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World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce the IUF World Record on Time Trial 24h Unlimited by male.

The IUF World Record Committee has confirmed the performance of Ken Looi (New Zealand) on his attempt of Time Trial 24h Unlimited as IUF World Record in compliance with the IUF World Record Guidelines and the current IUF Rulebook.

Ken in 24 hour period rode astonishing distance of 455.235 km.

It was Ken’s second attempt this year. More details on the attempt we can read on Ken’s personal blog. link

The previous record of 453.8 km had been held by Saw Wakeling (UK) since 2007.

Congratulations Ken!

Ken Looi on his record braking 24h Time Trial attempt, Wellington, New Zealand, 18th January 2025. Photo by: Anna Bailey

World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce the IUF World Record on Slow Balance Backward by female.

New record on Slow Balance Backward of 3min26.7s (or 206.7s) was performed by Ana Schrödinger (Germany) at CFM 2024 in Brumath, France at the 28th of October 2024.

Congratulations Ana!

Ana Schrödinger during her record breaking attempt at CFM 2024, Brumath, France, 28 October 2024. Photo credit: Coupe de France de Monocycle 2024 / Burgun

IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce the IUF World Record on Long Jump on Platform by male.

Since the rules has been changed in 2019, this is the first record claimed in this category by male.

World Record in Long Jump on Platform with result of 245 cm was performed by Johannes Baumkirchner (Austria) at Unicon20 in Grenoble, France at the 1st August 2022.

Congratulations Johannes!

Johannes Baumkirchner during his final run at Unicon 20, Grenoble, France, 1st August 2022. Photo by: Romain Delubac

IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce another two IUF World Records that have been set in year 2024.

The IUF World Record Committee has confirmed the performance of Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer in Marathon Standard and the performance of Timo Hirschmann in 10 km Unlimited, both at CFM 2024 (Coupe de France de Monocycle), as IUF World Record in compliance with the IUF World Record Guidelines and the current IUF Rulebook.

Both athletes were already holding IUF World Records.

Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer (Belgium), has sharpened owned by him record in Marathon Standard, from 1hr34min32s to 1hr32min19s.
Timo Hirschmann (Germany), holder of the IUF record on Marathon Unlimited from May 2024, has set a record in 10 km Unlimited with time 17min29s, with previous record holder Simon Jan (France) crossing the finish line just after his back. Past record time was 18min17s.

Both athletes has once again proved their unmatched skills. Congratullations!

Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer setting World Record in Marthon Standard, Haguenau, France, 27 October 2024, Photo credit: Coupe de France de Monocycle 2024 / Lagache
Timo Hirschmann setting World Record in 10km Unlimited, Brumath, France, 1 November 2024, Photo credit: Coupe de France de Monocycle 2024 / Burgun

IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

IUF Rulebook Committee 2025

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After every Unicon, a new IUF Rulebook Committee is created. This committee works to develop the next version of the IUF Rulebook. If you wish to join the 2025 rulebook committee, this message is for you.

The rulebook committee will be divided in two main committees:

  • Main Committee
  • Age Groups

and eleven sub-committees:

  • Track (Part 2)
  • Road Racing (Part 3)
  • Muni (Parts 4, 5)
  • Freestyle (Part 6)
  • X-Style (Part 8)
  • Flatland (Part 9)
  • Street (Part 10)
  • Trials (Parts 11, 12)
  • Jumps (Part 13)
  • Hockey (Part 14)
  • Basketball (Part 15)


Inside each committee, knowledgeable people will discuss possible rule changes, then submit proposals to edit, remove or add new rules. As these rules pass, they will be sent to the main committee where they will be approved, edited or sent back to the sub-committee.

If you are interested to join the 2025 IUF Rulebook Committee, please fill out the form with the link below.

https://iuf-rulebook-2025.committees.unicycling-software.com/users/sign_in

Important: 22 January 2025 is the last day to fill out the form and apply for becoming member of any of the committees

World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce IUF World Record on Long Jump on Platform.

The IUF World Record Committee has confirmed the performance of Roos Seegers (Netherlands) in Long Jump onto Platform at UNICON21 as IUF World Record in compliance with the IUF World Record Guidelines and the current IUF Rulebook.

New record with result of: 1.76m was set at UNICON21 in Bemidji, USA at the 16th of July 2024.

Congratulations Roos

Roos Seegers during her qualification run at Unicon 21, Bemidji, USA, 16th July 2024. Photo by: William Haun

IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

World Record Announcement

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We are pleased to announce new IUF World Record on Marathon Standard.

The IUF World Record Committee has verified and acknowledged the world record of Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer on a “standard” (29 Class) wheel on the marathon (42.195 km) in the male category.

New record was set on November 1, 2023, in the marathon road race of Coupe de France de Monocycle near Herrlisheim (France), with time of 1:34:32.

The previous World Record was set by Rolf Leonhardt from Germany in 2016, with a time of 1:40:40.

Congratulations Gert-Jan

Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer setting World Record in Marthon Standard, Herrlisheim,France, November 1, 2023. Photo by: Claude Rebert

IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

IUF Rulebook Committee 2022/2023

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After every Unicon, a new IUF Rulebook Committee is created. This committee works to develop the next version of the IUF Rulebook. If you wish to join the 2022/23 rulebook committee, this message is for you.

The rulebook committee will be divided in sub-committees:

  • Main Committee
  • Freestyle
  • X-Style
  • Muni
  • Road Racing
  • Basketball
  • Hockey
  • Track
  • Flatland
  • Street
  • Trials
  • Jumps
  • Age Groups

Inside each committee, knowledgeable people will submit proposals to edit, remove or add new rules. As these rules pass, they will be sent to the main committee where they will be approved, edited or sent back to the sub-committee.

If you are interested to join the 2022/23 IUF Rulebook Committee, please fill out the form with the link below.

https://iuf-rulebook-2022.committees.unicycling-software.com/users/sign_in

Important dates:

2 April 2023: committees begin discussions
22 April 2023: last day to join one of the committees

Additionally, there is a Skill Level Committee which works independently of the Rulebook Committee and has already started to work. You can also join it by following the same link above.

New squad of the IUF Board of Directors

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It is with pleasure to announce of recently elected new directors of the Federation. With two people leaving and four joining the board, it is a significant change of the squad. Before we welcome new members of the board I would like to thank the leaving members Ken Looi and Olaf Schlote. Both served to the Board of Directors for way over decade, Ken for 17 and Olaf for 15 years!!!

Thank you Olaf and Ken for your long term and valuable service to the Federation and in general, to the unicycling community.

The new Board members are: Joshua Ehrlich (USA), Mark Fabian (HU), Emma Kvist (DK) and Francois Wurmser (FR). Welcome on board.

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