Statto's Hill-ranking Table

You may find this table useful when comparing times between races. In general, I have found it to be an accurate reflection of reality, but there may be one or two races where the data is less reliable.

It is assumed that you lose more time going up than you gain coming down, so the key is how much height you gain. My own part of the calculations do factor in the relative heights of the start/finish too.

The overall calculation is based upon overall height gained/lost, but the elevation data is cross-referenced from the positional trackpoints on a GPS watch to separate physical survey data for elevation. This filtering is provided by the Motion Based "Gravity Web" service. The the raw elevation data from devices such as the Garmin Forerunner series is quite poor. The graph on the left above illustrates the point. The blue line is the raw data and none of those extra undulations are real.

See also related post - Motion Based vs SportTraks

Rank		Race	Av gain m/mile
1		Ampthill XCL 2008	41.4
2		National XC 2009 Parliament Hills	41.0
3		SEAA XC 2008 Parliament Hills	40.5
4		County XC Haileybury 2007	38.4
5		Dunstable XC (2008)	25.9
6		East Haddon XC Feb08	25.9
7		Rome marathon	25.8
8		Goring & Woodcote 10k	25.7
9		NYC marathon	25.4
10		Hampstead Midsummer 10k	25.3
11		Biggleswade XC (Shuttleworth)	24.7
12		Dunstable XC (2007)	23.7
13		Windsor HM	23.7
14		Serpentine 5k	23.5
15		Regents Park 10k	22.7
16		Colworth HM (multi-terrain)	22.3
17		St Albans HM (2007)	21.5
18		Paris marathon	20.7
19		Flitwick 10k	20.6
20		St Albans HM (2008)	20.5
21		Croydon 10k	20.1
22		Prague marathon	19.8
23		Watford HM	19.8
24		Burnham Beeches HM	19.7
25		NHRR XC	19.3
26		Bedford Park 5k	19.3
27		Berlin marathon	19.3
28		Roding Valley HM	19.2
29		MWL St Albans 7M	19.0
30		MK Heartbeat 5k	19.0
31		High Ongar 10k	18.7
32		Stamford 30k	18.5
33		Bury 20	18.5
34		Palma Mallorca marathon	18.2
35		NHRR MWL 10k	17.9
36		Newmarket 10k	17.9
37		Oakley 20M	17.7
38		Buntingford 10M	17.6
39		Sandy10	17.4
40		MWL Bish 10k	17.4
41		Frankfurt marathon	17.3
42		Stevenage HM 2007	16.9
43		Barns Green HM 2006	16.9
44		Whipsnade 10k	16.9
45		FV 3k Relays	16.6
46		London marathon	16.3
47		Stevenage HM 2008	16.2
48		Bracknell HM	16.2
49		Woburn 10k	15.8
50		Stevenage 5k Series 2008	15.8
51		New Forest marathon 2008	15.1
52		Bedford HM	14.7
53		FVS MWL 10k	14.6
54		Billericay 10k 2007	14.3
55		Leicester HM	14.3
56		Springfield Striders Friday 5	14.2
57		Reading HM	14.0
58		Harlow 10M	13.9
59		Chelmsford 10k	13.8
60		Stevenage 5k Series 2007	13.5
61		Chessington 10k 2007	13.4
62		Basel marathon	13.2
63		MWL WGC '10k'	13.2
64		Swineshead 10M	13.1
65		St Neot's HM 2005	13.0
66		Chessington 10k 2009	12.9
67		Standalone 10k	12.9
68		Nene Valley 5k 2007	12.9
69		WGC MWL 5-mile	12.8
70		Horndon 10k	12.7
71		MK NSPCC HM 2008	12.6
72		Leighton 10	12.4
73		Garden City 10M	12.3
74		MK NSPCC HM 2007	12.2
75		Wolverton 5 2007+2008	12.2
76		Cranfield 5M	12.0
77		Silverstone HM 2008	11.5
78		Wokingham HM 2007	11.4
79		Hatfield Broadoak 10k	11.4
80		Bearbrook 10k	11.4
81		Nene Valley Harr 10	11.1
82		Nike+ MK HM 2008	10.9
83		Fred Hughes 10M	10.9
84		Felsted 10k	10.9
85		Amsterdam marathon	9.6
86		Lea Valley 10k	9.3
87		Nene Valley 5k 2008	9.3
88		Grunty Fen HM	9.2
89		Mablethorpe marathon	9.0
90		Abingdon marathon	8.9
91		Andy Reading 10k 2006	8.7
92		Staines 10k	8.2