Current Year Rounder Standings

Introduction to the Year Rounder Challenge

The WUCA Year-Rounder Challenge is a year-long bicycle mileage challenge recognizing consistent performance in cycling throughout the season in centuries, multi-day events, and other long rides. Riders in all countries are able to participate.

NOTE: WUCA started in the US, so of course we are using the English system. A Century to WUCA is 100 miles. For the Year Rounder we allow any ride greater than 90 miles (or 145km) to qualify for a “Century”. Note: The 90-mile minimum is meant to take into account organized rides billed as a century in concept, but which, because of routing constraints, etc., fall slightly short of 100 miles. It is not meant to suggest that 90 miles constitute a century per se.

Many of us enjoy getting out on a long ride with friends or just by ourselves … and doing so on a regular basis throughout the season. It’s the satisfaction of a day out on the bike under mild spring sunlight, winter gales, summer thunderstorms, stiff mountain climbs, and easy rolling countryside. Some also find great pleasure and solace riding vast time indoors on any popular Smart Trainer and App. All seasons have high points, low points,  and peak events, but these are against the backdrop of consistent endurance mileage and endurance fitness.

Such a season might include:

  • a brevet series culminating in a 1200k randonnée,
  • a week-long, multi-week … or transcontinental bike tour,
  • solo or organized doubles over a variety of landscapes,
  • fast centuries or leisurely centuries! — every weekend with friends,
  • a long ride every month of the year.
  • training indoors on a “virtual riding platform” a lot because of work or weather

The Year-Rounder Challenge (YRC) provides a structure to motivate you throughout the season and to recognize your personal achievements. The YRC is designed to showcase consistent performance in cycling throughout the year.

The Year Rounder Challenge has many different categories so that whatever discipline you choose to ride in you should find an area to excel in in this Challenge:

Year Rounder Totals are recognized in 9 categories:

    1. Organized Long Category
    2. Organized Century Category
    3. Personal Long Category
    4. Personal Century Category
    5. Total Outdoor Category
    6. Indoor Long Category
    7. Indoor Century Category
    8. Total Indoor Category
    9. Combined Category

More Specifics about the categories:

Organized Long Category: Organized rides of >150 miles. You must complete at least 150 miles (within 24-hours) of the ride to receive credit. You will receive credit for your actual, on-route mileage.

Organized Century Category: Organized rides of >90 and <150 miles. You must complete at least 90 miles (within 24-hours) of the ride to receive credit. You will receive credit for your actual, on-route mileage.

Personal Long Category: Personal outdoor rides of >150 miles documented by receipts, tracking graph, and/or witness verification. For credit, you must complete at least 150 miles in 24-hours including off the bike time.

Personal Century Category: Personal outdoor rides of >90 and <150 miles, documented by receipts, tracking graph, and/or witness verification. For credit, you must complete at least 90 miles in a 24-hour period, including off the bike time.

Total Outdoor Miles Category: Personal rides of >90 and <150 miles, documented by receipts, tracking graph, and/or witness verification. For credit, you must complete at least 90 miles in a 24-hour period, including off the bike time.

Indoor Long Category: Indoor rides of >150 miles documented by valid electronic rides using Smart-Trainer, and actual power. For credit, you must complete at least 150 miles in 24-hours, including off the bike time.

Indoor Century Category: Indoor rides of >90 and <150 miles, documented by valid electronic rides using Smart-Trainer, and actual power. For credit, you must complete at least 90 miles in 24-hours, including off the bike time.

Total Indoor Miles Category: Combined mileage from the 2 Indoor Categories.

Combined Total Category: Combined mileage from the all 6 Main (Organized, Personal, and Indoor) categories.

Special Note on Indoor rides:

Indoor Division: Any indoor rides of 90 miles or more that are completed on “virtual riding platforms” such as Zwift, Rouvy, or “similar” (with the use of a smart trainer that can register real power output) where actual riding conditions mimic real world in relation to effort and road grade, can be counted for Year Rounder Indoor Rides. Actual Power measurements must be included. These rides must be uploaded to Strava and the Strava URL submitted as evidence when you submit your Year Rounder for that date.

