Mt Difficulty Ascent & Rustic Run
About this race
The Rustic Run & Walk is an easy to moderate fun-oriented event that compliments the extreme Mt Difficulty Ascent held on the same day.
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Running
Mt Difficulty Ascent 25km
Mt Difficulty Ascent 44km
Rustic Run Half Marathon Solo
Rustic Run Half Marathon Team
Rustic Run Marathon Solo
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cromwell, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 8:19 AM and sets at 5:07 PM local time (NZST) in Cromwell on June 13, 2026 — 8h 48m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Mt Difficulty Ascent & Rustic Run
186 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the Mt Difficulty Ascent 25km
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester Holt-Quick | 2:38:08 | 6:20 /km |
| 2 | Mathieu Chanteduc | 2:50:34 | 6:49 /km |
| 3 | Matt Barton | 2:52:13 | 6:53 /km |
| 4 | Lewis MacDonald | 2:54:12 | 6:58 /km |
| 5 | Stephanie Wilson | 3:07:14 | 7:29 /km |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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