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 6:16. Elizabeth 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

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

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

Team Champions

Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship

Individual Champions

Women's Beer Mile World Champions

Beer Mile World Classic

Individual Champions

Team Champions

Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship

Individual Champions

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: