Ka Lae (South Point)
Naalehu, Hawaii, USA
Ka Lae (South Point)
Distance: 29.70 km
Elevation Gain: 596 m
Elevation Loss: 380 m
Difficulty:
348 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 1.87 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.23 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 12 m
Max elevation: 592 m
Ride Category:
Hilly
Down, then up the gentle slopes of mighty Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world. Ka Lae (Hawaiian: the point), also known as South Point or South Cape, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District. The area is also known for its strong ocean currents and winds and is the home of a wind farm. A confluence of ocean currents just offshore makes this spot one of Hawaii’s most popular fishing spots. Both red snapper and ulua are plentiful here. Locals fish from the cliffs, some dangling perilously over the edge of steep lava ledges. Swimming here, however, is not recommended, due to the current. In 1961 it was on the list of final sites to be considered by NASA to launch manned rockets to space, but was considered too remote.
| Rank | Rider | Date | Time | Power | W/kg | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Cactus ITA | Nov 04, 2020 | 00:56:57 | 299 W | 4.27 w/kg | 31.31 km/h |
| 🥈 | Alan Gunner | Jan 06, 2020 | 00:57:16 | 263 W | 3.83 w/kg | 31.14 km/h |
| 🥉 | Tom Smeets | Oct 31, 2021 | 00:57:36 | 277 W | 3.79 w/kg | 30.96 km/h |
| 4 | Des Garrett | Sep 10, 2019 | 00:57:39 | 306 W | 3.34 w/kg | 30.93 km/h |
| 5 | stephansluijmers@xs4all.nl | Dec 11, 2019 | 00:58:11 | 314 W | 3.38 w/kg | 30.65 km/h |
| 6 | Chris Ashley | Dec 24, 2021 | 00:59:54 | 258 W | 3.53 w/kg | 29.77 km/h |
| 7 | Raf Van Grieken | Dec 17, 2022 | 01:00:11 | 269 W | 3.59 w/kg | 29.63 km/h |
| 8 | Geir Skaugen | Apr 08, 2020 | 01:00:27 | 287 W | 3.19 w/kg | 29.50 km/h |
| 9 | R VB | Dec 12, 2019 | 01:00:43 | 278 W | 3.27 w/kg | 29.37 km/h |
| 10 | Tigo Star | Jan 04, 2021 | 01:00:56 | 268 W | 3.44 w/kg | 29.27 km/h |
| 11 | R. Koot | Jun 16, 2020 | 01:02:37 | 199 W | 3.52 w/kg | 28.48 km/h |
| 12 | Carlos Gonçalves | Dec 12, 2019 | 01:03:07 | 224 W | 3.20 w/kg | 28.25 km/h |
| 13 | D Speelman | Apr 15, 2020 | 01:03:29 | 231 W | 2.96 w/kg | 28.09 km/h |
| 14 | Loizon Francis | Nov 27, 2020 | 01:04:00 | 224 W | 2.99 w/kg | 27.86 km/h |
| 15 | Martin Budd | Aug 24, 2019 | 01:04:06 | 226 W | 3.15 w/kg | 27.82 km/h |
| 16 | Jose Leandro | May 25, 2020 | 01:05:31 | 207 W | 2.84 w/kg | 27.22 km/h |
| 17 | Bob Anderson | Jan 14, 2020 | 01:05:42 | 242 W | 2.69 w/kg | 27.14 km/h |
| 18 | Uwe Altmann | Dec 15, 2019 | 01:05:51 | 214 W | 2.74 w/kg | 27.08 km/h |
| 19 | Emiel Keizer | Jun 04, 2022 | 01:06:06 | 209 W | 3.07 w/kg | 26.98 km/h |
| 20 | B E | Dec 15, 2019 | 01:06:34 | 217 W | 3.06 w/kg | 26.79 km/h |
