
Qualifying
30
Team champs
2022: 34 · 2024: 30
15SK
Sebastian
Kopp
At Large
Qualifying
30
Team champs
2024: 24
Race organisation
Race Director
Jan Bruhnsen
Organisation and infrastructure · Enforcing rules · Athlete safety
Co-Race Director
Christian Pötzsch
Whatever Jan can't do
Team Manager
Carsten Drilling
Masseur · Psychotherapist · Chef · Coach
Team Captain
Nima Javaheri
Motivational speaker · Arranges training · Runners support
Hour 11 · Sun 01:00What the numbers say
On paper.
Add up the fifteen qualifying results and you get 557 loops. The 2024 team scored 501. At every one of the fifteen positions, this year’s qualifying number is equal to or higher than the 2024 result at the same position. Qualifying is not a race day, but it is the only number there is.
Qualifying total
0
Scored in 2024
0
Personal bests added up
0
Returning · first time
9 · 6
Position by position 2026 qualifying 2024 result
01
59 / 59
02
58 / 58
03
40 / 38
04
40 / 34
05
38 / 34
06
37 / 33
07
35 / 32
08
33 / 31
09
33 / 30
10
32 / 30
11
32 / 30
12
30 / 26
13
30 / 25
14
30 / 24
15
30 / 17
Hour 14 · Sun 04:00Rules
Two ways out: the bell, or the hour.
Backyard
- 01
Participants must be inside the corral at the bell.
- 02
All competitors must start at the bell. No late starts.
- 03
Except for restroom breaks a competitor cannot leave the course until the yard is complete.
- 04
No non-competitors may accompany active entrants on the course, including eliminated runners.
- 05
Whatever you bring with you on the loop, you have to return with. Clothes, flasks, crockery, everything.
- 06
No personal aid during a yard.
- 07
Keeping lap times is optional.
Teamwork
- 01
When someone forgets their bib, remind them it is not important.
- 02
When someone can't continue, help them walk. We are allowed to help each other on the course, and each person completing one loop is one point.
- 03
When it appears someone gets paced, send the pacer away. Remind them the runner can get disqualified.
- 04
When someone forgets their headlamp, offer them to run with you or remind them they can use their phone.
Hour 18 · Sun 08:00Past championships
2020: 373. 2022: 360. 2024: 501.
Germany finished ahead of Switzerland every time, Austria behind every time.
2020
Switzerland373
Germany457
Austria368
2022
Switzerland360
Germany484
Austria358
2024
Switzerland501
Germany542
Austria407
2026
Switzerland?
Hour 26 · Sun 16:00Course and race day
Baar, along the Lorze.
- Start and finish
- Vereinshaus SV Baar
- Shape
- Out and back along the Lorze
- Surface
- Gravel and concrete
- Climb
- About 30 metres
On race day
Loop counts come straight from the timing system in Baar and refresh every thirty seconds. The world standings pull in every nation that publishes its timing feed. Both already run on the real 2024 data.
Partners
Main partner
Thank you, X-Bionic.
X-Bionic Switzerland backs the team and will be on site in Baar on race day.
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