About the Hades Climb - Springfield, MO
Hades Climb is a stair-climbing endurance challenge, not a road race. Participants pick a time window and then repeat loops of stairs for the full duration, ringing a bell at the end of each lap. Sparks, fire elements, and loud music are part of the atmosphere on course, which leans theatrical and intense by design.
Packet pickup opens at the event site on race morning before the first wave starts, so there is no separate day-before pickup to plan around. The staggered wave format means different challenge lengths start within a short window of each other. A certificate is handed out at the finish line.
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Hades Climb - Springfield, MO 2026 Results
Going by the 2026 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
1 Hour Overall Results · 2026
40finishers
18:29winner
50:57median
56:55cutoff
Top 3: Sam Weiner (52:10) · Brandon Nicoll (52:14) · Grant Doughty (48:58)
1 Hour Overall Results · 2025
31finishers
20:35winner
50:55median
55:14cutoff
Top 3: Andrew Johnson (52:40) · Branson Crewse (50:16) · Seth Thoenen (50:55)
2 Hour Overall Results · 2026
26finishers
1:03:15winner
1:41:20median
1:50:51cutoff
Top 3: Austin Wenger (1:47:48) · Taylor Friebe (1:47:36) · Matt Jones (1:50:28)
4 Hour Overall Results · 2025
20finishers
1:00:28winner
3:18:43median
3:33:50cutoff
Top 3: Jesse Herd (3:27:28) · Katie Heflin (3:22:18) · Sean Collier (3:25:03)
2 Hour Overall Results · 2025
17finishers
1:19:51winner
1:41:30median
1:47:43cutoff
Top 3: Austin Wenger (1:47:43) · Keaton Garrett (1:43:23) · Carson Callen (1:43:45)
4 Hour Overall Results · 2026
11finishers
3:07:32winner
3:25:18median
3:40:52cutoff
Top 3: Sean Collier (3:27:22) · Cody Alley (3:36:22) · Kristen Hook (3:22:20)
The Hades Climb - Springfield, MO has been held every year since at least 2025. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
1 Hour7/10/2027 07:00$35
2 Hour7/10/2027 07:00$35
4 Hour7/10/2027 07:00$40
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