| 21 | Sławek Bikeman | Apr 16, 2020 | 01:06:50 | 229 W | 2.97 w/kg | 26.68 km/h |
| 22 | jacek c | Apr 15, 2021 | 01:07:04 | 186 W | 2.95 w/kg | 26.59 km/h |
| 23 | Indalecio Lekerika | Mar 16, 2023 | 01:07:10 | 176 W | 3.32 w/kg | 26.55 km/h |
| 24 | JOSE AFONSO | Jan 15, 2020 | 01:07:16 | 212 W | 2.81 w/kg | 26.51 km/h |
| 25 | Goran Meglaj | Dec 23, 2019 | 01:08:15 | 209 W | 2.61 w/kg | 26.13 km/h |
| 26 | earthboundhomes | Jun 24, 2020 | 01:08:18 | 227 W | 2.55 w/kg | 26.11 km/h |
| 27 | Xavier MEISSE | Apr 13, 2020 | 01:08:30 | 182 W | 2.94 w/kg | 26.03 km/h |
| 28 | Maarten Hendriks | Feb 27, 2020 | 01:08:54 | 183 W | 3.05 w/kg | 25.88 km/h |
| 29 | Yves Livernois | Dec 12, 2019 | 01:09:19 | 202 W | 2.69 w/kg | 25.73 km/h |
| 30 | David Avery | Feb 01, 2020 | 01:09:33 | 211 W | 2.54 w/kg | 25.64 km/h |
| 31 | Igor Tatarinov | May 27, 2020 | 01:09:39 | 209 W | 2.56 w/kg | 25.60 km/h |
| 32 | Fabio Zanirato | Mar 18, 2025 | 01:10:26 | 163 W | 2.91 w/kg | 25.32 km/h |
| 33 | Remco Doodkorte | Jan 09, 2021 | 01:10:43 | 206 W | 2.58 w/kg | 25.22 km/h |
| 34 | JJosef Kluson | Dec 29, 2020 | 01:10:46 | 186 W | 2.48 w/kg | 25.20 km/h |
| 35 | christian soulard | Dec 14, 2020 | 01:11:20 | 174 W | 2.76 w/kg | 25.00 km/h |
| 36 | Paul Brooks | Jun 23, 2020 | 01:11:31 | 185 W | 2.76 w/kg | 24.94 km/h |
| 37 | Gert-Jan Otten | Dec 14, 2019 | 01:12:13 | 196 W | 2.45 w/kg | 24.69 km/h |
| 38 | Eva Klusoňová | Dec 20, 2021 | 01:12:58 | 186 W | 2.48 w/kg | 24.44 km/h |
| 39 | Eric Lanier | Dec 11, 2019 | 01:12:59 | 169 W | 2.60 w/kg | 24.43 km/h |
| 40 | Roman Mospan | Oct 12, 2024 | 01:13:16 | 191 W | 2.58 w/kg | 24.34 km/h |
| 41 | Mike 8008 | Dec 09, 2024 | 01:13:16 | 211 W | 2.40 w/kg | 24.34 km/h |
| 42 | Christopher Epo | Aug 24, 2019 | 01:13:37 | 201 W | 2.34 w/kg | 24.22 km/h |
| 43 | Jan Theron | Sep 24, 2025 | 01:13:58 | 172 W | 2.46 w/kg | 24.11 km/h |
| 44 | Markus Leitner | Dec 18, 2019 | 01:14:13 | 204 W | 2.37 w/kg | 24.03 km/h |
| 45 | enrique c | May 08, 2020 | 01:14:16 | 177 W | 2.39 w/kg | 24.01 km/h |
| 46 | jeanette peterson | Dec 12, 2019 | 01:15:45 | 145 W | 2.37 w/kg | 23.54 km/h |
| 47 | Couvercelle Olivier | Oct 30, 2022 | 01:15:51 | 171 W | 2.28 w/kg | 23.51 km/h |
| 48 | GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ | Feb 20, 2020 | 01:15:54 | 167 W | 2.53 w/kg | 23.50 km/h |
| 49 | Stefan Baar | Dec 11, 2019 | 01:16:05 | 185 W | 2.20 w/kg | 23.44 km/h |
| 50 | Marcin Spychała | Mar 17, 2021 | 01:16:21 | 222 W | 2.11 w/kg | 23.36 km/h |
| 51 | Kees Janssen | Oct 28, 2020 | 01:16:56 | 151 W | 2.44 w/kg | 23.18 km/h |
| 52 | tony court | Feb 08, 2020 | 01:17:25 | 197 W | 2.19 w/kg | 23.04 km/h |
| 53 | Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen | Mar 23, 2021 | 01:17:51 | 167 W | 1.90 w/kg | 22.91 km/h |
