Backyard Ultra World Record

Australia’s Phil Gore holds the official men’s Backyard Ultra world record. Gore ran 119 laps totalling 798km (495 miles). This astonishing record was set at Dead Cow Gully in Queensland, Australia, in June 2025.

Gore’s day job sees him fighting fires across Western Australia and, by night, he holds World Records in endurance racing.

A Backyard Ultra consists of 6.7km (4.2-mile) loops that are to be completed in a 60-minute time frame. Every hour, a whistle will go that signals runners off on the course; runners can complete the run at any time they like as long as they are back by the time the hour is up; they can go again. If runners are back in good time, they can rest.

Simple. Last. Human. Standing. And right now, that is Phil Gore.