THE CHALLENGE

360º
What is 360º The Challenge?
After ONE GOAL ONE DREAM, what remains is THE OLIMPUS, where only the GODS live… and that is where we can find the main characters of the 360 The Challenge.

The participants of the 360 are made of different stuff, very experienced runners capable of overcoming in self-sufficiency a track of more than 250 km and 20,000 meters of accumulated altitude gain. These are the hallmarks of one of the hardest ultras in Europe. It will be held in Gran Canaria, starting and finishing in Tejeda, one of the most beautiful villages in SPAIN, located at the button of Roque Nublo and El Bentayga, in the middle of an impressive landscape of volcanic origin, with steep ravines and cliffs covered in mist.

The 360 is a self-sufficiency race with a technical and long distance route, unmarked and that the runner will be able to overcome with the only help of the cartography and the track. To complete this challenge, the participant must known the necessary techniques and be prepared to face unforeseen events during the route: mastery of orientation techniques, training to withstand changing natural conditions, tolerance to fatigue, lack of sleep and food problems, which can be solved during the route because the supply of food is allowed by others in any establishment open to the public.

Also, to facilitate rest, the organization will set up between four or five life bases along the route. These will be a place prepared for runners to charge their electronic devices, stock up on hot food and rest. In addition, throughout the course, each runner will be perfectly geolocated with a GPS provided by the organization, so that the Puesto de Mando Avanzado (PMA) can ensure the safety of each of the participants.

The 360º was separated in 2021 from the Transgrancanaria to walk alone through the mountains and ravines of the Canary Islands. After six editions being held in Gran Canaria and one on the island of La Gomera, in 2023 it returns to the round island. This event is marked by its international character, as lovers of the most extreme challenges come from the five continents to test themselves in a race that will mark their lives.

This challenge will be held from November 15th to 19th and will have an extreme route that participants will be able to get to know fifteen days before the start. The runners will have 101 hours to complete the course that will run through the most emblematic areas of Gran Canaria, places unknown to mortals, full of great beauty and hardness in equal parts.

If you have read this and you still see yourself with the ability to enter the OLIMPO, visit the 360 WEB and dare with this challenge only suitable for some super humans.

https://www.transgrancanaria.net/en/360o-trans/

Information

NOVEMBER 15TH – 19TH OF 2023

GRAN CANARIA

DISTANCE: +250 kms (aprox)

POSITIVE SLOPE:  +13.000 m / -13.000 m (aprox)

MAXIMUM TIME: 100 horas

START AND FINISH LINE: Tejeda (Gran Canaria)

Registration

You can do the registration on this link: 

https://www.rockthesport.com/en/event/360-the-challenge-gran-canaria-2023

Previous Rankings

360º – 2017 Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. PETER KIENZL – 56:58:38
  2. LUCA PAPI – 56:58:38
  3. JAVIER BLANCO FINK – 60:18:48

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. ANNEMARIE GROSS – 65:30:54
  2. YANNICK NAVARRO – 75:41:01
  3. MARINA PLAVAN – 79:59:28

360º – 2018 Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. PETER KIENZL – 46:35:57
  2. ANDREY GRIDIN – 49:30:53
  3. LUCA PAPI, EUGENI ROSELLÓ Y TONI CONTESTI – 53:41:13

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. ANNEMARIE GROSS – 67:04:42
  2. OYUNN BYGSTAD – 79:59:26
  3. DÓRA LAJOS – 80:53:59

360º – 2019 Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. LUCA PAPI – 50:14:13
  2. EUGENI ROSELLÓ – 53:09:33
  3. IVÁN GALVÁN SIVERIO – 54:45:10

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. ESTHER HERNÁNDEZ – 69:11:47
  2. ANITA LIEPINA – 81:10:25
  3. CÉLINE LUCAK – 84:21:27

360º – 2020 Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. LUCA PAPI – 50:59:45
  2. ESTEBAN GARCÍA – 51:51:59
  3. JONATAN SANTANA – 58:30:42

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. MARTA PORETTI – 64:51:39
  2. ANOUK BAARS – 75:54:59
  3. MARÍA DEL CARMEN PÉREZ – 96:07:05

360º – 2021 (Gran Canaria) Edition

MALE PODIUM 

  1. MARCO GUBERT – 46:28:53
  2. IVÁN GALVAN – 48:40:21
  3. EUGENI ROSELLÓ Y LUCA PAPI– 54:26:09

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. CLAIRE BANNWARTH – 63:42:50
  2. MARINA PLAVAN – 73:47:24
  3. MARIÁ DEL CARMEN PÉREZ – 85:39:52

360º – 2021 (La Gomera) Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. MARCO GUBERT – 40:09:00
  2. WOUTER HUITZING – 43:54:00
  3. CLAUDIU BELETOIU– 48:16:33

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. CLAIRE BANNWARTH – 48:33:16
  2. ANITA LEHMANN – 49:21:50
  3. MARINA PLAVAN – 52:17:55

360º – 2022 Edition

MALE PODIUM

  1. LUCA PAPI – 54:38:28
  2. TIAAN ERWEE– 59:24:37
  3. ELETOUI CLAUDIU IONEL – 59:24:37

FEMALE PODIUM

  1. CLAIRE BANNWARTH– 59:49:42
  2. ANITA LEHMANN– 64:50:22
  3. SANDRA MORENO SANTIAGO – 76:01:59