German national champion
Won Germany’s race at the World Team Championship with 69 yards; Niko Langner was the last to stop on 68.
Athlete profile · Sources reviewed Oct 20, 2026
Martin Stiller
German national champion at the 2026 World Team Championship
Martin Stiller is a German backyard ultrarunner who won Germany’s race at the 2026 World Team Championship with 69 yards, after 66 at Last Soul Ultra.
Germany
National champion at the World Team Championship · 69 yardsBackyard Ultra World Team Championship 2026 · National champion
Won the national race with 69 yards
Completed yard 69 alone as the last runner standing for Germany. Germany’s national race is over: the team finished on 620 yards, 15th in the standings at this point.
Final results after yard 124 (16:07 UTC, 22 October), matching the organizer's official leaderboard. Organizer results ↗ Championship guide →
The record so far
Martin Stiller emerged as a leading German backyard runner in 2026. In May he won the inaugural GreenLoop Backyard in Nüdlingen after completing 51 yards, or roughly 342 kilometers, through unusually hot conditions.
Three months later he went deeper at Last Soul Ultra 2.0, completing 66 yards and 442.6 kilometers before not starting yard 67. The official timing feed placed him in the final five and marked a 15-yard improvement within three months.
At the 2026 World Team Championship he won Germany’s national race in Simmerath. He completed 69 yards, about 462.7 kilometers, and finished the 69th alone after Niko Langner stopped on 68. That beat his Last Soul total by three yards. The national title makes him one of the satellite champions in contention for the 50 champion places at Big’s Backyard Ultra in 2027.
Defining performances
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Last Soul final five
Completed 66 yards and finished fifth in the 160-starter field.
GreenLoop Backyard winner
Won the Nüdlingen backyard race with 51 completed yards and approximately 342 kilometers.
Three 50-plus-yard results
Followed his first published 50-yard performance with 66 yards at Last Soul and 69 at the World Team Championship, all between May and October 2026.
Performance history
Selected results, not a complete race history. Rankings and record descriptions reflect the cited sources at their review dates. Distances may use different rounding conventions.
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Ultra World Team Championship 2026 · GermanyBackyard ultraCompleted yard 69 alone at the Simmerath site. | 69 yards · 462.7 km | National winner | View ↗ | |
| Last Soul Ultra 2.0Backyard ultraCompleted yard 66 and did not start yard 67. | 66 yards · 442.6 km | 5th overall | View ↗ | |
| GreenLoop BackyardBackyard ultra | 51 yards · approximately 342.0 km | Winner | View ↗ |
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