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Challenge Taiwan 2019 – Analyzing Results

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Romain Guillaume FRA 00:50:33 04:19:15 03:13:10 08:30:15 -04:05 US$ 6,600
2 Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP 00:55:17 04:27:29 03:05:45 08:37:33 -00:13 US$ 4,000
3 Per Van Vlerken GER 00:51:01 04:33:48 03:10:51 08:41:55 03:23 US$ 2,100
4 Michael Raelert GER 00:47:03 04:38:47 03:14:47 08:47:22 08:18 US$ 1,300
5 Cameron Brown NZL 00:55:13 04:36:40 03:15:45 08:54:58 29:16 US$ 1,000
6 Petr Vabrousek CZE 01:03:55 04:41:51 03:55:08 09:50:44 37:25
7 Tomas Racek CZE 01:03:51 05:30:44 04:12:31 10:57:49 -36:09
Shen-Yen Hsieh TWN 00:50:27 04:41:29 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Lisa Roberts USA 01:08:28 04:51:56 03:02:22 09:10:38 -08:47 US$ 6,600
2 Carolin Lehrieder GER 00:56:22 04:50:12 03:20:01 09:13:16 -24:19 US$ 4,000
3 Julia Grant NZL 00:59:28 05:07:44 03:40:49 09:55:36 -05:08 US$ 2,100
4 Shannon Chapman AUS 01:17:02 05:47:30 04:14:08 11:28:09 51:09 US$ 1,300
Kathrin Walther GER 01:01:20 DNF

Challenge Taiwan 2019 (April 27) – Seedings

CHTaiwanPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2013 Dylan McNeice (NZL) 08:16:21 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:23:15
2014 Dylan McNeice (NZL) 08:23:44 Britta Martin (NZL) 09:02:23
2016 Fredrik Croneborg (SWE) 08:30:28 Shiao-yu Li (TWN) 09:40:05
2017 Fredrik Croneborg (SWE) 08:03:21 Verena Walter (GER) 09:25:51
2018 Dylan McNeice (NZL) 08:16:56 Julia Grant (NZL) 09:38:31

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:48:34 04:21:32 03:01:10 08:16:56
2 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:52:03 04:27:16 02:57:16 08:22:11
3 Luke Bell AUS 00:48:39 04:21:34 03:12:28 08:28:18

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Julia Grant NZL 01:01:44 05:05:57 03:24:16 09:38:31
2 Alyssa Godesky USA 01:01:41 05:05:47 03:35:42 09:49:54
3 Shiao-yu Li TWN 01:08:25 05:11:19 03:39:36 10:07:18

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:03:21 Fredrik Croneborg 2017-04-30
Swim overall 00:45:35 Dylan McNeice 2016-05-07
Bike overall 04:13:27 Guy Crawford 2017-04-30
Run overall 02:52:33 Fredrik Croneborg 2013-05-04
Total female 09:02:23 Britta Martin 2014-04-19
Swim female 00:53:23 Hillary Biscay 2014-04-19
Bike female 04:52:43 Verena Walter 2017-04-30
Run female 03:04:16 Britta Martin 2014-04-19

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Taiwan is 11:03.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Taiwan

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2013 12:08 -04:23 13:20 03:11 14 12:08 -04:23 13:20 03:11
2014 20:48 00:46 17:59 02:04 17 of 22 16:28 -01:47 15:39 02:36
2016 -04:02 -00:03 07:27 -11:26 12 09:37 -01:13 12:55 -02:05
2017 14:33 01:49 15:18 -02:33 15 of 16 10:51 -00:28 13:31 -02:11
2018 11:49 -01:55 20:05 -06:20 8 of 9 11:03 -00:45 14:49 -03:01

Prize Money

Challenge Taiwan has a total prize purse of 30.000 US$, paying 5 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Cameron Brown NZL 08:18:22 08:35:25 00:52:37 04:28:24 05:26:01 02:52:21 54% +4% -42% (39) 64
2 2 Michael Raelert GER 08:26:23 08:54:08 00:48:45 04:30:19 05:24:03 03:02:20 31% +0% -69% (4) (134)
3 3 Romain Guillaume FRA 08:28:36 08:43:24 00:49:32 04:23:08 05:17:40 03:10:56 39% +3% -58% (37) 95
4 5 Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP 08:30:46 08:47:27 00:54:54 04:23:07 05:23:01 03:07:45 24% +14% -62% (6) 106
5 4 Per Van Vlerken GER 08:32:16 08:43:02 00:50:18 04:28:39 05:23:56 03:08:20 56% +4% -40% (28) 93
6 6 Shen-Yen Hsieh TWN 08:55:00 09:19:56 00:50:47 04:40:45 05:36:32 03:18:28 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (208)
7 7 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:58:56 09:18:25 00:57:28 04:42:38 05:45:06 03:13:50 72% +1% -27% (100) (207)
8 8 Tomas Racek CZE 11:05:11 11:46:38 01:03:24 05:26:41 06:35:05 04:30:06 19% +20% -61% (4) (274)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 1% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 9 Lisa Roberts USA 09:15:19 09:24:10 01:04:36 05:00:54 06:10:30 03:04:49 88% +2% -10% (26) 26
2 10 Carolin Lehrieder GER 09:31:00 09:48:11 00:56:44 04:56:28 05:58:13 03:32:47 28% +4% -69% (14) 63
3 11 Julia Grant NZL 09:44:35 10:11:55 01:00:53 05:13:18 06:19:11 03:25:24 64% +23% -13% (10) 98
4 12 Shannon Chapman AUS 10:32:55 11:02:25 01:08:07 05:26:50 06:39:57 03:52:58 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (135)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Cameron Brown: 45% (1-1)
  • Romain Guillaume: 18% (4-1)
  • Per Van Vlerken: 18% (5-1)
  • Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan: 13% (7-1)
  • Petr Vabrousek: 4% (24-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Lisa Roberts: 81% (1-1)
  • Julia Grant: 10% (9-1)
  • Carolin Lehrieder: 7% (14-1)

