Iditarod 2023 – Day 6

The race is on. Everyone has finished their 24-hour layover and their times have been adjusted for the Start Differential.

Jessie Holmes wins the First Musher to the Yukon Award which is a five course meal cooked by a chef.

Standings at 10:00PM CST (7:00PM AKST):
Beyond Grayling
1 Brent Sass (14)
2 Jessie Holmes (2)
3 Nicolas Petit (9)
4 Kelly Maixner (23)
5 Richie Diehl (15)
6 Mille Porsild (4)
7 Peter Kaiser (33)
At Grayling
8 Matthew Failor (16)
9 Ryan Redington (5)
10 Christian Turner (30)
11 Eddie Burke Jr (18)^R
12 Hunter Keefe (12)^R
Beyond Anvik
13 Matt Hall (7)
At Anvik
14 Wade Marrs (28)
15 Aaron Peck (31)
Beyond Shageluk
16 KattiJo Deeter (10)^R
17 Dan Kaduce (11)
18 Riley Dyche (21)
At Shageluk
19 Jessie Royer (26)
20 Deke Naaktgeboren (34)
21 Anna Berington (8)
22 Kristy Berington (6)
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Beyond Iditarod
23 Michael Williams Jr (32)
24 Ramey Smyth (24)
25 Bridgett Watkins (19)^R
At Iditarod
26 Joanna Jagow (25)
27 Bailey Vitello (3)^R
28 Jason Mackey (20)
29 Eric Kelly (17)
30 Jed Stephensen (27)^R
31 Gerhardt Thiart (22)^R
Beyond Ophir
32 Gregg Vitello (29)^R

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.

These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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