Update May 28th: After the Pro briefing and thanks to a tweet by Witsup, we know that a few females won’t be racing, namely Kirsty Jahn, Mackenzie Madison, Molly Roohi, Tine Holst and Alexandra Moura. (I haven’t seen similar information for the men.)
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2005 | Olaf Sabatschus (GER) | 08:50:37 | Joanna Zeiger (USA) | 09:31:43 |
| 2006 | Oscar Galindez (ARG) | 08:15:19 | Lisbeth Kristensen (DEN) | 09:20:47 |
| 2007 | Oscar Galindez (ARG) | 08:21:09 | Nina Kraft (GER) | 09:12:40 |
| 2008 | Eduardo Sturla (ARG) | 08:28:24 | Fernanda Keller (BRA) | 09:42:50 |
| 2009 | Eduardo Sturla (ARG) | 08:13:39 | Dede Griesbauer (USA) | 09:10:15 |
| 2010 | Luke McKenzie (AUS) | 08:07:38 | Tereza Macel (CZE) | 09:19:12 |
| 2011 | Eduardo Sturla (ARG) | 08:13:12 | Amy Marsh (USA) | 09:07:49 |
| 2012 | Ezequiel Morales (ARG) | 08:22:40 | Sofie Goos (BEL) | 09:17:42 |
| 2013 | Timothy O’Donnell (USA) | 08:01:32 | Amanda Stevens (USA) | 09:05:53 |
| 2014 | Igor Amorelli (BRA) | 08:07:54 | Sara Gross (CAN) | 08:56:35 |
| 2015 | Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) | 07:53:44 | Ariane Monticeli (BRA) | 08:59:08 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Marino Vanhoenacker | BEL | 00:48:31 | 04:11:23 | 02:49:38 | 07:53:44 |
| 2 | Timothy O’Donnell | USA | 00:47:03 | 04:19:26 | 02:45:52 | 07:55:56 |
| 3 | Brent McMahon | CAN | 00:47:02 | 04:19:01 | 02:47:08 | 07:56:55 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Ariane Monticeli | BRA | 01:00:18 | 04:57:59 | 02:56:28 | 08:59:08 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 00:57:49 | 04:54:31 | 03:03:04 | 09:00:31 |
| 3 | Amanda Stevens | USA | 00:51:15 | 04:57:32 | 03:05:47 | 09:01:27 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 07:53:44 | Marino Vanhoenacker | 2015-05-31 |
| Swim | overall | 00:42:26 | Luke McKenzie | 2010-05-30 |
| Bike | overall | 04:11:23 | Marino Vanhoenacker | 2015-05-31 |
| Run | overall | 02:44:31 | Matt Trautman | 2015-05-31 |
| Total | female | 08:56:35 | Sara Gross | 2014-05-25 |
| Swim | female | 00:45:48 | Dede Griesbauer | 2010-05-30 |
| Bike | female | 04:46:38 | Jessie Donavan | 2014-05-25 |
| Run | female | 02:56:28 | Ariane Monticeli | 2015-05-31 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Brasil is 18:12.
Race Adjustments for IM Brasil
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Finishers | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2006 | 17:58 | 01:59 | 04:22 | 02:24 | 37 | 17:58 | 01:59 | 04:22 | 02:24 |
| 2007 | 14:36 | -00:17 | 06:48 | 02:59 | 40 | 16:17 | 00:51 | 05:35 | 02:41 |
| 2008 | 09:37 | -06:37 | 11:32 | 01:25 | 45 | 14:04 | -01:38 | 07:34 | 02:16 |
| 2009 | 17:43 | -00:30 | 09:27 | 04:57 | 39 | 14:59 | -01:21 | 08:02 | 02:56 |
| 2010 | 21:43 | 04:13 | 09:54 | 01:16 | 42 | 16:20 | -00:14 | 08:25 | 02:36 |
| 2011 | 20:54 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 29 | 17:05 | -00:14 | 08:25 | 02:36 |
| 2012 | 16:21 | 02:26 | 21:44 | -05:16 | 32 | 16:59 | 00:12 | 10:38 | 01:17 |
| 2013 | 16:51 | 02:40 | 16:25 | 03:59 | 41 of 45 | 16:58 | 00:33 | 11:27 | 01:41 |
| 2014 | 23:43 | 00:24 | 22:05 | 05:36 | 34 of 40 | 17:43 | 00:32 | 12:47 | 02:10 |
| 2015 | 22:37 | -00:06 | 17:43 | 04:00 | 33 of 47 | 18:12 | 00:28 | 13:20 | 02:22 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Brasil is a P-4000 race and offers automatic qualifier slots for the winners. It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$.
