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 were set including having official witnesses throughout the trip, photos at every station, and as much video evidence as possible.

BART Speedruns That We Know About 

• 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!). 
• In March 2024, a group of seven UC Berkeley students and friends accomplished a speedrun in 5 hours, 47 minutes, and 42 seconds. 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 or 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. 

Did you do a BART speedrun with documentation that isn't listed? Email us [email protected].