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Ironman UK 2018 (July 15th) – Entry List

IMUKLogoUpdate June 21st:

  • Added Nikki Bartlett, Angela Naeth (WPRO), Simon Cochrane, Brian Fogarty, Arnaud Guilloux, Tripp Hipple, Henry Irvine, Matthew Leeman, Justin Metzler and Joe Skipper (MPRO)
  • Michael Louys is no longer on the latest start list

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Simon Cochrane NZL 3105 3+1 (405/140)
Will Clarke GBR 2905 1+1
Joe Skipper GBR 2140 2+0
Eneko Elosegui ESP 1155 3+1 (20/5)
Justin Metzler USA 1045 1+2 (60/345)
Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP 960 1+0
Matthew Leeman GBR 820 1+1
Elliot Smales GBR 780 0+2 (0/280)
Arnaud Guilloux FRA 755 0+2 (0/320)
Fraser Cartmell GBR 375 0+2 (0/135)
Tripp Hipple USA 336 2+2 (20/1)
Erik-Simon Strijk NED 325 1+1
Diego Van Looy BEL 170 1+0
Brian Fogarty GBR 40 1+0
Reece Barclay GBR 30 0+1
Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 0 0+0
Henry Irvine GBR 0 0+0
Aleksander Kochetkov LTU 0 0+0
(Michael Louys) BEL 0 0+0
Andreas Niedrig GER 0 0+0

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Lucy Gossage GBR 6435 3+1 (2000/435)
Sara Svensk SWE 3495 1+2 (2090/320)
Laura Philipp GER 3180 0+2 (0/750)
Camilla Lindholm Borg SWE 2000 2+0
Angela Naeth CAN 1965 1+2 (540/640)
Nikki Bartlett GBR 1900 1+2 (1280/220)
Federica De Nicola ITA 180 0+1
Francesca Sanjana GBR 26 0+2 (0/6)

Kona Qualifying

There are only a few athletes that have a chance for a Kona slot:

  • Will Clarke needs a fourth place (maybe even fifth could be enough) to secure a slot, but he probably has bigger goals.
  • Recent addition Simon Cochrane will need at least a fourth place as well.
  • Joe Skipper – if he decides to race – is looking for finishing second in order to get a slot.
  • Lucy Gossage is already safe for a slot.
  • Laura Philip is probably on the UK list just as a backup for IM Frankfurt, in case she races in Bolton she should get a slot with a podium finish.
  • Sara Svensk is on a number of startlist, she’ll need a fourth place or better to qualify.
  • Angela Naeth and Nikki Bartlett are probably short of a slot even with a win. 

Ironman Austria 2018 (July 1st) – Seedings

Update June 25th: Eva Wutti has been forced to withdraw from defending her title.

IMAustriaLogoPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:14:37 Katherine Allen (AUT) 09:07:04
2006 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:07:59 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:12:09
2007 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:06:39 Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 09:08:45
2008 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:06:11 Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 08:47:26
2009 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:01:38 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 08:50:13
2010 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:52:05 Eva Dollinger (AUT) 09:18:50
2011 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:45:58 Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 08:43:34
2012 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:11:31 Linsey Corbin (USA) 09:09:58
2013 Andreas Raelert (GER) 07:59:51 Erika Csomor (HUN) 08:59:31
2014 Ivan Rana (ESP) 07:48:43 Linsey Corbin (USA) 08:42:42
2015 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:48:45 Eva Wutti (AUT) 08:45:37
2016 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:04:18 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:41:17
2017 Jan Frodeno (GER) 07:57:20 Eva Wutti (AUT) 09:06:25

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jan Frodeno GER 00:46:29 04:19:45 02:46:09 07:57:20
2 Eneko Llanos ESP 00:50:37 04:28:58 02:47:52 08:12:43
3 Viktor Zyemtsev UKR 00:53:06 04:31:16 02:47:57 08:17:05

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Eva Wutti AUT 00:58:23 05:04:39 02:57:43 09:06:25
2 Corinne Abraham GBR 00:59:44 05:00:12 03:03:14 09:08:03
3 Michelle Vesterby DEN 00:53:52 05:00:11 03:17:19 09:16:44

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:45:58 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Swim overall 00:42:54 Bart Colpaert 2013-06-30
Bike overall 04:11:47 Marino Vanhoenacker 2015-06-28
Run overall 02:39:24 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Total female 08:41:17 Mirinda Carfrae 2016-06-26
Swim female 00:45:51 Simone Braendli 2014-06-29
Bike female 04:43:50 Diana Riesler 2011-07-03
Run female 02:49:06 Mirinda Carfrae 2016-06-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Austria is 20:28.

Race Adjustments for IM Austria

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 26:39 02:53 17:37 -00:14 34 26:39 02:53 17:37 -00:14
2006 24:20 03:40 11:02 03:31 39 25:30 03:16 14:20 01:39
2007 20:16 03:48 18:11 02:37 32 23:45 03:27 15:37 01:58
2008 28:01 02:48 16:05 05:37 39 24:49 03:17 15:44 02:53
2009 23:48 02:04 18:13 03:54 37 24:37 03:03 16:14 03:05
2010 19:28 01:29 13:09 01:37 36 23:46 02:47 15:43 02:50
2011 27:46 02:25 17:36 09:15 31 24:20 02:44 15:59 03:45
2012 07:03 -02:52 14:02 -01:47 30 22:10 02:02 15:45 03:04
2013 25:32 05:53 13:49 06:18 60 22:33 02:28 15:32 03:25
2014 20:51 03:24 12:49 07:08 56 of 65 22:22 02:33 15:15 03:48
2015 18:27 02:29 10:42 04:44 32 of 46 22:01 02:33 14:51 03:53
2016 13:56 -03:02 13:54 07:02 40 of 51 21:21 02:05 14:46 04:09
2017 09:59 -00:20 08:31 04:09 39 of 46 20:28 01:54 14:17 04:09

