| criteria | statistics | who | year | notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest winning time: | 85:49 | 8.02 min/km | Ken Walker, Jr. | 2002 | ||
| Best min/km time | 6.32 | 95:35, 15.1 km | Fredrik Delås | 1995 | ||
| Slowest winning time: | 132:51 | 10.22 min/km | Eric Weyman | 1983 | ||
| Slowest time: | 341:59 | Dean Sturtevant | 2005 | |||
| Widest victory margin: | 24:35 | interval start | Bob Lux over Dave Southworth | 1979 | ||
| 10:03 | mass start | Eric Weyman over Carl Childs | 1984 | |||
| Slimmest victory margin: | 0:03 | Eric Weyman over Mikell Platt | 1993 | |||
| Closest nailbiters: | 209:48 | 12 seconds to spare | Rob Freeberg | 1986 | note: In 1994, Rob Freeberg ran 209:56 (4 seconds to spare), but he had been lurking just out of sight of the finish for several minutes, eyeing his watch. He was also delayed for a few seconds by Jeff Saeger, who tried to tackle him a few meters from the finish line. | |
| Barb Dominie | 1995 | |||||
| Closest heartbreaks: | 210:03 | 3 seconds over | Bob Lehman | 1986 | ||
| 210:04 | 4 seconds over | Mary Smith | 1995 | |||
| 210:17 | 17 seconds over | Larry Berman | 1992 | |||
| Slowest time that earned lifetime points: | 209:48 | 14th woman | Barb Dominie | 1995 | ||
| Slowest male time that earned lifetime points: | 203:48 | 10th man | Olaf Tabur | 1980 | ||
| Fastest time that did not earn lifetime points: | 104:40 | 16th man | Rich Kelly | 1988 | ||
| Fastest female time that did not earn lifetime points: | 166:27 | 16th woman | Allmuth Perzel | 2000 | ||
| Best place by a woman: | 5 | Kristin Hall | 1992 | |||
| Closest woman to winner: | 4:11 | Sandy Tetreault | 1994 | |||
| Best place by a junior: | 7 | age 16 | John Fredrickson | 2002 | ||
| 3 | age 20 | Marc Lauenstein | 2000 | |||
| Most family members: | 4 | John, James, Jeff, Mike | Potter | 1996 | ||
| Erin, Steve, Tora, Tracey | Olafsen | 1998 | ||||
| Erin, Steve, Tracey, Greta | Olafsen | 2003 | ||||
| Longest gap between finishes | 15 years | Jeff Schapiro | 1985- 2001 |
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| Perseverance: | OT finishes | 8 | Sara Mae Berman | 84, 86, 89, 91-94, 96 | ||
| OT finishes with no shirt | 3 | Martin Minow | 87, 89, 91 | |||
| Ann Harrer | 87-89 | |||||