Roll of honour

PAST EDITIONS

Every edition since 2017 · the runners who became the 9th Dragon

Win the 50/50, and you become a dragon.

The 50/50 — both the 50 Miles and the 50 km, back to back over two days — crowns the toughest runners at The 9 Dragons. The overall winners take on the legend itself: each becomes the 9th Dragon of that edition.

A note on records: the course has changed across editions, so direct comparison is difficult and we don't keep official course records. What follows is a roll of honour — the podiums that wrote the race's history.

The reigning 9th Dragons · 2026

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

50/50 · Men

Magar Man Kumar Roka

16:54:45

The fastest man across both days — and the outright overall champion of the 2026 edition.

50/50 · Women

Yuri Yoshizumi

19:18:53

Took the women's 50/50 title by over three hours to become a 9th Dragon.

2026 Edition · full results

2026 PODIUMS

Finish times from the latest running, 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2026. View the full results →

The 50/50

Men
PosRunnerTime
1Magar Man Kumar Roka16:54:45
2Oleksii Melnyk17:39:34
3Matthew Gay18:12:41
Women
PosRunnerTime
1Yuri Yoshizumi19:18:53
2Anna Pillinger22:20:46
3Tsz Kwan Yuen23:54:38

The 50 Miles

Men
PosRunnerTime
1Joebert Elmaguin10:26:47
2Siu Keung Tsang11:41:28
3Koki Tsuchiya12:33:07
Women
PosRunnerTime
1Juliamit Lepcha15:07:40
2Kimberly Flores15:23:35
3Laura Meuret15:38:32

The 50 km

Men
PosRunnerTime
1Kose Rodarte06:33:04
2Sebastian Cotton06:51:17
3Marco Hauke06:53:24
Women
PosRunnerTime
1Celine Loubiere08:14:30
2Yu Ming Chan08:28:44
3Agustoralin Marte08:49:37

The archive · 2017–2025

EARLIER EDITIONS

Podiums from every earlier running. Times shown where recorded.

2025incl. finish times
50/50 · Men
PosRunnerTime
1John Ray Onifa16:56:59
2Oleksii Melnyk17:05:48
3Chun Kit Tsang17:56:05
50/50 · Women
PosRunnerTime
1Kanako Edamoto21:09:01
2Man Yee Cheung21:43:46
3Cornelia Oswald22:17:21
50 Miles · Men
PosRunnerTime
1Kazufumi Ose11:56:07
2Wing Ho Yu13:01:26
3Yiu Chung Tsang13:17:27
50 Miles · Women
PosRunnerTime
1Lai Shan Pak14:26:36
2Ching Lam Chau14:49:37
3Cecile Flores17:53:53
50 km · Men
PosRunnerTime
1Wai Hei Ng06:20:04
2Matthew Gay06:55:29
3Kose Rodarte07:03:03
50 km · Women
PosRunnerTime
1Aurore Dacier de Biasi06:58:56
2Nicole Lau08:14:50
3Trisha Reyes08:37:02
2024incl. Robin's Nest
50/50 · Men
1Kristian Joergensen
2Oleksii Melnyk
3Lodewijk Vriens
50/50 · Women
1Angie Yan
2Xie Wenfei
3Ki Chun Wong
50 Miles · Men
1Wong Wai Hung
2Yeung Ho Yin
3Cheng Tsz Yeung
50 Miles · Women
1Ching Flora Wing Yee
2Ruth Theresia
3Jinko Richards
50 km · Men
1John Ray Onifa
2Anthony Lee
3Risqi Dwi Kurniawan
50 km · Women
1Naomi Fung
2Angelie Cabalo
3Zhonghuang Xu
2019Edition
50/50 · Men
1Kazufumi Ose
2Julien Chorier
3John Ellis
50/50 · Women
1Magda Boulet
2JCY Ho
3Christine Loh
50 Miles · Men
1Justin Andrews
2Kurt Evans
3Ander Rekakoetxea
50 Miles · Women
1Edith Fung
2Fredelyn Alberto
3Mokwan Chan
50 km · Men
1Guomin Deng
2Wai Hei Ng
3Blake Turner
50 km · Women
1Charlotte Taquet
2Sandi Menchi
3Kim Matthews
2018Edition
50/50 · Men
1John Ellis
2Kazufumi Ose
3Keita Kobayashi
50/50 · Women
1Corinne Williams
2Elsa Jean De Dieu
3Kellie Emmerson
50 Miles · Men
1Harry Jones
2Guomin Deng
3Michael Skobierski
50 Miles · Women
1Itsuko Uemiya
2Man Yee Cheung
3Anik Tremblay
50 km · Men
1Brian McFlynn
2Wai Hei Ng
3Benjamin Duffus
50 km · Women
1Sandi Menchi
2Wei-ling Tseng
3Nadia Koucha
2017old course, excl. Lung Shan
50/50 · Men
1Casey Morgan
2John Ellis
3Jacky Leung
50/50 · Women
1Marie Macnaughton
2Lucy Bartholomew
3Janine Canham
50 Miles · Men
1Kazufumi Ose
2Matthew Pocock
3K.T. Lee
50 Miles · Women
1Sayaka Matsumoto
2Lauren McCullough
3Lap Yee Chan
50 km · Men
1Vlad Ixel
2Chun Man Lau
3Dan Parr
50 km · Women
1Elsa Jean De Dieu
2Nadia Koucha
3Yang Yan

2027 · 27–28 February

BECOME THE 9TH DRAGON

Every name above earned their place on the ridgeline. Next February, the dragons run again. Add yours.

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