Challenge Taiwan 2018 – Analyzing Results

Male Race ResultsCHTaiwan

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:48:34 04:21:32 03:01:10 08:16:56 -27:54 US$ 6,600
2 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:52:03 04:27:16 02:57:16 08:22:11 -05:02 US$ 4,000
3 Luke Bell AUS 00:48:39 04:21:34 03:12:28 08:28:18 -06:34 US$ 2,100
4 Till Schramm GER 00:59:49 04:37:42 03:24:08 09:07:52 04:01 US$ 1,300
5 Sam Hsieh TWN 00:51:05 04:38:37 04:09:17 09:45:03 n/a US$ 1,000
  Christian Altstadt GER 00:56:31     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Julia Grant NZL 01:01:44 05:05:57 03:24:16 09:38:31 -24:10 US$ 6,600
2 Alyssa Godesky USA 01:01:41 05:05:47 03:35:42 09:49:54 -00:38 US$ 4,000
3 Shiao-yu Li TWN 01:08:25 05:11:19 03:39:36 10:07:18 10:08 US$ 2,100

Challenge Taiwan 2017 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

After last year’s race in Taiwan was pretty slow, this year was back to the normal “quick” conditions, especially on the bike (adjustment of +19 minutes).

Fredrik Crobeborg posted a new overall course record, his 8:03 was a big improvement over the 2013 time of 8:16 by Dylan McNeice. Fredrik was also under the old bike course record (4:26 by Jason Shortis), but Guy Crawford’s 4:13:27 was a few seconds quicker.

Female winner Verena Walter also posted a new bike course record, her 4:52 was the only sub-5 split of the day and an improvement on Britta Martin’s 2014 bike time of 4:54.

Male Race Results

Fredrik Croneborg didn’t have any of the fastest splits of the day, but he was the most consistent overall and won the race by eight minutes. Dougal Allan – usually the best biker in almost any field – had a great run to secure second place. Guy Crawford was leading the race in T2 and was a solid 3rd place finisher.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:48:14 04:13:34 02:53:34 08:03:21 -21:21 EUR 8,000
2 Dougal Allan NZL 00:54:02 04:16:00 02:52:57 08:11:23 -05:24 EUR 5,000
3 Guy Crawford NZL 00:48:15 04:13:27 03:13:41 08:23:47 -32:18 EUR 3,500
4 Denis Sketako SLO 00:54:06 04:31:18 02:52:56 08:31:22 -08:56 EUR 2,500
5 Karol Dzalaj SVK 00:53:57 04:25:20 03:17:37 08:45:30 -02:24 EUR 2,000
6 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:54:09 04:41:44 03:16:11 09:02:31 01:24
7 Young Hwan Oh KOR 00:58:12 04:45:03 03:10:41 09:03:14 -08:55
8 Till Schramm GER 00:54:02 04:31:33 03:34:13 09:12:48 15:04
9 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 01:07:45 05:18:38 03:22:39 09:58:03 -24:21
10 Josef Svoboda CZE 01:09:13 05:59:38 04:18:29 11:41:08 18:51
Ritchie Nicholls GBR 00:48:11 DNF

Female Race Results

German athlete Verena Walter won the race with a 16 minute margin by posting a new bike course record and following that up with a solid run. Lucie Reed (Zelenkova) lost too much time to Verena on the bike for her best splits on the swim and run to produce a better result than second place. Kathryn Haesner took the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Verena Walter GER 00:58:11 04:52:43 03:25:03 09:25:51 -10:07 EUR 8,000
2 Lucie Reed CZE 00:53:36 05:18:24 03:20:07 09:42:11 05:02 EUR 5,000
3 Kathryn Haesner NZL 00:53:56 05:13:47 03:28:32 09:46:20 -09:44 EUR 3,500
4 Alyssa Godesky USA 00:58:12 05:12:32 03:38:18 09:58:58 11:07 EUR 2,500
5 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:53:44 05:08:32 04:07:49 10:20:51 37:14 EUR 2,000

