Yosemite Climbing Records

View from above looking down at someone rockclimbing up. The photographers foot is visible against the rock face.
Disclaimer

This stuff is collected from assorted sources; it's accuracy is both a function of my memory and the honesty of the climbers involved.

A better site for speedclimbing records is 

Speed Records: Freeclimbs

  • Nutcracker: 8:47 (solo, Middendorf)
  • Royal Arches: 57 mins car-to-car (Potter, 1998)
  • Snake Dike: 3 hrs car-to-car (Potter, 1998)
  • Chouinard-Herbert: 4:00 (Middendorf, Suzuki, 1985)
  • Steck-Salathe: 56 mins (Bridwell, Kauk)
  • West Face, Sentinel: 4:30 (Long, Schmitz, 1976)
  • Reg Rte Fairview: 17 mins (solo, Bachar)
  • Astroman: 1:20 (solo, Croft)
  • Rostrum: 1:30 (Croft, Schultz, 1992 (Croft has prob soloed it in less))

Speed Records: Walls

  • ---El Capitan---
  • Mr. Midwest: 13:39 (Coward, Harrell, 1999)
  • West Face: 2:20 (Croft, Schultz, 1991)
  • Lurking Fear: 5:17 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
  • West Buttress: 18:01 (Schneider, Schoen, 1994)
  • Octopussy: 27:00 (Bengston, Gerberding, Harpole, 1993)
  • Aquarian: 23:18 (Coward, Murphy, Schneider, 1996)
  • Dihedral Wall (West Butt Finish): 27:38 (Deger, Schneider, 1994)
  • Salathe: 6:32 (Harrell, Herson, 1999)
  • <>Co-ed record: 12:00 (Feagin, Florine, 1993)
  • Muir Wall: 23:29 (Florine, MacNamara, 1996)
  • Sunkist: 19:24 (Florine, Melvin, Schneider, 1999)
  • Shield: 10:58 (Wright, MacNamara, 1999)
  • Triple Direct: 8:20 (Garibotti, Wainwright, 1994)
  • Muir Wall: 27:30 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1992)
  • Grape Race: 13:25 (MacNamara, Pereya, 1999)
  • The Nose: 4:22 (Croft, Florine, 1992)
  • <>Co-ed record: 8:17 (Florine, Hill, 1993)
  • <>Female record: 16:30 (Watkins, Wong, 1996)
  • Tribal Rite: 23:33 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1994)
  • Wall of the Early Morning Light: 25:05 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1991)
  • Mescalito: 23:28 (Mitrovich, Pereya, Potter, 1998)
  • NA Wall: 9:36 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
  • Lost in America: 24:47 (McNamara, Synnott, Thaw, 1997)
  • New Jersey Turnpike: 24:48 (Bengston, Gerberding, Stowe, 1997)
  • Atlantic Ocean Wall: 50:00 (D. Benegas, W. Benegas, Lawson, Ogden, 1997)
  • Aurora: 23:44 (Brian McMillan and Miles Smart, 1998)
  • Tangerine Trip: 11:56 (Potter, Smart, 1999)
  • Shortest Straw: 17:52 (George, Mittrovich, and Brett ??, 1999)
  • Zodiac 7:04 (MacNamara, Smart, 1999)
  • Bad Seed 19:12 (Florine, McRay, Willoughby, 1998)
  • Eagle's Way: 10:40 (Wright, O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
  • Chinese Water Torture: 17:15 (Allred, Schneider, Stowe, 1990)
  • ---Washington Column---
  • South Central: 5:30 (Cashner, Corbett, 1984)
  • Southern Man: 7:33 (Brian "Mr. Way" Knight, Ben Zartman, 1996)
  • South Face: 1:59 (Potter and Wright, 2000)
  • The Prow: 3:12 (O'Neil, Smart, 1999)
  • Ten Days After: 13:20 (W. Benegas, Ogden, 1996)
  • ---Other---
  • Reg Rte, Half Dome: 1:53:25 (Herson, Florine, 1999)
  • <>Co-ed record: 6:02 (Florine, Feagin, 1998)
  • <>Female record: 9:45 (Watkins, Wong, 1996)
  • Direct, Half Dome: 8:20 (Pereya, Potter, 1998)
  • Direct, Lost Arrow: 8:15 (Middendorf, Schultz, 1984)
  • South Face, Watkins: 8:30 (Croft, Schultz)
  • Southwest Face, Lib Cap: 13:00 (Cashner, Corbett, 1985)
  • West Face, Leaning Tower: 3:22 (Florine, Puhvel, 1996)

Speed Records: Wall Solos

  • Lurking Fear: 13:13 (MacNamara, 1998)
  • Salathe: 21:44 (Schneider, 1992)
  • The Nose: 12:59 (Potter, 1999)
  • Zodiac: 9:15 (Smart, 1999)
  • South Face Wash Col: 7:40 (Blanchard, 1990)
  • The Prow: 7:50 (Puhvel and Jason Smith, both solo)
  • South Face, Watkins: 22:10 (Gagner, 1990)
  • Reg Rte, Half Dome: 3:57 (Florine, 1999)
  • Direct, Half Dome: 11:25 (Smart, 1999)
  • West Face, Leaning Tower: 5:56 (Florine, 1996)
  • <> Female record: 25:00 (Roxanna Brock, 1998)