Male Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Consistency | Overall |
| 1 | 3 | Brent McMahon | CAN | 08:01:58 | 08:16:31 | 00:46:38 | 04:21:30 | 02:48:50 | 100% +0% -0% (4) | 3 |
| 2 | 30 | Ronnie Schildknecht | SUI | 08:13:05 | 08:27:11 | 00:51:27 | 04:24:59 | 02:51:39 | 70% +1% -29% (26) | 17 |
| 3 | 31 | Stefan Schmid | GER | 08:13:44 | 08:37:19 | 00:51:39 | 04:23:08 | 02:53:57 | 44% +56% -0% (11) | 43 |
| 4 | 10 | Tim Don | GBR | 08:18:48 | 08:37:18 | 00:47:29 | 04:32:10 | 02:54:09 | 100% +0% -0% (2) | (43) |
| 5 | 28 | Paul Matthews | AUS | 08:21:40 | 08:43:42 | 00:46:00 | 04:26:40 | 03:04:00 | 17% +0% -83% (8) | 65 |
| 6 | 14 | Chris McDonald | AUS | 08:22:26 | 08:44:04 | 00:52:45 | 04:25:59 | 02:58:42 | 62% +8% -30% (41) | 68 |
| 7 | 4 | Guilherme Manocchio | BRA | 08:23:00 | 08:45:40 | 00:49:21 | 04:30:04 | 02:58:34 | 61% +35% -4% (10) | 74 |
| 8 | 15 | Daniel Fontana | ITA | 08:24:15 | 08:46:08 | 00:48:35 | 04:31:59 | 02:58:40 | 61% +0% -39% (10) | (76) |
| 9 | 5 | Mike Aigroz | SUI | 08:24:24 | 08:45:52 | 00:47:49 | 04:31:24 | 03:00:11 | 58% +4% -38% (20) | 75 |
| 10 | 23 | Kevin Collington | USA | 08:24:59 | 08:53:07 | 00:49:14 | 04:35:39 | 02:55:06 | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (96) |
| 11 | 29 | Pedro Gomes | POR | 08:25:50 | 08:46:53 | 00:50:46 | 04:34:17 | 02:55:48 | 59% +6% -35% (21) | 77 |
| 12 | 7 | Anton Blokhin | UKR | 08:29:50 | 08:52:20 | 00:48:09 | 04:35:01 | 03:01:40 | 66% +3% -31% (18) | 95 |
| 13 | 6 | Frank Silvestrin | BRA | 08:31:35 | 09:03:31 | 00:47:59 | 04:36:43 | 03:01:54 | 46% +43% -11% (6) | 133 |
| 14 | 22 | Harry Wiltshire | GBR | 08:33:45 | 08:58:44 | 00:47:08 | 04:37:36 | 03:04:01 | 26% +32% -42% (14) | 115 |
| 15 | 8 | Mario De Elias | ARG | 08:36:30 | 09:04:46 | 00:50:58 | 04:44:21 | 02:56:11 | 49% +25% -26% (5) | 145 |
| 16 | 27 | Nick Baldwin | SEY | 08:40:35 | 09:02:44 | 00:51:41 | 04:36:55 | 03:06:59 | 55% +0% -45% (15) | 129 |
| 17 | 9 | Thiago Vinhal | BRA | 08:41:26 | 09:05:16 | 00:48:31 | 04:53:48 | 02:54:07 | 81% +0% -19% (9) | 149 |
| 18 | 32 | Will Clarke | GBR | 08:45:46 | 09:15:03 | 00:49:34 | 04:34:31 | 03:16:41 | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (186) |
| 19 | 26 | Michael Davidson | ZAF | 08:52:12 | 09:13:33 | 00:55:57 | 04:45:00 | 03:06:15 | 54% +0% -46% (4) | 180 |
| 20 | 20 | Felipe De Oliveira Manente | BRA | 08:56:42 | 09:31:50 | 00:52:06 | 04:45:37 | 03:13:59 | 23% +9% -68% (7) | 228 |
| 21 | 13 | Brent Mcburney | USA | 09:17:56 | 10:04:49 | 00:57:34 | 04:55:46 | 03:19:36 | 22% +41% -38% (4) | (279) |
| 22 | 19 | Fabio Carvalho | BRA | 09:18:00 | 10:10:53 | 00:46:47 | 05:00:31 | 03:25:42 | 3% +0% -97% (8) | (285) |
| 11 | Alexandre Aguiar Moura | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | 0% +0% -100% (2) | (n/a) | |
| 16 | Danilo Melo | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 17 | Diego Serda | ARG | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 21 | Fellipe Santos | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 24 | Luis Henrique Ohde | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 25 | Marcus Vinicius Fernandes | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Female Race Participants
Also have a look at my profile of Liz Lyles.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Consistency | Overall |
