Beer Mile Records & Results

Beer Mile World Record History

Beer mile records have fallen repetitively over the past few years as the sport has emerged into the mainstream from its underground, sub-culture past. In 2014, the 5-minute barrier was broken for the first time. Now, there are 12 men who have run sub-5 and the world record stands at 4:28 by Canadian Corey Bellemore.

Much like the men's 5-minute beer mile barrier that was once thought impossible a decade ago, the 6-minute barrier for women stood the test of time — until the 2023 Beer Mile World Classic. Shelby Houlihan (USA) crushed the barrier, finishing in 5:43 with a 63-second final 400m with four beers in her stomach. Houlihan's 5:43 was 33 seconds faster than the previous women's beer mile world record of 6:16Elizabeth Laster (USA) also broke the 6:16 women's world record that day with a 6:03 beer mile

Since 2014, world championship races have brought together the best beer milers around the world to crown world champions and set records. Beer mile records, all-time top performances, and results are summarized below and will continue to be updated.

View the beer mile world record progression

Current Men's Beer Mile World Record

Corey Bellemore (Canada) - 4:28.1

Corey Bellemore of Canada broke his own Beer Mile world record at the 2021 Beer Mile World Classic with a time of 4:28.1, bettering his 4:33 mark from 2017. Corey ran 4:24 at the 2018 Beer Mile World Classic in Vancover, British Columbia, which would have shattered the world record at the time, but he was disqualified for having slightly too much foam left. 

Bellemore almost broke his world record at the 2023 Beer Mile World Classic, but chaos in the first 100 meters of the race caused him to lose a shoe. Despite running the entire race with one shoe, Bellemore missed his world record by just two seconds, finishing in 4:30. He set a blistering pace early, coming through lap one in 60 seconds (beer + lap) and through halfway (2 beers + 2 laps) in 2:06.

Men's Beer Mile Top 10 All-Time List

View bios of the top beer milers: Meet the beer mile beasts

Rank  Time Name Country Date Footage
1 4:28.1 (WR) Corey Bellemore Canada 23-Oct-2021 Link
2 4:37.4 (NR) Chris Robertson USA 25-Jun 2020 Link
3 4:47.17 Lewis Kent Canada 01-Dec 2015 Link
4 4:47.39 (NR) Dale Clutterbuck England 31-Jul 2016 Link
5 4:47.72 Brandon Shirck USA 17-Jul 2016 Link
6 4:48.62 Corey Gallagher Canada 01-Dec 2015 Link
7 4:51.33 (NR) Josh Harris Australia 30-Dec 2016 Link
8 4:53.00 (NR) Markus Liwing Sweden 04-Jul 2020 Link
9 4:54.50 Garrett Cullen USA 09-Jul 2016 Link
10 4:55.50 Phil Parrot-Migas Canada 03-Jul 2016 Link
11 4:56.25 James Hansen Australia 04-May 2013

WR = World Record, NR = National Record

For a full list of best performances and results, view beermile.com

Current Women's Beer Mile World Record

Shelby Houlihan (USA) - 5:43.8

Shelby Houlihan shattered the women's world record at the 2023 Beer Mile World Classic, finishing in 5:43 with a 63-second final 400m with four beers in her stomach. She ran her mile in roughly 4:25 and consumed her 4 beers in roughly 1:18.

Women's Beer Mile Top 10 All-Time List

 

View bios of the top beer milers: Meet the beer mile beasts

Rank  Time Name Country Date Footage
1 5:43.81 (WR) Shelby Houlihan USA 01-July 2023 Link
2 6:03.75 Elizabeth Laseter USA 01-July 2023
Link
3 6:08.51* Erin O'Mara USA 01-Dec 2015 Link
4 6:16.50 Allison Grace Morgan USA 04-Jul 2020
5 6:17.80 Beth Herndon USA 03-Dec 2014 Link
6 6:25.00 Elizabeth Laseter USA 16-July 2022 Link
7 6:26.29 Andrea Fisher USA 01-Dec 2015 Link
8 6:28.60 Chris Kimbrough USA 02-Nov 2014 Link
9 6:29.10 Caitlin Batten (Judd) USA 17-Dec 2016 Link
10 6:33.00 Anna Bearss USA 16-July 2022
11 6:34.00 Kassandra Marin USA
16-July 2022
12 6:34.58 Melanie Pozdol USA
01-July 2023

