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• Tasmania

  • January 2019

    • Hobart Marathon 42.2km under 4:20 [website]

  • April 2019

    • Convicts and Wenches 50km under 5:15 [website]​

  • January 2020

    • Hobart Marathon 42.2km under 4:20 [website]

• Western Australia

  • December 2018

    • Six Inch Trail 46km under 6:00 [website]

  • June 2019

    • Perth Marathon 42.2km under 4:20 (relay results not accepted) [website]

  • December 2019

    • Six Inch Trail 46km under 6:00 [website]

  • September 2020

    • Perth Marathon 42.2km under 4:20 (relay results not accepted) [website]

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• Overseas 

  • December 2018 

    • Kepler Challenge (60km) under 10:30 [website]

  • June 2019

    • Comrades (90km) within cutoff (12 hours) [website]​

  • December 2019 

    • Kepler Challenge (60km) under 10:30 [website]

  • December 2020 

    • Kepler Challenge (60km) under 10:30 [website]

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Other qualifying events?

The above list (especially if you take into account that any standard marathon from around the world and any ITRA race of Small or longer is also eligible) provides an extensive list of options for potential entrants to plan and choose from well ahead of the entry dates.

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If you are planning on entering the 2021 race and after reading through the details on this page and believe you would have qualified but also believe that you will not have or be able to use a suitable qualifier from these changes in eligible dates and events please contact us at admin@sixfoot.com to discuss your circumstances.

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We will not accept any results from any events not covered by the above criteria.

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For future years if race directors for other events are interested in being included in the above list of official qualifiers please feel free to contact the Race Committee via email at info@sixfoot.com

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We have two key requirements for any potential future qualifying event
 

1. The potential qualifier is conducted over a standard set course and distance (30km or more) year on year with electronic timing results published on the web
    

2. The potential qualifier has a suitable quantity of results from previous entrants that have also run Six Foot Track Marathon to be able to determine an accurate Six Foot Track Marathon scaling attribute and cut off time.

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ITRA details - Please read through this in detail as last year a number of entrants used an incorrect ITRA rank

• The International Trail Running Association (ITRA) has an extensive list of evaluated races both within Australia and around the world. ITRA evaluate these races when requested by organisers and apply a points scale for each respective race. This points allocation is based upon the race distance and elevation/climb (more details here). When results are submitted from an event each runners performance is then given a ranking based upon their time and the race points calculation.

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• To see your ITRA rank/s you need to do the following steps

  • As a runner you can login (or register first) and access your profile from the ITRA Home Page

  • On your main ITRA profile ​page you can see your summary rankings. It is important to note that these are an average based upon your best 5 performances in the last 36 months

  • To view your rank for each individual event you need to select the results option from your profile page

  • If you then click on the Ranking option it will show your ITRA rank for all events registered with ITRA which you can use to validate your qualifier as per below

• To qualify for Six Foot entry using ITRA you must have:

  • Completed an ITRA listed event of category S or longer during the period 1 July 2018 and 3 January 2021, AND

  • Achieved an athlete rank greater than 407 for that specific event

  • We do not accept or use the blended/average ranks that you see against your profile, it must be a score from a specific event.

 

18 official finishes

There is one exception to the entry criteria and this is for anyone that has officially finished 18 Six Foot Track Marathon track races or more. We respect their knowledge and capability in achieving this feat and they more than anyone know what is required to get to the finish line. Often these runners now only prepare and run Six Foot Track Marathon each year as their major event for the year. For entrants with 18 or more official finishes, they are able to specifically use an official Six Foot Track Marathon race finish from the three previous events to qualify. However, the standard qualification criteria will reapply to these runners if they have not successfully finished in under 7:00 hours during the past three years.

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Wave allocation information

The onus is on you to list an event with the results on the race website and provide a link so we can check.

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• If you have multiple qualifying events, just pick your best effort and one that clearly makes the above criteria. You can use our special calculator here to determine your best qualifying event for the best possible wave allocation.

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• As a guide the approximate wave cut off times for 2019 were as below. These could change for 2021 depending upon the qualifying times entrants use but are a good guideline

  • Wave 1 - 4:25

  • Wave 2 - 5:14

  • Wave 3 - 5:42

  • Wave 4 - 6:16

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Additional notes

• The entry form will ask you to list one qualifying event, the date of the event, its distance, the time you finished and for a link to the online listing for your result. This information will be used to seed and place you in a starting wave.

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• Some of the above events include a team or relay option. A qualifying run must be done as a single continuous run, participation as a relay runner does not meet the entry criteria.

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• We require all entrants to have already secured a qualifying event and time at the time of entry. We will reject entries for those who have not qualified at the date of entry. If you are serious about wanting to race in 2021 then you need to plan your racing schedule now to aim for a suitable qualifying event. Likewise for those who want to potentially use a faster qualifier, this needs to have been achieved by the time of entry.

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• As stated above, the entry criteria applies to all runners but following are some further details that apply to prospective entrants. We use the entry criteria, not just to establish a minimum standard that all entrants are capable of, but also to use in establishing starting wave allocations, given the unusual nature of the start and early stage of the race, down Nellies Glen.

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• First time runners
  We are not trying to make the race "elite". The race is actually longer (at 45km) and hillier than a standard marathon, and it's often hot on race day, so is not suitable for a person's first ever marathon. It is roughly the equivalent of a 60km road race. We want to discourage runners with no proven race history that might get into difficulties - we have had no fatalities in the history of the event, and would prefer to keep it that way. 

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• Previous runners – You may ask "Why, if I have already run this race and proven my ability, do I have to qualify again?" Firstly, as above it does help us to determine wave allocations, but it also removes the temptation for previous finishers to try to enter and run "on memory" rather than actually doing the required training and build up. A distressed runner on course is a challenge for our support team, regardless of how many times they have finished before.