Squad · as of 19 August 2026 · qualifying closed

The fifteen

Qualifying ran from 16 August 2024 to 15 August 2026. Two of the fifteen got in by winning a qualifying race outright — a Silver Ticket. The other thirteen came off the At Large list, ranked by their best loop count in that window.

15 runners · swipe
Nima Javaheri01

Nima
Javaheri

Silver Ticket · Team Captain

Qualifying

59

Best

59

Matteo Tenchio02

Matteo
Tenchio

At Large

Qualifying

58

Best

62

Ismael Röthlisberger03

Ismael
Röthlisberger

At Large

Qualifying

40

Best

40

Marc Schneider04

Marc
Schneider

At Large

Qualifying

40

Best

40

Nicolas Lehmann05

Nicolas
Lehmann

At Large

Qualifying

38

Best

38

Felix Stamm06

Felix
Stamm

Silver Ticket

Qualifying

37

Best

37

Mona Winter07

Mona
Winter

At Large

Qualifying

35

Best

35

Doron De Wolf08

Doron
De Wolf

At Large

Qualifying

33

Best

33

Pierre Biege09

Pierre
Biege

At Large

Qualifying

33

Best

33

Julian Schneckenburger10

Julian
Schneckenburger

At Large

Qualifying

32

Best

33

Andrea Pestoni11

Andrea
Pestoni

At Large

Qualifying

32

Best

32

Francois Gervaix12

Francois
Gervaix

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

Daniel Schwitter13

Daniel
Schwitter

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

Jörg Desteffani14

Jörg
Desteffani

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

34

Sebastian Kopp15

Sebastian
Kopp

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

All fifteen, as a list
PosNameHow they got inQualBestTeam championships
01Nima JavaheriTeam CaptainSilver Ticket59592022: 35 · 2024: 59
02Matteo TenchioAt Large58622024: 58
03Ismael RöthlisbergerAt Large4040first time
04Marc SchneiderAt Large40402024: 33
05Nicolas LehmannAt Large38382024: 38
06Felix StammSilver Ticket37372024: 32
07Mona WinterAt Large3535first time
08Doron De WolfAt Large3333first time
09Pierre BiegeAt Large3333first time
10Julian SchneckenburgerAt Large32332024: 31
11Andrea PestoniAt Large3232first time
12Francois GervaixAt Large3030first time
13Daniel SchwitterAt Large30302024: 30
14Jörg DesteffaniAt Large30342022: 34 · 2024: 30
15Sebastian KoppAt Large30302024: 24

Qual is the best loop count inside the qualifying window, 16 August 2024 to 15 August 2026 — that is what selects the team. Best is the runner’s career best; where it is higher, that race fell outside the window. Team championship loop counts from the 2020, 2022 and 2024 Swiss results.

Race organisation

Race Director

Jan Bruhnsen

  • Organisation and infrastructure
  • Enforcing rules
  • Athlete safety

Co-Race Director

Christian Pötzsch

  • Whatever Jan can't do

Team Manager

Carsten Drilling

  • Masseur
  • Psychotherapist
  • Chef
  • Coach

Team Captain

Nima Javaheri

  • Motivational speaker
  • Arranges training
  • Runners support