Speedrun Records

BART loves to see transit fans speedrun our system for time. So much so, we have set up this webpage to track speedruns and their records.

A speedrun is the total time it takes to travel through all BART stations.

In 2024, several graduate students from UC Berkeley successfully applied to the Guinness World Records to make it an official category. Strict requirements and rules were set including having official witnesses, timestamped photographic and video evidence, a log book, and more. The guidelines clarify what counts and factors in scenarios such as closed stations and such. View the Official Guinness World Records Guidelines Pack (courtesy Ameen DaCosta).

The current "official" Guinness record is 5 hours, 47 minutes, and 42 seconds.
The current "unofficial" record is 5 hours, 30 minutes, and 26 seconds.

BART Speedruns That We Know About (in chronological order)

In August 2024, Bay Area resident and youtuber Adam did it in 5 hours, 50 minutes, and 14 seconds. Watch his entertaining YouTube video documenting his speedrun and his ice cream treat at the end.
In May 2024, Enzo Wu and Sabi did it in 5 hours, 30 minutes, and 26 seconds. Watch their awesome explainer video of all the work (and practice) they put into lining up their speedrun (it all comes down to BART to OAK timing!). Note: they didn't follow the Guinness World record guidelines and is the current unofficial record.
In March 2024, a group of seven UC Berkeley students and friends accomplished a speedrun in 5 hours, 47 minutes, and 42 seconds. This is the current official Guinness World Record certified BART speedrun as they followed all guidelines. The students were part of The Transportation Graduate Students Organizing Committee (TRANSOC) which is a graduate student organization at UC Berkeley composed of students from engineering, planning, public policy, and other related disciplines specializing in transportation.
- The TRANSOC members who were part of the BART World Record event are:
  - Winnie Zhuang (co-president)
  - Melody Tsao (co-president)
  - Ameen DaCosta
  - Paul Liu
  - Jacob Champlin
  - Mike Santos
  - and their cameraman Chance Wen

Watch their livestream on YouTube.

In January 2024, Sabi did it in 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 8 seconds. Watch their YouTube video.
In July 2022, Hayden Miller (aka HaydenM16) did it in 6 hours, 4 minutes, and 54 seconds. Check out their Twitter thread.
In July 2021, (BART had 50 stations), Miles Taylor (aka Miles in Transit) accomplished a speedrun in 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 51 seconds. Read our story about his adventure. And check out his twitter thread. Noteworthy comment, this was when BART had 30 minutes headways.
In July 2012, when BART had 44 stations, Jim Yu did it in 5 hours and 37 minutes. Read his blog post outlining his journey and the path he took.