Barcelona World Race: the two-handed record
The Barcelona World Race was a two-handed race around the world, non-stop and unassisted, starting and finishing in Barcelona, sailed on IMOCA monohulls. Three editions were held, in 2007-2008, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015. The race has not returned since, which freezes its record.
The record: Stamm and Le Cam, 2015
On 25 March 2015, Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm and Frenchman Jean Le Cam crossed the line in Barcelona on Cheminées Poujoulat after 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes and 25 seconds. They sailed 27,950 actual miles for a theoretical 23,321, averaging 13.82 knots (IMOCA, in French).
They beat the benchmark of the first edition, set by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall on Paprec-Virbac 2, by more than eight days: 92 days 9 hours 49 minutes (RTS, in French). In between, Jean-Pierre Dick had won a second time in 2011, with Loïck Peyron.
A boat that had already won the Vendée Globe
Cheminées Poujoulat was not a new boat: it was the monohull on which Michel Desjoyeaux won the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe in 84 days 3 hours and 9 minutes. Two-handed, on a slightly different course, Stamm and Le Cam took almost exactly the same time as Desjoyeaux alone (IMOCA, in French).
Further reading
The course, from the Mediterranean to the three great capes, is on the Barcelona World Race page of the globe, and other races starting from Barcelona are on the Barcelona starts page. The solo round the world record has since come down to 64 days: see the history of the Vendée Globe record. With a full crew, it drops to 40 days with the Jules Verne Trophy.