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• Tasmania​​

  • January 2024

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

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• Western Australia​​

  • October 2023

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

  • December 2023

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

  • October 2024

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

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• Overseas ​​​

  • December 2022

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

  • June 2024

    • Comrades (90km) within cutoff (12 hours) [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 or UTMB rated race of 30km 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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We will not accept any results from any events not covered by the above criteria without prior approval, ie contact us via email before entries open for special review and approval.

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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 and UTMB rank - Please read through this in detail if you plan to use either of these rank options to qualify. 

The International Trail Running Association (ITRA) and UTMB both have an extensive list of evaluated races both within Australia and around the world. They 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. 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 qualify for Six Foot entry using ITRA or UTMB you must have:

Completed an ITRA/UTMB listed event with a distance of 30km or longer during the period 1st July 2023 to 17th November 2024, AND

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

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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.

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To view your rank follow the respective steps below for each organisation.

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ITRA Webite - https://itra.run/

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

• You must be an ITRA member to view the details below (cost of 8 euro/year = roughly $13)

• 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. We do not use this summary/average

• 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 each event registered with ITRA which you can use to identify a valid qualifier run with the required race rank score.

 

UTMB Website - https://utmb.world/

 

To see your UTMB rank you need to do the following steps

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

• Select the My Dashboard option once logged in

• Then select To My Public Profile Link

• This will then display all the races registered to you and you can see the UTMB score for each race in the last column.

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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 races.

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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 2024 were as below. These could change for 2025 depending upon the qualifying times entrants use but are a good guideline

  • Wave 1 - 4:38

  • Wave 2 - 5:24

  • Wave 3 - 5:47

  • Wave 4 - 6:07

  • Wave 5 - 6:26

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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. 

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• As stated above, the entry criteria applies to all runners and 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.