UTMB Finals Registration Melts Servers on First Day

Today, December 19th is the first day for runners to register for the UTMB Finals in Chamonix for 2025. The servers processing the pre-registration for the lottery for UTMB, CCC, OCC, and other events during the week completely melted down:

This year again, even more of you are eager to participate in our events, and we are deeply moved by your support. Due to this overwhelming excitement, our websites experienced technical issues during the opening of registrations today at 11 a.m.

UTMB made some adjustments, staggered the times for registration for the various events:

Pre-registrations for the UTMB World Series Finals will reopen tomorrow (20.12) at 11 a.m. (CET). We remind you that you have until January 9 to finalize your pre-registration, with equal chances whether you register on the first or the last day.

• Registrations for the TDS will reopen today at 2 p.m.
• Registrations for the MCC open at 3:00 PM. We remind you that the registration priority is 24 hours reserved for residents of the 21 municipalities organizing the HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc. Tomorrow at 3:00 PM, it will open for residents of neighboring regions: Valais, Aosta Valley, Savoie, and Haute-Savoie.
• Registrations for the ETC and YCC will reopen today at 4 p.m.

I bet these last few hours of what was supposed to be the first hours UTMB registration were quite stressful at the UTMB headquarters in Chamonix/Annecy. But this happens to the best, some even allow this to happen as a marketing strategy – hello Nintendo, Meta.

Tomorrow is another day, and then there’s another… you got until January 9th to put your running stones to good use. Pre-registering early doesn’t get you higher up in the lottery.