| 54 | Lesquale | May 02, 2020 | 01:18:09 | 182 W | 2.09 w/kg | 22.82 km/h |
| 55 | Sir Steve | Nov 28, 2020 | 01:18:18 | 169 W | 2.25 w/kg | 22.78 km/h |
| 56 | J F | Oct 01, 2023 | 01:19:07 | 177 W | 2.01 w/kg | 22.54 km/h |
| 57 | Leonardo Cioci | Dec 24, 2019 | 01:19:46 | 160 W | 2.00 w/kg | 22.36 km/h |
| 58 | Cédric Lamathe | Feb 21, 2020 | 01:19:49 | 151 W | 2.36 w/kg | 22.34 km/h |
| 59 | Jos Carboex | Mar 11, 2021 | 01:21:17 | 161 W | 2.15 w/kg | 21.94 km/h |
| 60 | Matthias Marquardt | Dec 14, 2019 | 01:21:22 | 143 W | 2.20 w/kg | 21.92 km/h |
| 61 | Hans Petiet | Oct 07, 2019 | 01:21:47 | 161 W | 2.24 w/kg | 21.81 km/h |
| 62 | dimitri floury | Apr 19, 2020 | 01:22:30 | 157 W | 2.09 w/kg | 21.62 km/h |
| 63 | Inge Schimann | Jan 14, 2020 | 01:23:24 | 148 W | 2.11 w/kg | 21.38 km/h |
| 64 | Jackie Grosmaire | Apr 17, 2020 | 01:23:24 | 113 W | 2.46 w/kg | 21.38 km/h |
| 65 | Artur Chmielewski | Mar 08, 2022 | 01:23:29 | 131 W | 2.30 w/kg | 21.36 km/h |
| 66 | Yves Verstuyf | Aug 22, 2021 | 01:23:35 | 183 W | 1.83 w/kg | 21.34 km/h |
| 67 | Giuseppe Gigante | Sep 26, 2021 | 01:24:27 | 140 W | 2.03 w/kg | 21.12 km/h |
| 68 | patrizio magi | May 28, 2020 | 01:25:01 | 134 W | 1.91 w/kg | 20.98 km/h |
| 69 | Ian Rob | May 04, 2021 | 01:25:17 | 166 W | 1.78 w/kg | 20.91 km/h |
| 70 | Michael Gibbons | May 12, 2020 | 01:26:13 | 138 W | 2.04 w/kg | 20.68 km/h |
| 71 | geht die sowas von Nüsse an | Mar 27, 2020 | 01:26:38 | 139 W | 2.11 w/kg | 20.58 km/h |
| 72 | Frank Kollmeier | Jan 26, 2021 | 01:27:30 | 160 W | 1.93 w/kg | 20.38 km/h |
| 73 | Edward Redfoot | Jun 06, 2022 | 01:27:35 | 134 W | 1.91 w/kg | 20.36 km/h |
| 74 | JAREK MALCZEWSKI | Feb 09, 2022 | 01:28:44 | 146 W | 1.95 w/kg | 20.10 km/h |
| 75 | W van Koetsveld | Feb 15, 2022 | 01:29:00 | 132 W | 1.74 w/kg | 20.04 km/h |
| 76 | Tomasz Em | Dec 10, 2019 | 01:29:09 | 172 W | 1.81 w/kg | 20.00 km/h |
| 77 | Alexey Demenev | Nov 13, 2020 | 01:30:25 | 157 W | 1.52 w/kg | 19.72 km/h |
| 78 | Gabriele M | Jan 19, 2020 | 01:31:31 | 140 W | 1.87 w/kg | 19.49 km/h |
| 79 | Janette Lee | Feb 02, 2020 | 01:31:46 | 112 W | 2.04 w/kg | 19.43 km/h |
| 80 | Marco De Roberto | Dec 12, 2019 | 01:34:10 | 123 W | 1.86 w/kg | 18.94 km/h |
| 81 | Jan Beuting | Jan 06, 2020 | 01:35:22 | 135 W | 1.69 w/kg | 18.70 km/h |
| 82 | Knud Erik Stegmann | Jan 26, 2021 | 01:37:11 | 160 W | 1.60 w/kg | 18.35 km/h |
| 83 | H.W. Yeh | May 29, 2021 | 01:38:38 | 129 W | 1.59 w/kg | 18.08 km/h |
| 84 | Ricardo Troccoli | May 24, 2020 | 01:43:08 | 119 W | 1.65 w/kg | 17.29 km/h |
| 85 | kc Claffy | Sep 10, 2020 | 01:45:23 | 107 W | 1.43 w/kg | 16.92 km/h |
| 86 | Ulrich Raab | Nov 23, 2021 | 01:51:27 | 120 W | 1.26 w/kg | 16.00 km/h |
| 87 | Graeme Wilson | Dec 12, 2019 | 02:13:10 | 94 W | 0.99 w/kg | 13.39 km/h |
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