2012, from the start to Two Rivers

Here's a quick summary of times from the start to Two Rivers in 2012:

Times ranged from 7:15 (7 hours and 15 minutes) to 12:51, with speeds from 5.6mph to 9.93mph.  The fastest time was Hugh Neff's.  I would not expect times tomorrow to be quite as fast, given trail conditions.  The average (mean) time was 10:01:49, but the distribution was skewed and the median time was 10:50 (average speed 7.4 and a median speed of 6.65).

Here's a histogram of the speeds:

As you can see, most of the speeds were clustered around the lower end of the scale, but a few speedsters pulled the average up.

Here's a complete table of the average speeds from the start to Two Rivers:

Musher Name	Speed
Kyla Durham	5.6
Jason Weitzel	5.95
Misha Pedersen	6.07
Maren Bradley	6.12
Abbie West	6.23
Paige Drobny	6.3
Allen Moore	6.38
Brian Wilmshurst	6.42
Michael Telpin	6.43
Mike Ellis	6.49
Joar Leifseth Ulsom	6.65
Sonny Lindner	6.24
Brent Sass	7.13
Yuka Honda	7.32
Nikolay Ettyne	7.59
Marcelle Fressineau	8.45
Trent Herbst	8.71
Jake Berkowitz	8.8
David Dalton	9.27
Gus Guenther	9.33
Lance Mackey	9.6
Kristy Berington	9.8
Hugh Neff	9.93

Returning mushers (in order of speed) are Hugh Neff, Dave Dalton, Brent Sass, Mike Ellis, Brian Wilmshurst, and Allen Moore.