How to read obstacle race ratings

Obstacle races combine running with constructed or natural obstacles. This catalog includes competitive OCR, stadium obstacle races, mud runs and endurance obstacle events. Different distances at one event appear together; distinct venues and separately named seasonal events remain separate.

Ratings keep their source

A displayed score retains the original source’s scale when one is stated. We label organizer-hosted testimonials, author-scored reports and review platforms explicitly. We do not turn a positive sentence, a result time, a race calendar or a missing review into stars. These source ratings are separate from Moku’s calibrated triathlon, marathon and ultra ratings and do not enter the existing rated-race feed.

Spartan publishes an event-family average alongside historical testimonials. We preserve that average without recalculating it from a possibly incomplete set of displayed cards. “Visible reviews” counts the cards present in the checked page; it is not a verified denominator for the reported average. Different distances and years may be mixed, and the source may group earlier venues under a current event page.

Edition and course matter

Some platforms expose an aggregate and rating count without individual review text. We show that limitation explicitly. A selected visible subset of reviews does not describe every rating in the aggregate, and repeated reviewer names do not establish distinct athletes.

An author’s letter grade stays in its original form. It is one person’s assessment, and the author may not explain the grading rubric or give written reasons. We do not convert letters into stars, average them with numerical ratings or imply that different authors use the same scale.

If an author publishes a number without stating its maximum, we show the original number with “scale not stated.” We do not assume that 90 means 90/100, turn it into a percentage or compare it numerically with scores on known scales. These original assessments appear in the source-rating filter and remain outside the editorial ratings feed.

Official listings establish event identity, venue, formats and the listed date. Past editions remain labeled. Dates and formats may change, so check the linked organizer before entering. Older athlete experiences do not confirm current obstacles, rules, aid stations, weather, parking or staffing. A marketed city can move to another venue; we retain that uncertainty rather than treating every old report as a current-course review.

Written evidence and missing scores

Written reports are added after reading the complete relevant original account and matching the event. Their summaries identify author, edition, distance and relevant affiliations where available. A report without stars can still be useful and does not create a numerical score. “Not yet rated” means no defensible published score or author letter grade is recorded; it does not mean athletes disliked the event.

Source check dates describe when research was performed. Discovery queries, inaccessible pages and unread links remain research leads and are not counted as reviews. Multiple reports by the same person and shared series pages do not establish independent reviewers for every event.