It it just what it is called. It is easily the hardest century in the state. It has a reasonable amount of climbing. As a result, it is very popular with cyclist from south FL. Down there the biggest hills are high over passes or bridges over the intercoastal waterway.

You could construct a harder century in the state. Just run one in central FL in August when it is 95 degrees with high humidity, you could probably do it. No one runs centuries in June, July or August in FL for obvious reasons.