50 stations in 6 hours: Join a group BART speedrun on Sunday, September 14
A group of Bay Area high schoolers are inspiring people to get on BART for Transit Month by doing something big, bold, and potentially record-breaking.
On Sunday, September 14, starting at 10am, dozens of transit enthusiasts will gather at Millbrae Station and spend the next 5 hours and 55 minutes visiting every single BART station – and doing it as fast as possible.
Speedrunning has become a big trend in transit. The idea is travel through every single stop on a transit system in as little time as possible. More than 20 speedrun attempts have been made on BART since 2012 (that BART knows about). BART tracks speedruns on our dedicated webpage.
Co-organizers Harvy Chang, Matthew Leon, Seeger M, and David Rabinovich hope to see more than one hundred people turn out for what they’ve deemed Speedrun Day 2025, hosted by the California High School Transit Alliance (CalHSTA). During the BART speedrun, their comrades in Southern California will be speedrunning the San Diego Trolley.
The organizers don’t foresee breaking any speed records on Sunday, but they do intend to gather the largest number of people for a single speedrun of any national transit agency ever.
“We wanted to do this during Transit Month because gathering a bunch of people to have fun on transit is the spirit of the month,” said Chang, who meticulously planned the schedule for the day, down to the minute. View the full schedule here.
On the train, there will also be trivia about the various stretches of track they're traveling on with transit-themed prizes.
Speedrun Day is about making connections in the most literal sense – you miss one transfer, and you’re whole speedrun is thrown off – but also connecting with other transit riders, enthusiasts, and advocates.
It’s also an efficient way to take un tour de Bay Area. BART is a massive system that covers a huge swath of the region. When you travel all 131 miles of BART trackway in six hours, you get an exhilarating sense of the patchwork of places, climates, and people that make up the region.
Organizers encourage people to join for the full speedrun or to hop on along the route. If the group does miss a transfer, they’ll let folks know at the top of the schedule document and on social media (follow CalHSTA on Instagram and Bluesky).
You’ll need $30 on your Clipper card to cover the cost of fares for the whole run (plus cost of travel to Millbrae Station). Organizers encourage attendees to bring water and whatever else they might need to comfortably ride trains for six hours.
What: 53rd Anniversary BART Speedrun
When: Sunday, September 14, starts at 10am at Millbrae Station
Route/Schedule: docs.google.com/document/d/1MuIP_cFx_CLyOLAl5ALUdRu6MIdru02xsh3SkY-9feE/edit?usp=sharing
RSVP: luma.com/yj73dmrc
CalHSTA social media: Instagram (@calhstatransit) and Bluesky (@calhstatransit.org)
More on BART Speedruns
A speedrun is the total time it takes to travel through all BART stations. BART tracks speedrun records on bart.gov/news/fun/speedrun.
In 2024, UC Berkeley grad students applied to the Guinness World Records to make speedrunning an official category. The current official GWR record is 5 hours, 47 minutes, and 35 seconds, though a new record of 5 hours, 43 minutes, and 10 seconds was submitted to GWR in July 2025 and awaits word from the organization.
Listen to our podcast with some of BART’s most prolific speedrunners here.
Did you do a BART speedrun with documentation that isn't listed? Even if it doesn't break a record, email us at [email protected] to be added to the page.
Our speedrun page inspired some transit fans to start transitruns.org to provide a worldwide centralized website to compile leaderboards. The website details the basic of speedrunning, how to compile evidence, recommended timing standards, and other FAQs.