The 50-mile race covering the second half of the Arc 100 course, from Land's End to Porthtowan.
Distance
80km
Elevation Gain
2,271m+
Race History
Winners and podiums of Arc 50
2026
(January 24)
80km
Men
1st
Kristian Jones🇬🇧
7:09:41
2nd
Keith Wigley🇬🇧
7:27:45
3rd
Lewis Bowness🇬🇧
7:38:32
Women
1st
Gemma Hillier-Moses🇬🇧
8:12:568th
overall
2nd
Aroa Sio Seijo🇪🇸
9:31:3021st
overall
3rd
Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn🇬🇧
9:33:1523rd
overall
Sources:DUV
2025
(January 25)
80km
Men
Women
1st
Eleanor Davis🇬🇧
7:55:486th
overall
2nd
Poppy Collingwood🇬🇧
9:21:5014th
overall
3rd
Amanda Nicole Basham🇺🇸
9:42:4016th
overall
Sources:DUV
Course records - first sub-7 hour male finish
2024
(January 27)
50mi
Men
1st
Lewis Ryan🇬🇧
8:09:58
2nd
Johnny Hesnan🇬🇧
8:29:03
3rd
David Phillips🇬🇧
8:42:58
Women
1st
Poppy Collingwood🇬🇧
9:23:107th
overall
2nd
Holly Stables🇬🇧
9:31:209th
overall
3rd
Pip Riches🇬🇧
9:43:5812th
overall
Sources:DUV
2023
(January 28)
50mi
Men
1st
Mark Darbyshire🇬🇧
7:39:31
2nd
Sam Downing🇬🇧
8:05:30
3rd
Luke Roberts🇬🇧
8:14:36
Women
1st
Fiona Pascall🇬🇧
8:18:464th
overall
2nd
Julia Davis🇬🇧
8:32:425th
overall
3rd
Lizzie Atkins🇬🇧
9:23:548th
overall
Sources:DUV
Course record at the time
2022
(January 29)
80km
Men
1st
Marc Smerdon🇬🇧
8:46:16
2nd
Tom Carthey🇬🇧
9:00:04
3rd
Thomas Murrin🇬🇧
9:32:26
Women
1st
Lucy Williams🇺🇸
10:20:229th
overall
2nd
Amy Sole🇬🇧
10:27:3713th
overall
3rd
Melissa Nicholas🇬🇧
10:46:4017th
overall
Sources:DUV
2020
(February 1)
80km
Men
1st
Jamie Stephenson🇬🇧
8:27:44
2nd
Neil Martin🇬🇧
8:59:27
3rd
Stephen Hobbs🇬🇧
9:06:43
Women
1st
Natalie Taylor🇬🇧
11:02:2913th
overall
2nd
Lydia Poole🇬🇧
11:21:3818th
overall
3rd
Emma Nicholls🇬🇧
11:48:1623rd
overall
Sources:DUV
2019
(February 2)
80km
Men
1st
Neil Martin🇬🇧
8:53:51
2nd
Daniel Alan Lawson🇬🇧
9:13:52
3rd
James Philip Elson🇬🇧
9:18:36
Women
1st
Emily Cook🇬🇧
11:30:1413th
overall
2nd
Sally Crabb🇬🇧
11:41:5417th
overall
3rd
Jennifer Forbes🇬🇧
12:26:4423rd
overall
Sources:DUV