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John Nakel

Men · Americas · b. 1981 (40-49)

Also seen as: Nakel, John

Ratings

Athlete ratings by board
BoardGenderRatingRankMove
ContinuousMen955537• new
OverallMen955537• new

Why this rank

The Overall rating is the time-decayed mean of this athlete’s best 3 in-window performance scores (highlighted below). Each score = base × difficulty × field-strength × quality.

Career results (200+ mile tier)

The Divide 200 · Sep 12, 2025 · 200mi continuouscounts toward rating
place 23 · 3d 22:22:34 · difficulty 1.85 · field 1.86 · quality 0.45
1,567
SOO 200 · Jul 21, 2025 · 200mi continuouscounts toward rating
place 15 · 3d 21:41:20 · difficulty 1.00 · field 0.97 · quality 0.41
400
Yukon Arctic Ultra 430mi · Feb 4, 2024 · 300mi continuouscounts toward rating
place 2 · 5d 19:15:00 · difficulty 3.00 · field 1.29 · quality 0.63
2,453
Tahoe 200 Mile Endurance Run · Jun 17, 2022 · 200mi continuous
place 39 · 3d 10:19:57 · difficulty 2.35 · field 2.02 · quality 0.51
2,432
Moab 240 Endurance Run · Oct 8, 2021 · 240mi continuous
place 40 · 3d 14:11:39 · difficulty 1.95 · field 1.69 · quality 0.46
1,511
Bigfoot 200 Endurance Run · Aug 13, 2021 · 200mi continuous
place 48 · 4d 00:09:50 · difficulty 2.65 · field 1.87 · quality 0.40
1,994