Note: The only deviation from this rule is that anyone is still allowed to submit 6-hours of indoor riding without power and have it count for the Larry Schwarz award. 6 hours = 100 Miles (just notate that in your submission)

Note on indoor and outdoor rides during the same day: Yes, you can do some of one and some of the other. Whatever category has the majority of miles – submit it under that category. This is not meant to be abused. It would be bad sportsmanship to ride 50 miles outside and 40 miles inside everyday and always log an outdoor ride. Having one every so often is OK, if someone abuses this rule their ride may be categorized.

Year Rounder Yearly Challenges Defined

Year Rounder Monthly Challenge – Larry Schwartz Award

  • Ride a Century a month for the year
  • To allow for vacations, sickness, etc – you may make up any 2 months that you miss

Year Rounder Weekly Challenge

  • Ride a Century a week for the year
  • Riders would be required to ride at a minimum 52 “Century rides” during the year.
  • To allow for vacations, sickness, etc – a minimum of 1 “Century ride” must occur in at least 45 weeks of the year. The make ups can occur whenever possible.
  • Although any Century can officially be only 90 miles, your average should be at least 100
  • If you ride 2 or more Century rides in one 24-hour period, you can submit them each as  different Century rides for the purpose of this challenge. In the notes section of your submission, specify which miles of the total ride will count for that submission. For example: “Please count miles 100-199 as my Century for this submission”

Year Rounder 100×100 Challenge

  • Ride a 100 Centuries for the year
  • There are no minimum rides required per month – you just next to get 100 in by the end of the year
  • Although any Century can officially be only 90 miles, your average should be at least 100
  • If you ride 2 or more Century rides in one 24-hour period, you can submit them each as  different Century rides for the purpose of this challenge. In the notes section of your submission, specify which miles of the total ride will count for that submission. For example: “Please count miles 100-199 as my Century for this submission”

Year Rounder Daily Challenge (The Ultimate Century Rider)

  • Ride a Century a day for the entire year
  • Rides would be required to ride at a minimum 365 “Century rides” during the year
  • There are no minimum rides required per month – it is up to you to pace yourself.
  • Although any Century can officially be only 90 miles, your average should be at least 100
  • If you ride 2 or more Century rides in one 24-hour period, you can submit them each as  different Century rides for the purpose of this challenge. In the notes section of your submission, specify which miles of the total ride will count for that submission. For example: “Please count miles 100-199 as my Century for this submission”
  • If you are going after this goal, we highly suggest you sign up for the HAMR record attempt and set a WUCA record while you are doing it

Note: Virtual and outdoor riding are acceptable for all above challenges

Recognition and Awards

The Year-Rounder recognizes 4 distance-based levels of accomplishments and 4 consistency-based awards. (The rider’s award will reflect the highest distance level achieved plus the Larry Schwartz if qualified, as well as any 1st place in any category.)

Silver: >3,000 miles or more in the Combined division — award is a medallion.

Gold: >5,000 miles in the Combined division — award is a medallion.

Platinum: >10,000 miles in the Combined division — award is a medallion.

Around the World: > 24,901 miles. The distance around Earth’s equator is approximately 24,901 miles (or about 40,075 kilometers) —  award is a medallion.

Who’s Who for the Year! : The top Male and Female riders in all 9 Categories are eligible for an Award –  Combined Total Category award is a plaque, all others a Medallion, and for all:  mention in any of WUCA’s social media outlets.

Larry Schwartz award: completing at least one Y-R ride in each calendar month, with up to two make-up rides — award is a medallion that each member may purchase after the year is over.

Year Rounder Weekly award: Award is an engraved medallion.

Year Rounder 100×100 award: Award is an engraved medallion.

Year Rounder Daily award: Award is an engraved medallion.

There is now no fee to take part in the Year Rounder Challenge. Your accomplishments will be posted on the WUCA website under Year Rounder Results. Anyone who earns an award can purchase the award directly from the award maker. They will have an authorized list.

The Year-Rounder year runs from January 1 through December 31 each year. Because up to two make-up rides are allowed for the Larry Schwartz award, riders can still start as late as March.

You may submit any number of rides in a 24-hour period that total over 90 miles as a Century.

Online Ride Submission

Deadline: Submit your ride within 14 days after the completion of the ride/event.

Many of our members submit rides recorded on Strava, Garmin Connect, MapMyRide, and Polar. We also accept results from races/events that are posted on a website, such as RUSA brevets, Race Across Oregon, Grand Fondos, etc.

