| criteria | statistics | who | year | notes |
|---|
| Fastest winning time: | 80:19 | 7.77 min/km | Erik Nyström | 2009 |
| 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: | 103:02 | 16th man | Ernst Linder | 2009 |
| 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 |
| 4 | age 17 | Carl Underwood | 2010 |
| 1 | age 19 | Erik Nyström | 2009 |
| Most family members: | 6 | Mike, Zach, Luke, Nate, Walt, Patty | Lyons | 2010 |
| 5 | Nate, Mike, Zach, Patty, Walt | Lyons | 2009 |
| 4 | John, James, Jeff, Mike | Potter | 1996 |
| Erin, Steve, Tora, Tracey | Olafsen | 1998 |
| Erin, Steve, Tracey, Greta | Olafsen | 2003 |
| Longest gap between finishes | 19 years | shirts in 1990 and 2010 | Eric Schonenberg | 1991-2009 |
| Perseverance: | OT finishes | 8 | | Sara Mae Berman | 84, 86, 89, 91-94, 96 |
| Mary Smith | 95-97, 00-02, 04, 10 |
| OT finishes with no shirt | 3 | | Martin Minow | 87, 89, 91 |
| Ann Harrer | 87-89 |