Sat, Oct 31, 2026
Smackover, AR
The race runs through downtown Smackover as part of the town's Oil Town Festival, so there is some local color to the morning beyond the run itself. The route stays on city streets, keeping things straightforward underfoot.
Registration and the start are both at Kennedy Park on Broadway, across from Smackover State Bank. Race-morning registration opens well before the gun, so there is no need to sort anything out the day before.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
Top 3: Cole Taylor (21:34) · Josh Smith (21:38) · Dewey Holland (21:46)
The Smackover 5K Oil Run 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.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 3.2 Miles results.
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.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.2 Miles field finished slower than 36:32, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:00:35, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (73 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 3.2 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.2 Miles winner ran 21:34 while the median finisher took 36:32. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
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