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Rtanj Vertikal
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Rtanj Vertikal

6.0km·950m+
May 31
Rtanj,
Serbia
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Rtanj Vertikal · Race profile

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Distance
6.0km
Gain
950m+
FlatKM
12.1
Max
1533m
Min
614m

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About Rtanj Vertikal

Rtanj Vertikal is the 6.0km vertical kilometre at Rtanj Vertikal 2025 (Rtanj, Serbia). The race starts on May 31, 2025.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Steep 34% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
  • Control your HR on the first climb.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.4km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Home · 1.4km–4.5km · Climb of 918m, high point 1533m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 950m+. With 158m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 100% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 4.5km at an average 20.2% grade (918m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 34.3% over 1.4km. Surface: 57% trail and 42% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 12.1 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Šiljak (1560m), 4.5km from the start.

Poles

Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 2.7km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

Results

100 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Aleksa Banković (Serbia) in 45:16. Women's winner: Ljiljana Krasić (Serbia) in 57:34.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Rtanj Vertikal.

Other editions of Rtanj Vertikal2026

Official websiteruntrace.net/rtanj2025?race_id=1087