Challenge Taiwan 2017 (April 29th) – Seedings

CHTaiwanUpdate April 15th: Callum Millard has announced that he’ll be racing IM Texas instead of Challenge Taiwan.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2013 Dylan McNeice (NZL) 08:16:21 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:23:15
2014 Dylan McNeice (NZL) 08:23:44 Britta Martin (NZL) 09:02:23
2016 Fredrik Croneborg (SWE) 08:30:28 Shiao-yu Li (TWN) 09:40:05

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:51:56 04:33:57 02:59:10 08:30:28
2 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:45:35 04:35:19 03:21:31 08:48:37
3 Patrick Evoe USA 00:54:22 04:28:55 03:26:35 08:55:56

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Shiao-yu Li TWN 01:01:07 05:00:43 03:31:31 09:40:05
2 Jessica Fleming AUS 01:00:50 05:03:33 03:38:22 09:48:48
3 Kathryn Haesner NZL 00:57:07 05:14:49 03:31:04 09:49:33

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:16:21 Dylan McNeice 2013-05-04
Swim overall 00:45:35 Dylan McNeice 2016-05-07
Bike overall 04:26:56 Jason Shortis 2014-04-19
Run overall 02:52:33 Fredrik Croneborg 2013-05-04
Total female 09:02:23 Britta Martin 2014-04-19
Swim female 00:53:23 Hillary Biscay 2014-04-19
Bike female 04:54:37 Britta Martin 2014-04-19
Run female 03:04:16 Britta Martin 2014-04-19

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Taiwan is 09:38.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Taiwan

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2013 12:08 -04:03 15:08 04:14 14 12:08 -04:03 15:08 04:14
2014 20:48 -00:25 12:17 -02:01 17 of 22 16:28 -02:14 13:42 01:06
2016 -04:02 -00:20 06:09 -12:27 12 09:38 -01:36 11:11 -03:25

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 5% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 08:23:47 08:37:44 00:52:57 04:31:30 02:54:20 85% +3% -12% (11) 59
2 Callum Millward * NZL 08:23:53 08:34:52 00:50:14 04:31:11 02:57:28 41% +0% -59% (6) 45
3 Dougal Allan NZL 08:24:16 08:35:08 00:59:03 04:18:06 03:02:07 81% +8% -10% (8) 48
4 Ritchie Nicholls GBR 08:35:20 08:49:53 00:52:40 04:43:39 02:54:01 48% +0% -52% (6) 97
5 Courtney Ogden AUS 08:39:05 08:45:09 00:52:37 04:35:58 03:05:29 63% +6% -31% (21) 85
6 Denis Sketako SLO 08:40:41 08:59:26 00:55:54 04:33:24 03:06:22 51% +49% -0% (3) 133
7 Guy Crawford NZL 08:52:16 09:15:10 00:50:15 04:29:59 03:27:02 46% +24% -30% (13) 180
8 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:57:26 09:18:31 00:57:58 04:43:46 03:10:42 64% +1% -35% (97) 191
9 Frederic Garcia FRA 09:08:59 09:27:20 01:01:22 04:53:04 03:09:33 52% +0% -48% (4) (217)
10 Young Hwan Oh KOR 09:20:06 09:32:28 01:05:37 04:56:17 03:13:12 51% +29% -20% (7) 229
11 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 10:21:47 10:44:55 01:14:19 05:18:12 03:44:16 9% +48% -43% (6) 289
12 Josef Svoboda CZE 11:14:57 11:48:13 01:18:31 05:39:49 04:11:37 44% +22% -34% (15) 296
Christian Altstadt GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 3% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 Kathryn Haesner NZL 09:38:38 10:30:26 00:58:53 05:12:04 03:22:41 25% +36% -39% (3) (128)
2 Verena Walter GER 09:39:57 09:51:14 01:01:52 05:04:23 03:28:42 53% +36% -11% (7) 65
3 Lucie Reed CZE 09:43:00 09:52:51 00:54:18 05:15:51 03:27:51 64% +0% -36% (27) 67
4 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 09:43:58 10:12:26 00:56:45 05:10:22 03:31:51 25% +6% -69% (28) (102)
5 Alyssa Godesky USA 09:55:34 10:10:02 01:02:55 05:19:32 03:28:07 63% +28% -10% (16) 95
Alise Selsmark AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Fredrik Croneborg: 46% (1-1)
  • Dougal Allan: 34% (2-1)
  • Callum Millward: 14% (6-1)
  • Ritchie Nicholls: 2% (40-1)
  • Denis Sketako: 2% (44-1)
  • Courtney Ogden: 2% (63-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Kathryn Haesner: 39% (2-1)
  • Verena Walter: 29% (2-1)
  • Lucie Reed: 14% (6-1)
  • Kate Bevilaqua: 10% (9-1)
  • Alyssa Godesky: 8% (12-1)
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