Enduroman
The Enduroman Arch to Arc Triathlon is an ultra-distance triathlon and is regarded as the “Hardest Triathlon on the planet” The triathlon starts with an 87-mile undulating run (140 km) from London's Marble Arch to Dover on the Kent coast, then a cross-Channel swim (shortest distance 21 miles/33.8 km) to the French coast, and finishes with a 180-mile undulating (289.7 km) bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The clock starts at Marble Arch, London and stops at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Only 72 athletes globally have successfully completed the challenge. As of June 2025[update] the record for the course is 49 hours and 23 minutes, as set in 2023 by Julien Deneyer of Belgium, an effort that beat the previous record (set by Lionel Jourdan of France) by a single minute. On August 19, 2011, Rachael Cadman became the first woman to complete the challenge, in 97 hours, 37 minutes. Jacomina Eijkelboom finished in 66 hours and 56 minutes in 2019 to become the fastest female finisher. In July 2026, 24-year-old Sean Bannon became the youngest man and new fastest non-wetsuit athlete to complete the Arch to Arc, in a time of 64 hours, 42 minutes. On 21 September 2015, at 53 years old, Grantley Bridge became the oldest man to complete it, in 88 hours, 7 minutes.
In 2018, Frenchwoman Marine Leleu finished the competition in 69h52, setting the new female record for the event. She lost her title a few weeks later to Perrine Fages who finished the competition in 67 hours 21 minutes. The record was beaten next year by Jacomina Eijkelboom with 66 hours 56 minutes.
In August 2022, Richard Stabler (GB) ran 192km in total following an adverse change in the English channel weather during his first attempt (52km initially run) and then the full (140km) 2 days later on his ultimately successful A2A attempt.
Non-wetsuit world record holders are Sean Bannon (USA) with 64:42 in July 2026 and Jenny Smith (USA) with 72:26 in August 2022.
As of August 2022[update] the relay record is held by the six-person Team Manchester's Blood Brothers, with an overall time of 33 hours, 5 minutes in September 2014.
In August 2017, Douglas Waymark got into difficulty about half-way through the cross-Channel swimming element of the event. After being airlifted to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, he later died.
Results
These are the notable results of the solo event by year.
| Year |  |
Timing |  |
Timing |  |
Timing |
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| 2001 | Edgar Ette | 81h 5' | ||||
| 2003 | Andy Mouncey | 115h 28' | ||||
| 2007 | Julian Crabtree | 87h 37' | Steve Haywood | 103h 48' | ||
| 2008 | Tom Beaver | 85h 56' | ||||
| 2009 | Dave Farrell | 134h 51' | ||||
| 2010 | Jonnie Goss | 106h 41' | ||||
| 2012 | Mark Bayliss | 73h 39' | ||||
| 2013 | Patrick Lewis | 64h 52' | Andrew Moore | 67h 18' | Paul Gosney | 69h 7' |
| 2014 | John Van Wisse | 61h 27' | Elad Benjamin | 79h 54' | Nick Thomas | 80h 50' |
| 2015 | Freddie Iron | 77h 17' | Andrei Rosu | 85h 30' | Grantley Bridge | 88h 7' |
| 2016 | Cyril Blanchard | 59h 56' | ||||
| 2018 | Dany Perray | 60h 18' | Ludovic Chorgnon | 60h 39' | Jozsef Rokob | 67h 19' |
| 2019 | Mayank Vaid | 50h 24' | Julien Deneyer | 52h 30' | ||
| 2020 | Lionel Jourdan | 49 h 24 | ||||
| 2022 | Jean-Charles Harbonnier | 55 h 50 | Thomas Ostré | 65 h 14 | Arnaud de Meester | 71 h 55 |
| 2023 | Julien Deneyer (2) | 49 h 23 | Gaëtan Villeret | 69 h 54 | Ollie Strachan | 86 h 17 |
| 2026 | Sean Bannon (Non-Wetsuit WR) | 64h 42' | ||||
| Year | |
Timing | |
Timing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rachael Cadman | 97h 37' | Michelle Santilhano | 120h 16' |
| 2012 | Michelle Rothwell | 92h 0' | ||
| 2013 | Judith Martin | 76h 23' | Rachel Hessom | 167h 7' |
| 2014 | Joanne Rodda | 78h 39' | ||
| 2017 | Rachel Hill | 88 h 30 | ||
| 2018 | Perrine Fages | 67h 21' | Marine Leleu | 69h 52' |
| 2019 | Jacomina Eijkelboom | 66h 56 | ||