Iditarod The Last Great Race

As of 11:30am Alaska Time, the top three mushers are out on the trail and on their way to Nome. Upsets coming out of White Mountain are basically unheard of in the Iditarod, but just for fun, we thought we would figure out what it would take.

Currently, Dallas is 51 miles from Nome, Aliy is 58 miles away, and Ramey is 62. Now we know that Ramey is the last person you want closing in on you on that section of the trail. Literally, the last… well, Ramey’s brother Cim wouldn’t be any fun either. At the current distance, Aliy could overtake Dallas if she runs nearly a FULL mile per hour faster than he does, the entire way to Nome. Ramey could upset both Aliy and Dallas if he runs a full 1.6mph faster than the leader to the finish line, and thus he can overtake Aliy and come in second if he runs just slightly over half a mile per hour faster than she does