The Cut Ultra

Nerang, Australia • 25 Oct 2025

Event

The Cut Ultra is scheduled for October 25, 2025 at Nerang Sports Centre, 1 Hope Street, Nerang, Queensland, Australia. The event includes fundraising activity and has raised $120.52. Organisers provide on-site meal options during scheduled breaks. The event runs alongside a Halloween Hustle gathering that will witness the final hot laps.

Format and categories

The event uses repeated short laps and a progressive elimination process called the cut. Laps are 1.5 km with a 15-minute official time limit per lap. Cutting begins once participants have completed 10.5 km; before each lap the number of runners to be eliminated is announced. Between one and five people may be removed on any cut lap. The competition continues until a small group remains for a final hot lap, with final heats produced separately for men and women.

Distances

  • 1.5 km loop length
  • Total running between 10.5 km and 50 km
  • Junior laps 500 m, juniors run 2 km to 5 km

A separate juniors event runs during the long break. Junior laps are 500 m with 20-second breaks between laps. The organisers will introduce a concurrent women's division that uses standard cuts until a set point, then splits into separate cuts for each gender leading to separate hot laps. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Race information

10 km
The Cut Ultra Distance Between 10.5k and 50k
10 km
The Cut Ultra Distance Between 10.5k and 50k
Junior Event 2km to 5km
Junior Event 2km to 5km
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
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