Any rides over 135 miles must be approved by the Year Rounder Chair. This is usually a weekly task. The ride will not show up in your list of rides or the totals until it is approved. If you still do not see if after a week, email year-rounder@ultracycling.com and include your Strava link and any other info about the ride you think we might need.

Note: If your GPS software (e.g., CycleMeter on the iphone) doesn’t post to a website, but sends you a URL of your ride, you can use that too).

Bottom line – whatever link you send us for proof – we need to have access to.

Organized Outdoor Rides

Organized Events: “Organized” means that the event must have: a name, start/finish location, starting time(s), route plan, registration or sign-in, an organizer, and advance publication.

Publication of Organized Events: Publication can take the form of flyers (distributed to bike shops, for example), announcement in club newsletters, advertisement in local papers, publication at the national level (e.g, in American Randonneur), etc., or — if the ride is part of a ride series — publication of the ride series (see below). The ride or ride series must be publicized at least 14 days in advance. The organizer can provide some ride details later or change them as circumstances require (for example, change of route, change of start time)… so long as the organizer provides a means for participants to learn of details and changes in a timely manner.

Electronic Ride Publication: Publicizing an organized ride or ride series on a website or by e-mail is sufficient provided:

  • the existence of the web page e-mail distribution list is publicized as above (e.g., club newsletter), and
  • interested riders will be provided with a physical notice, if they request.

Sending out notice of a ride to a personal e-mail distribution list or posting the ride on a web-page is not by itself sufficient.

Publicizing a Ride Series: Individual rides in a ride series can be publicized electronically — so long as the ride series as a whole is publicized as above.

Ride Submission: You must submit it electronically on the WUCA Website:

Ride Submission Deadline: Rides must be submitted within 14 days of the completion of the event. (For multi-week tours, riders are encouraged to make weekly intermediate submissions if convenient.)

The Organizer: Remember that most events are not organized with the WUCA in mind, and most ride officials have a lot to take care of during and after an event. Remember also that it is your responsibility — not the WUCA’s or the ride official’s — to assure that the ride submission contains the proper info and is sent to the YRC chair within the deadline.

An individual may also add mileage to an organized ride to make it a longer personal ride provided:

  1. the rider documents the personal part(s) of the ride as per the rules,
  2. the total distance puts the ride in another distance division from the organized event.

Examples include a 60-mile club ride as part of a 90+ mile personal century or riding a 200K brevet as part of a personal long ride. However, riding a 300K brevet in the midst of a personal double century would count as a 300K organized ride.

90-Mile Minimum: The 90-mile minimum is meant to take into account organized rides billed as a century in concept, but which, because of routing constraints, etc., fall slightly short of 100 miles. It is not meant to suggest that 90 miles constitute a century per se.

Unusual events: The YRC chair will consider giving credit for exceptional events which do not meet the rules. E.g., a) if an event is shorter than 90 miles and the terrain and cycling conditions are exceptionally difficult; Include an explanation of the details with event submission.

Record Attempts Time or distance-based WUCA-sanctioned individual record attempts count as Organized Category rides. Submit the official’s log and results for verification. Examples would be a 24-hour record attempt or a border-to-border state crossing.

Multi-Day Rides: A ride extending beyond 24 hours or across day boundaries will count as a single, extended ride as long as an average speed of 200 miles per day (8.33 mph) is maintained. For example, Paris-Brest-Paris, with a 90-hour cut-off for its 1200km distance, requires essentially that average speed.

Multi-Stage Events: A multi-day series of stages (for example, a multi-day tour) counts as a series of individual rides and each ride will be eligible for an organized ride as long a each ride meets the greater than 90 miles rule.

Mileage Deviations: You are credited with your actual on-route mileage (no credit for riding to or from the event, or getting lost en route). The actual distance may differ from the published distance because of last minute route changes (including detours for safety reasons), inaccurate measurement of the route, add-on mileage options provided by the organizer, etc. If your actual mileage differs from the published, you can note the reason on your submission.

Personal Outdoor Rides

Time and Distance: Riders on Personal rides must be at least 90 miles in a consecutive 24-hour period.

Personal Ride Documentation: Personal outdoor rides should be documented by a Garmin or Strava (or other GPS device – including your smart phone). Upload the ride to your Strava account and use the link as the proof.

