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RaceWorth™

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Destination100M

Javelina Jundred

Demand

3 out of 5

How much it asks

Worth

3 out of 5

Whether the ticket is worth it

McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona, United States

Pemberton Trail, McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The Javelina loop terrain.
Pemberton Trail, McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The Javelina loop terrain. Andy Blackledge / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Scorecard · is it worth it?

Worth the trip if the mountains match what you want.

The card

Javelina is in this catalog because people treat it like a destination 100, and we need a score that says what kind. It is a ~20-mile rolling loop on the Pemberton Trail in McDowell Mountain Regional Park, costumes, Golden Ticket, 30 hours, Halloween weekend. Demand is 3: 100 miles in desert heat-to-cold is a real night, and it is still a runnable loop. Vertical is a 2. Technicality is a 2. This is not HURT. This is not Hardrock. The demand is climate and distance, not terrain. A Golden Ticket does not turn a party loop into a mountain 100, and we are not going to score it as if it did.

Worth is 3, destination. People fly to Phoenix for this, which is why it is not regional. They fly for the party, the ticket, the scene, not for a mountain. That is allowed. It is also why worth is not 4 or 5. If your flight is for saguaro and a costume, the weekend can work. If your flight is for a mountain 100, you bought the wrong card. Destination here means the airport is part of the product. It does not mean ridges. Organization confidence is high: Aravaipa publishes like a large professional event. The next edition is October 31, 2026. Entry fee is the posted Aravaipa band ($525 starting January 1). Black Canyon is the other Arizona 100K in this batch, more of a point-to-point desert run, also 3/3. Neither is a skip. Neither is a mountain. If you wanted the Southwest as ridges, The Rut is Montana and Wasatch is Utah. Javelina is the desert loop that knows it is a party. We scored it that way.

Who it is for

Runners who want a first or fast 100 in a social desert loop, a Golden Ticket shot, or a Halloween weekend they will actually remember.

Who should skip

Anyone who thought a 100 in Arizona automatically meant mountains. If you wanted ridges, look at The Rut or Wasatch.

Weekend

Official handbook facts

Start
06:00
Pacer from
61.2 mi
Tracker
Open
Course file
Open

Printable cutoff card

Aravaipa Javelina Jundred page · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Field

Last editions · 100M scored distance

Field evidence: who showed up, who finished, how long. DNF is that evidence, not a difficulty score. Public results, scored distance only.

DNF over the years

202335%202443%202537%

DNF 37% in 2025, 43% the year before.

2025

Starters
776
Finishers
492
DNF
37%
Win
12:10:12
Median
25:15:44
retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

2024

Starters
745
Finishers
421
DNF
43%
Win
12:45:04
Median
25:26:45
retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

2023

Starters
786
Finishers
513
DNF
35%
Win
12:43:10
Median
25:21:47
retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

2022

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
399
DNF
–
Win
12:58:02
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2021

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
292
DNF
–
Win
13:14:51
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2020

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
160
DNF
–
Win
13:28:04
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2019

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
425
DNF
–
Win
13:11:48
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2018

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
367
DNF
–
Win
13:42:59
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2017

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
346
DNF
–
Win
13:01:14
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2016

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
284
DNF
–
Win
13:30:28
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2015

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
281
DNF
–
Win
13:49:17
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2014

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
290
DNF
–
Win
14:51:33
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2013

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
157
DNF
–
Win
14:56:53
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2012

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
159
DNF
–
Win
14:38:26
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2011

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
174
DNF
–
Win
13:47:43
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2010

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
137
DNF
–
Win
16:37:53
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2009

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
124
DNF
–
Win
14:20:54
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2008

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
72
DNF
–
Win
16:48:32
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2007

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
66
DNF
–
Win
15:49:03
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2006

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
71
DNF
–
Win
15:25:10
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2005

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
48
DNF
–
Win
17:10:40
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2004

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
71
DNF
–
Win
15:47:53
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

2003

Finishers from UltraRunning Magazine calendar results table (100 Miles). Starters/DNF not published on this page.

Starters
.
Finishers
81
DNF
–
Win
18:05:15
Median
.
retrieved 2026-09-07

Latest median 25:15:44 (2025) vs the 30-hour cutoff already listed in Gate. Not a hardness score.

Overall field only. Not a pro or sponsored subset.

Climate

Typical October at the start area · historical race-week weather

Typical high
87°F (31°C)
Typical low
63°F (17°C)
Typical precip
1.1 in (28 mm) / October
Days with rain
11% of days
High point
2,487 ft (758 m)

BewareTypical daytime highs in the heat.

2015–2024 October means at the start / massif. · Open-Meteo ERA5 / climate · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Dimensions

Ten 1–5 scores with a one-line why. Organization has a separate confidence tag.

Supporting dimensions · organization confidence high

Distance & format
How much does the advertised distance and format actually ask?
4 out of 5

A 100-mile loop party with a 30-hour cutoff and a Golden Ticket. The format is social, not alpine.

Vertical
How serious is the climbing, not just the mile marker?
2 out of 5

Rolling desert. The vert is not the story.

Technicality
Hands, poles, route-finding, or just a long dirt road?
2 out of 5

Pemberton Trail singletrack, mostly runnable. Not a mountain 100.

Climate
Heat, monsoon, ice, or a friendly summer afternoon?
4 out of 5

Late October in the McDowells: heat by day, cold by night. Climate is the demand.

Altitude
Does the air change the race, or is it a talking point?
1 out of 5

Sonoran desert hills, not a 14er.

Logistics
How hard is the weekend around the race: travel, crew, lodging, rules?
2 out of 5

Fountain Hills / Phoenix airport. Easy. That is why people fly for a party 100.

Prestige & field
Does the start list and history change what the weekend feels like?
4 out of 5

Golden Ticket, costumes, a deep field. Prestige of a scene, not a mountain.

Organization
From public evidence, does the event look competently run?
4 out of 5

Aravaipa machine, publicly documented, large. Competent.

Value
Entry fee, travel tax, and lottery friction versus what you get on course.
3 out of 5

A destination for the scene. Not a destination for the mountains. Worth 3 is that split.

Adventure & scenery
Would you fly for the place even if nobody kept score?
3 out of 5

Saguaro and a costume 100. Desert pretty. Not a reason if you wanted ridges.