Cayuga Lake — United States

Cayuga - Ithaca

41.4 km
Distance
Cayuga ↔ Ithaca
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
4
Swimmers
4
Countries
1
Women
67%
Median time
21:36
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

121985199019952000200520102015
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
201810121:3621:36
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2016000——
201510123:2623:26
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198422020:0020:00

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

123JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June125%
July00%
August375%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

67%Women
  • Women2 · 50%
  • Men1 · 25%
  • Relays or not stated1 · 25%

Equipment and format

4Crossings
  • Skin · Solo2 · 50%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo2 · 50%

Starting side

4Crossings
  • From Cayuga3 · 75%
  • Direction not declared1 · 25%

Where swimmers come from

1Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States2 · 100%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

0.51<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: David Barra🇺🇸, 50 · Oldest: David Barra🇺🇸, 50

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 21:40:40, median 21:36.

0.5120:0020:3021:0021:3022:0022:3023:00

Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

20:07:2521:4323:18:35199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

21:39:5822:3123:22:022015201620172018
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 1984Claire de Boer20:00—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jun 11, 2018Caroline Block🇺🇸21:36−1:50
Aug 9, 2015David Barra🇺🇸23:26—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States2121:36David Barra🇺🇸 · Aug 9, 2015

Where swimmers land

  • Treman State Marine Park in Ithaca2
  • Ithaca1

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.