Launching the 2016 Vertical World Circuit, some of world’s top skyscraper racers will join more than 1,000 participants in Shelter’s Vertical Rush on March 8th to the top of Tower 42 in the heart of London’s financial centre. Celebrating eight years of activity, the 2016 Vertical World Circuit continues its upward climb launching with the […]
Vertical World Circuit superstars Suzy Walsham and Piotr Lobodzinski are crowned champions at the Grand Finale on Hong Kong’s highest building, the iconic International Commerce Centre. The two reigning champions were unbeatable after scoring five out of the necessary four wins of the eight-race circuit. Australians Darren Wilson and Suzy Walsham were the race winners […]
30 November, 2015 For the third consecutive year, on December 6, the Vertical World Circuit will hold the finals of the eight-race tour on Hong Kong’s highest building, the iconic International Commerce Centre towering 484m above the South China Sea. It’s natural that one of the world’s most vertical cities should host the cirucit’s […]
Poland’s Piotr Lobodzinski and China’s Gan Xue won the seventh stage of the 2015 Vertical World Circuit at Shanghai’s Two International Finance Centre Tower Sunday, October 25. A record attendance of more than 1,400 runners lined up to tackle the 1,460 steps and 54 floors. It wasn’t just a record attendance, but also a […]
A record attendance of more than 1,400 runners are lining up for Sunday’s Vertical World Circuit at the Race to Shanghai IFC where the world’s top specialists will compete to score ranking points in the circuit’s semi finals. 1,460 steps up 54 floors is the challenge awaiting the runners. Heading the ranking is 2014 Vertical […]
China’s capital city Beijing hosted for the third time round a race up the city’s tallest skyscraper: 82 floors and 2,041 steps at the China World Summit Wing Hotel Vertical Run with a new men’s record. The 6th leg of the Vertical World Circuit took place on September 19 with 800 runners from 20 […]
Beijing hosts the 6th race of the Vertical World Circuit, Saturday, September 19 at the China World Summit Wing Hotel Vertical Run. The challenge lies in the 2,041 steps of the 82-floors of the city’s tallest skyscraper where nearly 1,000 runners from 20 countries will take part in the third edition of the event. 2014 […]
Sydney, August 23, 2015 Suzy Walsham, reigning VWC Champion and Mark Bourne, 2013 champion, proved they’re always on top of the world and in the face of 800 competitors, took the win in the 5th leg of the circuit in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney Tower Stair Challenge, climbs 1,504 steps up to the Observation Deck […]
Sydney, Australia, 20 July 2015 – One of Australia’s largest stair climbing races has been selected as an Official Race on the 2015 Vertical World Circuit (VWC), the world’s premier skyscraper racing circuit, uniting some of the world’s most iconic skyscraper races, including the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York City. The Sydney Tower […]
Hong Kong, 9 July 2015 Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) is organizing the fourth ‘SHKP Vertical Run for Charity’ this year; once again hosting the final two big events in the Vertical World Circuit: the ‘Race to Hong Kong ICC’ on 6 December and ‘Race to Shanghai IFC’ on 25 October. The Hong Kong […]
