I'll start this blog with reiterating what I said in my other post The Best parkrun in South Wales, all parkruns are awesome, and the fact that a parkrun is fast doesn't make it the best, and similarly a slow parkrun isn't a bad thing, there is lots more to it and personal preference to take into account.
In this blog I've taken the Standard Scratch Score (SSS) from here, if you want to know how the SSS is calculated, its explains in this video here. The lower the number the faster the course.
The first list orders the Welsh parkruns in order of fastest to slowest. Following this is version in alphabetical order so you can find your local one quickly, you can skip straight that here.
Fastest to Slowest
Aberbeeg Parkrun 1.0
Swansea Bay Parkrun 1.2
Groe Parkrun 1.4
Riverfront Parkrun 1.4
Sandy Water parkrun 1.4
Severn Bridge Parkrun 1.4
Cardiff Parkrun 1.6
Aberystwyth Parkrun 1.8
Bryn Bach Parkrun 1.8
Grangemoor Parkrun 1.8
Penallta Parkrun 1.8
Pontypridd Parkrun 1.8
Aberdare Parkrun 2.0
Pont y Bala Parkrun 2.0
Tremorfa parkrun 2.0
Porthcawl Parkrun 2.1
Conwy Parkrun 2.4
Cwmbran Parkrun 2.4
Llanerchaeron Parkrun 2.4
Newborough Forest Parkrun 2.4
Newtown Parkrun 2.5
Brynaman Parkrun 2.6
Merthyr Parkrun 2.6
Nova Prestatyn Parkrun 2.6
Newport Parkrun 2.7
Cosmeston Parkrun 2.8
Dolgellau Parkrun 2.8
Penrhyn Parkrun 2.8
Milford Waterfront Parkrun 2.9
Barry Island Parkrun 3.0
Colby Parkrun 3.0
Gnoll Parkrun 3.0
Maesteg Parkrun 3.0
Rogiet Parkrun 3.0
Llyn Llech Owain Parkrun 3.2
Erddig Parkrun 3.4
Greenfield Valley Parkrun 3.4
Pontypool Parkrun 3.4
Nant y Pandy Parkrun 3.5
Haverfordwest Parkrun 3.6
Trelai Park parkrun 4.0
Wepre Parkrun 5.8
Coed Cefn Pwll Du Parkrun 6.5
Alphabetical Order
Aberbeeg Parkrun 1.0
Aberdare Parkrun 2.0
Aberystwyth Parkrun 1.8
Barry Island Parkrun 3.0
Brynaman Parkrun 2.6
Bryn Bach Parkrun 1.8
Cardiff Parkrun 1.6
Coed Cefn Pwll Du Parkrun 6.5
Colby Parkrun 3.0
Conwy Parkrun 2.4
Cosmeston Parkrun 2.8
Cwmbran Parkrun 2.4
Dolgellau Parkrun 2.8
Erddig Parkrun 3.4
Gnoll Parkrun 3.0
Grangemoor Parkrun 1.8
Greenfield Valley Parkrun 3.4
Groe Parkrun 1.4
Haverfordwest Parkrun 3.6
Llanerchaeron Parkrun 2.4
Llyn Llech Owain Parkrun 3.2
Maesteg Parkrun 3.0
Merthyr Parkrun 2.6
Milford Waterfront Parkrun 2.9
Nant y Pandy Parkrun 3.5
Newborough Forest Parkrun 2.4
Newport Parkrun 2.7
Newtown Parkrun 2.5
Nova Prestatyn Parkrun 2.6
Penallta Parkrun 1.8
Penrhyn Parkrun 2.8
Pont y Bala Parkrun 2.0
Pontypool Parkrun 3.4
Pontypridd Parkrun 1.8
Porthcawl Parkrun 2.1
Riverfront Parkrun 1.4
Rogiet Parkrun 3.0
Sandy Water parkrun 1.4
Severn Bridge Parkrun 1.4
Swansea Bay Parkrun 1.2
Trelai Park parkrun 4.0
Tremorfa parkrun 2.0
Wepre Parkrun 5.8
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