Chasing Greatness
Speed Records & Expedition Routes
27
Routes Tracked
112
Years of Records
8
CG Originals
50K+
Route Miles
1914
Cannonball Baker's first transcontinental record
1959
First Darien Gap crossing begins
1971
Brock Yates founds Cannonball Run
1895
Harlem Canal opens - Manhattan swimmable
2025
Records still falling
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Water Routes
14 routes
Manhattan Circumnavigation
Since 1895
New York City · 28.5 miles · 20 Bridges
5:34:58
Swim Record
19:25
Double
David Olvera
(MEX) · 2025
1915: First swim (Dowling) → 2025
Monaco to Venice
UIM Record
Mediterranean · 1,120 nm · Powerboat
22:05:42
Record
52.3 kn
Avg Speed
Fabio Buzzi
· FB 60 · 2016
Buzzi: 52 world titles, died 2019 attempt
Around Britain
Guinness
UK Circumnavigation · 1,469 nm
27:10
Powerboat
31d 20h
Electric
Bradstone Challenger
· 2005
2024: First electric circumnavigation (age 18)
Madagascar Circumnavigation
CG Original
Indian Ocean · 5,000 km · 4th Largest Island
~5,000
Kilometers
OPEN
Powerboat Record
Unclaimed · No powerboat attempt on record
Mississippi DOWN
CG Original
Chicago → New Orleans · 1,500 mi · 18-20 Locks
OPEN
Downstream
No documented powerboat record
Mississippi UP
CG Original
New Orleans → Chicago · 1,500 mi · Against Current
OPEN
Upstream
Significantly harder than downstream
Columbia-Snake
CG Original
Astoria → Lewiston · 465 mi · 8 Locks
OPEN
Full Route
700 ft
Elevation
Furthest inland seaport on US West Coast
Great Lakes Assault
CG Original
All 5 Great Lakes · 1,500+ mi
OPEN
Powerboat
No documented multi-lake speed record
NYC to Miami
East Coast · 1,100 mi · Atlantic ICW
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Powerboat
Seattle to LA
West Coast · 1,200 mi · Pacific
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Powerboat
Catalina Run
LA ↔ Catalina Island · 26 mi Sprint
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Sprint
Yukon River
Whitehorse → Dawson · Alaska/Yukon
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Expedition
Jing-Hang Grand Canal
Hangzhou → Beijing · 1,104 mi
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Expedition
Manhattan Kayak
NYC · 28.5 mi
70+
Laps (Kenny Unser)
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Land Routes
8 routes
Cannonball Run
Since 1914
NYC → LA · 2,800 mi · The Original
25:39
Overall
32:32
Motorcycle
39:29
Electric
Toman/Tabbutt
· Audi S6 · 2020
1914: Cannonball Baker → 1971: Brock Yates → Now
Pan-American Motor
Since 1959
Alaska → Argentina · 19,000 mi · 14 Countries
11d 17h
Car
35d
Motorcycle
Rainer Zietlow
· VW Touareg TDI · 2011
1959: First Darien crossing → 1987: Sowerby/Cahill
Nordkapp to Gibraltar
Europe End-to-End · 4,500 mi
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Drive
Silk Road
China → Turkey · 4,000 mi
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Expedition
Carretera Austral
Patagonia · 770 mi
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Drive
Simpson Desert
Australia · 350 mi
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4x4
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Weekend Warrior / FKT
5 routes
Appalachian Trail FKT
Georgia → Maine · 2,190 mi
Te Araroa FKT
New Zealand · 1,900 mi
Great Wall FKT
China · 1,500 mi
Atlanta BeltLine
Atlanta · 22 mi loop
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