The only method of submission is by electronic submission via this form on the Website (https://ultracycling.com/year-rounder-ride-submission/). You may use an automated tracking device that provides a record of mileage ridden over time, such as certain integrated heartrate monitors or GPS-based systems. The submission must show a graph or map of distance over time, plus total distance (rather than, say, a list of GPS coordinates and times).

On the online form, you can submit “evidence” of your ride by pasting in a link to your ride data (uploaded from your GPS or other device) to such sites as (but not limited to) Polar, Garmin, MayMyRide, or DailyMile. (Note: the page should be public and not require that we create an account.)

An alternative method of verification is by receipts (store, ATM, or other receipts) showing location, date, and time. If a receipt cannot be obtained at a given point, then a witness may sign the form and provide an e-mail address for electronic verification.

Ride Submission Deadline: Rides must be submitted within 14 days of their completion.

Ride Submission: Submit your personal ride only on the online form:

Permanent Randonnées: A “Permanent” is a randonnée run under brevet rules, etc., but ridden on a date agreed upon personally between rider and organizer. Therefore, riding a Permanent counts for Personal Category credit.

Indoor Rides

Time and Distance: Riders on Indoor rides must be at least 90 miles in a consecutive 24-hour period. Yes – You can start a ride at 9am on Monday and end up to 24-hours later.

Indoor Mileage (non “virtual riding platform: option): You may ride indoors “centuries” (six hours) for credit in the Y-R. You may ride up to twelve a year (viz., enough to qualify for the Larry Schwartz award). Indoor centuries are submitted in the normal way as Personal rides, or as Organized if ridden as part of an organized indoor event, publicized as per the Y-R rules.

Indoor Mileage (“virtual riding platform: option): Any indoor rides of 90 miles or more that are completed on “virtual riding platforms” such as Zwift, Rouvy, or “similar” (with the use of a smart trainer that can register real power output) where actual riding conditions mimic real world in relation to effort and road grade, can be counted for Year Rounder Indoor Rides. Actual Power measurements must be included, and the ride results must be uploaded to your Strava account and sent as a URL when submitted as a ride for the YRC.

Larry Schwartz award rides

Participation: Year Rounder participants are automatically included in the Larry Schwartz award.

Ride Submission and Tracking: A Larry Schwartz participant simply submits Year Rounder rides in the usual way. The rider does not need to denote that any particular ride counts toward a given month’s Larry Schwartz credit or make-up.

Make-Up Rides: Larry Schwartz award aspirants are strongly encouraged to ride at least one Y-R event every month. However, since severe weather or injury may prevent that, a rider may make up at most two missed months per year, by riding extra one(s) earlier or later that same year. For example, if the rider completes no ride in February, riding two in March can make up for February.

Indoor: Any indoor ride of greater than 90 miles counts as Y-R rides earn credit for the Larry Schwartz award. This can be the 6-hour (Century) non-power register ride or any indoor ride using power that is greater than 90 miles.

Calendar Month Credit: A ride that span months is credited to the month in which the ride starts (for example, a 400k brevet which the rider starts on May 31 and finishes on June 1) – or, if a make-up, to the made-up month.

Sign me up! You do not need to sign up for the Year Rounder any longer. Just be an active WUCA member. Simply submit your first ride and you will “be in”:  Submit a Year Rounder

Guinness Records for Year Rounder categories

During 2024, WUCA and Guinness reached an agreement for several new “oldest” category records for Century (100-mile) ride. These will be official WUCA and Guinness World Records for gender, and overall (non-gender) categories. These are the records that are available:

Oldest person to cycle 365 Centuries in one year

Oldest person to cycle 100 Centuries in one year
Oldest person to cycle 1 Century a week for one year
Oldest person to cycle 1 Century a month for one year

If you want to apply for any of these records, please submit an online record registration near the end of the year once you have met the criteria. 2024 and future Year Rounder results will be considered for these new record categories. Pick “Time and Distance” combination, and put in the comment section which Year Rounder Record you are applying for.

Service Source URLs (click to view the ride)
Strava uploaded from GPS Example Strava Activity

Results are verified by our team of volunteers and updated monthly (or sooner).

Questions? Contact the Year-Rounder Chair