At the end of each season, we review and evaluate the past year. We also look at a lot of statistical data so that we can respond to certain developments if necessary. Time and again, we notice a few facts that might be interesting, at least for the nerds among you.

Did you know?

The iXS Downhill Cup has been around since 2003, so for 23 years now.

A total of 336 races have already been held in the iXS European Downhill Cup, iXS Downhill Cup, and PROPAIN Rookies Cup series.

Since 2003, there have been over 100,000 participants in the races. We have only known the exact number since 2007, when there were 95,389 participants.

The series has been held in 16 different countries to date.

The various series have already taken place in 75 different locations.

Next year, the 350th race will be held in Maribor.

In Saalbach, the Rookies Cup will celebrate its 75th race in 2026.

In 2016 and 2017, there were two races each in South America, specifically in Bariloche (ARG), Santiago (CHI) and Chillan (CHI).

More Facts:

There were over 6,100 participants in 18 races in 2025. The only year in the last ten years with more participants was 2017, when there were 6,352, but that was across 22 races.

The live timing was viewed 83,022 times on the website alone, not including views via the Racement app.

The websites racement.com, ixsdownhillcup.com, and rookiescup.bike were accessed over a million times this year.

All of this year's world champions (elite and juniors) were previously iXS International Rookies Champions.

A victory in the European Cup earns more UCI points than 10th place in the World Cup.

Last season, € 39,045 in prize money was paid out at the iXS Downhill Cup and iXS European Downhill Cup.

We traveled around 25,000 kilometers to and from the races in two vans. We spent around 300 hours, or more than 12 days straight, in the car just getting there and back.