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A better site for speedclimbing records is Hans Florine's Speedclimbing Site.

Speed Records -- Freeclimbs

• Nutcracker: 8:47 (solo, Middendorf)
• Royal Arches: 57 mins car-to-car (Potter, 1998)
• Snake Dike: 3 hrs car-to-car (Potter, 1998)
• Chouinard-Herbert: 4:00 (Middendorf, Suzuki, 1985)
• Steck-Salathe: 56 mins (Bridwell, Kauk)
• West Face, Sentinel: 4:30 (Long, Schmitz, 1976)
• Reg Rte Fairview: 17 mins (solo, Bachar)
• Astroman: 1:20 (solo, Croft)
• Rostrum: 1:30 (Croft, Schultz, 1992 (Croft has prob soloed it in less))

Speed Records -- Walls

• ---El Capitan---
• Mr. Midwest: 13:39 (Coward, Harrell, 1999)
• West Face: 2:20 (Croft, Schultz, 1991)
• Lurking Fear: 5:17 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
• West Buttress: 18:01 (Schneider, Schoen, 1994)
• Octopussy: 27:00 (Bengston, Gerberding, Harpole, 1993)
• Aquarian: 23:18 (Coward, Murphy, Schneider, 1996)
• Dihedral Wall (West Butt Finish): 27:38 (Deger, Schneider, 1994)
• Salathe: 6:32 (Harrell, Herson, 1999)
• <>Co-ed record: 12:00 (Feagin, Florine, 1993)
• Muir Wall: 23:29 (Florine, MacNamara, 1996)
• Sunkist: 19:24 (Florine, Melvin, Schneider, 1999)
• Shield: 10:58 (Wright, MacNamara, 1999)
• Triple Direct: 8:20 (Garibotti, Wainwright, 1994)
• Muir Wall: 27:30 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1992)
• Grape Race: 13:25 (MacNamara, Pereya, 1999)
• The Nose: 4:22 (Croft, Florine, 1992)
• <>Co-ed record: 8:17 (Florine, Hill, 1993)
• <>Female record: 16:30 (Watkins, Wong, 1996)
• Tribal Rite: 23:33 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1994)
• Wall of the Early Morning Light: 25:05 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1991)
• Mescalito: 23:28 (Mitrovich, Pereya, Potter, 1998)
• NA Wall: 9:36 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
• Lost in America: 24:47 (McNamara, Synnott, Thaw, 1997)
• New Jersey Turnpike: 24:48 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1997)
• Atlantic Ocean Wall: 50:00 (D. Benegas, W. Benegas, Lawson, Ogden, 1997)
• Aurora: 23:44 (Brian McMillan and Miles Smart, 1998)
• Tangerine Trip: 11:56 (Potter, Smart, 1999)
• Shortest Straw: 17:52 (George, Mittrovich, and Brett ??, 1999)
• Zodiac 7:04 (MacNamara, Smart, 1999)
• Bad Seed 19:12 (Florine, McRay, Willoughby, 1998)
• Eagle's Way: 10:40 (Wright, O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
• Chinese Water Torture: 17:15 (Allred, Schneider, Stowe, 1990)
• ---Washington Column---
• South Central: 5:30 (Cashner, Corbett, 1984)
• Southern Man: 7:33 (Brian "Mr. Way" Knight, Ben Zartman, 1996)
• South Face: 1:59 (Potter and Wright, 2000)
• The Prow: 3:12 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
• Ten Days After: 13:20 (W. Benegas, Ogden, 1996)
• ---Other---
• Reg Rte, Half Dome: 1:53:25 (Herson, Florine, 1999)
• <>Co-ed record: 6:02 (Florine, Feagin, 1998)
• <>Female record: 9:45 (Watkins, Wong, 1996)
• Direct, Half Dome: 8:20 (Pereya, Potter, 1998)
• Direct, Lost Arrow: 8:15 (Middendorf, Schultz, 1984)
• South Face, Watkins: 8:30 (Croft, Schultz)
• Southwest Face, Lib Cap: 13:00 (Cashner, Corbett, 1985)
• West Face, Leaning Tower: 3:22 (Florine, Puhvel, 1996)

Speed Records -- Wall Solos

• Lurking Fear: 13:13 (MacNamara, 1998)
• Salathe: 21:44 (Schneider, 1992)
• The Nose: 12:59 (Potter, 1999)
• Zodiac: 9:15 (Smart, 1999)
• South Face Wash Col: 7:40 (Blanchard, 1990)
• The Prow: 7:50 (Puhvel and Jason Smith, both solo)
• South Face, Watkins: 22:10 (Gagner, 1990)
• Reg Rte, Half Dome: 3:57 (Florine, 1999)
• Direct, Half Dome: 11:25 (Smart, 1999)
• West Face, Leaning Tower: 5:56 (Florine, 1996)
• <> Female record: 25:00 (Roxanna Brock, 1998)