WR = World Record, NR = National Record

 

*Not considered an official time because the race was not held on a standard track

For a full list of best performances and results, view beermile.com 

 

Men's Beer Mile World Champions

Beer Mile World Classic

Individual Champions

 Year Winner Country Video Link
2023
Corey Bellemore
Canada Link
2022 Corey Bellemore Canada Link
2021 Corey Bellemore Canada Link
2020 Chris Robertson USA
2019 Corey Bellemore Canada Link
2018 Dale Clutterbuck England Link
2017 Chris Robertson USA Link
2016 Corey Bellemore Canada Link
2015 Lewis Kent Canada Link

 

Team Champions

 Year Winning Country Race Location
2023 USA Chicago, USA
2022 United Kingdom Leuven, Belgium
2021 Manchester, UK
2020 Virtual
2019 USA Berlin, Germany
2018 USA Vancouver, BC Canada
2017 USA London, UK
2016 Canada London, UK
2015 Canada San Francisco, USA

 

Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship

Individual Champions

 Year Winner Country Video Link
2017 Race Discontinued N/A
2016 Corey Bellemore Canada Link
2015 Lewis Kent Canada Link
2014 Corey Gallagher Canada Link

 

Women's Beer Mile World Champions

Beer Mile World Classic

Individual Champions

 Year Winner Country Video
2023 Elizabeth Laseter USA Link
2022 Melanie Pozdol USA
2021
Allison Grace Morgan
USA
2020 Allison Grace Morgan USA
2019 Allison Grace Morgan USA
2018 Bryony Pearce England
2017 Bryony Pearce England
2016 Erin O'Mara USA
2015 Caitlin Judd Batten USA

 

Team Champions

 Year Winning Country Race Location
2023
USA
Chicago, USA
2022 USA Leuven , Belgium
2021 Manchester, UK
2020 Virtual
2019 USA Berlin, Germany
2018 England Vancouver, BC Canada
2017 England London, UK
2016 England London, UK
2015 USA San Francisco, USA

 

Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship

Individual Champions

 Year Winner Country Video Link
2017 Race Discontinued N/A
2016 Caitlin Judd Batten USA
2015 Erin O'Mara USA Link
2014 Elizabeth Herndon USA Link

 

Current Beer 2-Mile World Record

Chris Robertson (USA) - 10:18

The Beer 2-Mile is a daunting feat, to say the least. It is the ultimate test of liver, stomach, and athletic ability for those who don't find the beer mile challenging enough. Instead of the 4 beers, 4 laps of the traditional beer mile, the beer 2-mile consists of 8 beers, 8 laps around a standard 400m track (plus the extra 18 meters to make it a full two miles). A chunder at any point during the race results in a penalty lap added on to the end.

Chris Robertson (USA) shattered the Beer 2-Mile World on September 14, 2020 with a time of 10:18. The once-thought-untouchable Beer 2-Mile World Record of 11:39 previously held by Jim Finlayson of Canada stood no longer. 

Robertson had a perfect even-split, going through the first beer mile in 5:09 and closing out beer mile number two in 5:09 as well. He held all 8 beers in until shortly after the finish. You can watch him unleash the foamy goodness at the end of the video below.

Current Chunder Mile World Record

Chris Robertson (USA) - 4:53

Chris Robertson bettered Dale Clutterbuck's chunder mile world record on May 7, 2021 by four seconds with a final time of 4:53. Dale's previous record of 4:57 was set in 2017. 

Instead of consuming four 12-ounce beers as in the standard beer mile, the chunder mile requires four imperial pints (20 fluid ounces each) to be chugged out of pint cups. That's nearly double the volume of beer - 80 ounces in the chunder mile versus 48 ounces in the standard beer mile.

Watch the chunder mile world record in action below: 

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