Red Bull X-Alps has been held every other year since 2003, and the tracks of 6 editions survive, 2007 to 2025. Read side by side, they show a race that moved into the air: the field flew 13 % of its time on the move in 2007, 43 % in 2025.
The winner of 2007 covered the route at 2.49 km/h, nights and rests included; the winner of 2025 at 7.27 km/h.
The 6 editions without tracks (2003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023) join the routes, the results and the veterans as Wikipedia gives them.
Every edition on one map, the oldest faded, the newest in the race's gold. 2021, 2023 and 2025 ended in Zell am See instead, dashed.
The editions without tracks are drawn from their turnpoints: 2011 and 2019 from the organiser's route files, the others from Wikipedia's route map.
Filled: tracks on this site, each a link to its edition. Hollow: no tracks survive (2003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023).
The route grew from 775 km to 1,283 km and kept few of its landmarks for long.
| Edition | Dates | Days | Published | Optimised | Turnpoints | Goal |
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| 2003 | 14 to 26 July 2003 | 13 | 775 km* | - | Monaco | |
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| 2005 | 1 to 15 August 2005 | 15 | 800 km* | - | Monaco | |
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| 2007 | 23 July to 8 August 2007 | 17 | 838 km | 793 km | Monaco | |
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| 2009 | 19 to 31 July 2009 | 13 | 818 km | 793 km | Monaco | |
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| 2011 | 17 to 31 July 2011 | 15 | 864 km | - | Monaco | |
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| 2013 | 7 to 19 July 2013 | 13 | 1,031 km | 1,019 km | Monaco | |
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| 2015 | 5 to 17 July 2015 | 13 | 1,038 km | 1,028 km | Monaco | |
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| 2017 | 2 to 14 July 2017 | 13 | 1,138 km | 1,122 km | Monaco | |
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| 2019 | 16 to 27 June 2019 | 12 | 1,138 km | - | Monaco | |
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| 2021 | 20 June to 2 July 2021 | 13 | 1,238 km | - | Zell am See | |
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| 2023 | 11 to 23 June 2023 | 13 | 1,223 km | - | Zell am See | |
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| 2025 | 15 to 27 June 2025 | 13 | 1,283 km | 1,275 km | Zell am See | |
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Published: the length the organiser gave. Optimised: the shortest line through every cylinder, which the progress and the speeds are measured on. Open a count of turnpoints for the edition's stops, start to goal, with the organiser's distance to goal where the export has it; underlined, a landmark. In grey, the editions without tracks (2003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023), as Wikipedia gives them; their dates end with the last arrival in goal where no article gives the race's end.
* 2003: Wikipedia's 775 km (the ja article's legs added up); paragliding.eu's archive gives 800 km. The tables give the distance covered, not to goal.
* 2005: No Wikipedia gives one: 800 km is the round figure of paragliding.eu's archive and XC Mag ("racing 800 km eastwards to Monaco").
Every place three editions or more passed, east to west, matched by position within 15 km: the editions name them differently.
| Landmark | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dachstein | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | 6 |
| Wagrain | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | 3 |
| Gaisberg | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | not on the route | 7 |
| Schmittenhöhe | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | 3 |
| Kitzbühel | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | 3 |
| Chiemgau | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | 5 |
| Drei Zinnen | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | 3 |
| Zugspitze | not on the route | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | 8 |
| Engadin | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | not on the route | passed | not on the route | not on the route | passed | not on the route | passed | 4 |
| Interlaken | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | 3 |
| Matterhorn | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | 5 |
| Mont Blanc | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | passed | passed | passed | passed | 10 |
| Monaco | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | passed | not on the route | not on the route | not on the route | 9 |
Each edition's stops, evenly spaced from start (left) to goal (right); filled, a landmark. Hover a stop for its name.
The routes differ in length, so the editions compare on route speed: kilometres of the route per hour of race time, nights included.
How much of the route each winner had behind them, hour by hour from the start. Flat stretches are the nights.
The winner, the 5th athlete in goal and the median finisher. An edition with fewer than five in goal has no 5th. Every speed is on the published length; hollow: an edition without tracks, on Wikipedia's times.
| In goal | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 |
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| Of those who started | 3 of 17 | 4 of 17 | 5 of 30 | 2 of 30 | 2 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 19 of 33 | 2 of 32 | 10 of 32 | 5 of 29 | 23 of 32 | 21 of 33 |
| Winner's race time | 11d 22h 55m | 12d 01h 20m | 14d 01h 00m | 9d 23h 54m | 11d 04h 52m | 6d 23h 40m | 8d 04h 37m | 10d 23h 23m | 9d 03h 06m | 8d 06h 30m | 6d 06h 01m | 7d 08h 31m |
Hours hiking or flying per tracked day. The dotted rules mark a change in the night rules.
The whole field against its top ten, every tracked day added up. Hues follow the mode: blue for the air, green on foot.
Of the time on foot and in the air, the share flying.
Of the track covered on foot and in the air, the share flown.
The XC distance of the edition's longest flight.
Kilometres of track walked per hour hiking.
Metres climbed per hour on the climbing stretches of the hikes.
The median athlete's highest point of the race, which one wrong altitude fix cannot set.
37 people raced three editions or more. Hover a line or a name to follow one.
| Person | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 |
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| Toma Coconea | 9 | 8 | 2 | withdrawn | 2 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 30 | - |
| Christian Maurer | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom de Dorlodot | - | - | 20 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 14 | - |
| Aaron Durogati | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Paul Guschlbauer | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | - |
| Andy Frötscher | 13 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaoru Ogisawa | - | - | 5 | 14 | 27 | 16 | - | - | 25 | 20 | - | - |
| Evgenii Griaznov | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 14 | - | 17 | 17 | - | - | - |
| Ferdinand van Schelven | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Honza Rejmanek | - | - | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Oberrauner | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Tobias Grossrubatscher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 7 |
| Antoine Girard | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 30 | 28 | - | - | - |
| Gavin McClurg | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | 12 | 17 | - | - |
| Manuel Nübel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 20 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| Markus Anders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | withdrawn | 9 | 11 |
| Martin Müller | - | - | 3 | withdrawn | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Max Fanderl | - | - | 27 | 13 | 14 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maxime Pinot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | withdrawn |
| Michael Gebert | - | 5 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nick Neynens | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 15 | eliminated | - | - |
| Patrick von Känel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Alex Hofer | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benoît Outters | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| Christian Amon | - | 17 | - | withdrawn | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Damien Lacaze | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| Gaspard Petiot | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 21 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Helmut Eichholzer | - | 4 | - | withdrawn | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan Skrabalek | - | - | 11 | 16 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michal Gierlach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 9 | 19 | - |
| Nicola Donini | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | eliminated | 16 | withdrawn |
| Pál Takáts | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Pawel Faron | - | - | - | - | 17 | 15 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pierre Carter | - | - | - | withdrawn | 21 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raul Penso | - | - | 21 | withdrawn | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Friedrich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | withdrawn | 11 | 16 |
| Urs Lötscher | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The place as published; in bold, in goal; in grey, from Wikipedia, for an edition without tracks. Matched by name across editions.