| 1 | 64 | Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 09:06:45 | 09:27:30 | 00:56:07 | 05:00:28 | 03:05:10 | 50% +13% -37% (13) | 23 |
| 2 | 51 | Ariane Monticeli | BRA | 09:10:50 | 09:50:18 | 00:59:57 | 05:03:05 | 03:02:48 | 42% +35% -23% (13) | 66 |
| 3 | 62 | Caitlin Snow | USA | 09:15:15 | 09:34:56 | 00:55:38 | 05:09:36 | 03:05:01 | 64% +22% -14% (21) | 41 |
| 4 | 75 | Mareen Hufe | GER | 09:15:23 | 09:35:34 | 00:59:56 | 04:51:04 | 03:19:23 | 82% +6% -12% (20) | 42 |
| 5 | 71 | Kristin Moeller | GER | 09:15:58 | 09:33:47 | 01:02:53 | 05:06:45 | 03:01:21 | 79% +19% -2% (16) | 39 |
| 6 | 72 | Laurel Wassner | USA | 09:22:17 | 09:56:35 | 00:53:05 | 05:11:25 | 03:12:47 | 60% +0% -40% (7) | 81 |
| 7 | 66 | Gurutze Frades Larralde | ESP | 09:24:56 | 09:56:03 | 01:01:20 | 05:12:05 | 03:06:31 | 23% +77% -0% (5) | 80 |
| 10 | 74 | Lucie Reed | CZE | 09:27:56 | 09:47:55 | 00:50:48 | 05:07:40 | 03:24:28 | 62% +0% -38% (23) | 62 |
| 11 | 69 | Karina Ottosen | DEN | 09:31:05 | 10:03:57 | 00:57:38 | 05:05:19 | 03:23:09 | 24% +63% -13% (9) | 97 |
| 12 | 76 | Mariana Andrade | BRA | 09:33:58 | 10:23:09 | 00:59:19 | 04:58:10 | 03:31:30 | 20% +29% -51% (10) | 143 |
| 14 | 52 | Brooke Brown | CAN | 09:36:13 | 09:57:47 | 01:01:55 | 05:08:04 | 03:21:14 | 52% +0% -48% (6) | 86 |
| 18 | 67 | Helena Herrero Gomez | ESP | 10:02:56 | 10:24:55 | 01:00:15 | 05:37:44 | 03:19:57 | 78% +0% -22% (4) | 152 |
| 61 | Bruna Mahn | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
A couple of athletes on the start list (such as Chris McDonald who raced Texas) are unlikely to start, but most of the pre-race favorites are committed to race in Florianopolis. Brent McMahon has had a number of really strong results including a third place in Brasil 2015 (behind Marino Vanhoenacker and Tim O’Donnell who won’t be racing Brasil this year). Stefan Schmid ended his 2015 season with a win in Cozumel and just needs a few more KPR points to secure his slot. Ronnie Schildknecht has already raced IM South Africa (finishing 9th), he also needs a few more points if he wants to return to Kona.
Behind these three athletes there is a number of athletes that are looking for a good result and the corresponding KPR points. Paul Matthews has been struggling a bit since racing Kona 2014, he was 17th in Brasil last year followed by two DNFs. As usual Tim Don has scored a ton of points in 70.3 races, he probably just needs to finish to secure his Kona ticket. Racing in his home country, Guillermo Manocchio will try to race at the same level as when he won IM Copenhagen last summer.
- Brent McMahon: 36% (2-1)
- Stefan Schmid: 26% (3-1)
- Ronnie Schildknecht: 14% (6-1)
- Paul Matthews: 8% (12-1)
- Chris McDonald: 5% (18-1)
- Guilherme Manocchio: 4% (24-1)
- Tim Don: 2% (55-1)
Will Clarke is moving up from the 70.3 distance. With IM Lanzarote 2015 his debut IM wasn’t a good experience, but he has taken some time to regroup and it will be interesting to see how he’ll be able to perform.
Female Race Participants
Earlier versions of the startlist had a lot of names that were also racing in Texas, now the field is taking a clearer shape. Liz Lyles (second last year) is the pre-race favorite in front of defending champion Ariane Monticelli. Caitlin Snow, Mareen Hufe and Kristin Moller are strong podium contenders.
- Elizabeth Lyles: 37% (2-1)
- Ariane Monticeli: 24% (3-1)
- Mareen Hufe: 14% (6-1)
- Caitlin Snow: 10% (9-1)
- Kristin Moeller: 6% (16-1)