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Austria is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 20% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 5 Ivan Tutukin RUS 07:52:48 08:17:13 00:46:28 04:26:50 05:18:17 02:34:31 16% +36% -48% (4) 10
2 1 David McNamee GBR 07:55:38 08:15:59 00:46:02 04:23:29 05:14:31 02:41:07 74% +26% -0% (7) 8
3 2 Andy Potts USA 07:58:48 08:18:14 00:45:42 04:20:45 05:11:28 02:47:20 94% +6% -0% (18) 11
4 14 Clemente Alonso McKernan * ESP 08:03:49 08:25:02 00:46:42 04:24:43 05:16:25 02:47:24 58% +7% -35% (16) 26
5 7 Michael Weiss AUT 08:06:20 08:30:19 00:52:48 04:17:15 05:15:03 02:51:17 83% +3% -14% (21) 48
6 9 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 08:08:44 08:48:37 00:45:34 04:17:01 05:07:36 03:01:08 38% +0% -62% (2) (108)
7 13 David Plese * SLO 08:10:18 08:30:14 00:51:03 04:25:06 05:21:09 02:49:09 82% +6% -12% (25) 47
8 4 Igor Amorelli BRA 08:10:51 08:31:34 00:45:59 04:21:44 05:12:42 02:58:09 62% +9% -29% (18) 58
9 25 Bas Diederen NED 08:11:19 08:32:32 00:46:42 04:25:41 05:17:23 02:53:56 61% +4% -35% (21) 62
10 22 Johann Ackermann GER 08:12:58 08:39:29 00:46:32 04:21:15 05:12:47 03:00:11 74% +0% -26% (10) 80
11 11 Paul Reitmayr AUT 08:14:34 08:48:18 00:47:47 04:21:41 05:14:29 03:00:05 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (105)
12 17 Miquel Blanchart Tinto ESP 08:16:35 08:35:19 00:47:45 04:36:30 05:29:15 02:47:20 89% +2% -9% (20) 68
13 6 Michael Raelert GER 08:17:23 08:54:08 00:46:22 04:30:42 05:22:04 02:55:19 31% +0% -69% (4) (131)
14 3 Thiago Vinhal BRA 08:18:03 08:42:09 00:47:11 04:35:12 05:27:23 02:50:40 58% +37% -5% (15) 84
15 18 Victor Del Corral * ESP 08:19:58 08:45:30 00:54:19 04:31:09 05:30:28 02:49:30 39% +0% -61% (19) 93
16 56 Markus Thomschke * GER 08:20:46 08:41:09 00:50:58 04:25:04 05:21:02 02:59:44 42% +21% -37% (20) 83
17 15 Per Bittner GER 08:21:13 08:45:20 00:48:01 04:29:40 05:22:42 02:58:31 43% +6% -51% (26) 92
18 45 Ivan Risti ITA 08:24:40 08:51:28 00:46:19 04:34:53 05:26:11 02:58:29 39% +25% -36% (11) 118
19 16 Michael Ruenz GER 08:27:13 08:50:41 00:54:30 04:36:09 05:35:39 02:51:34 74% +0% -26% (13) 115
20 55 Lukasz Wojt GER 08:28:24 08:56:22 00:43:59 04:29:55 05:18:54 03:09:30 n/a (no IM Pro race) (141)
21 27 Markus Liebelt * GER 08:35:20 09:20:09 00:53:16 04:29:05 05:27:22 03:07:58 23% +0% -77% (3) (213)
22 44 Andrey Lyatskiy * RUS 08:35:29 08:55:49 00:49:19 04:40:43 05:35:03 03:00:26 94% +2% -4% (33) 137
23 10 Christian Birngruber AUT 08:35:39 09:09:21 00:50:38 04:33:12 05:28:50 03:06:49 39% +0% -61% (7) 185
24 12 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:35:40 09:03:18 00:50:21 04:37:55 05:33:17 03:02:23 50% +0% -50% (16) 166
25 26 Simon Schwarz * GER 08:37:38 09:11:34 00:51:58 04:39:17 05:36:15 03:01:23 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (194)
26 36 Pavel Simko * SVK 08:39:21 09:10:50 00:50:08 04:34:55 05:30:03 03:09:18 80% +0% -20% (4) 192
27 34 Andreas Niedrig * GER 08:40:02 09:10:05 00:46:17 04:26:58 05:18:15 03:21:47 44% +30% -26% (14) (186)
28 28 Jonas Oerarbaeck SWE 08:44:19 09:18:42 00:58:23 04:41:29 05:44:52 02:59:27 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (209)
29 35 Sebastian Norberg SWE 08:46:13 09:20:43 00:52:03 04:35:20 05:32:22 03:13:51 57% +0% -43% (2) (216)
30 42 Christian Jais GER 08:59:24 09:40:35 00:54:40 04:38:22 05:38:02 03:21:22 18% +31% -51% (3) (259)
31 23 Nicholas Chase USA 09:01:48 09:29:24 00:50:43 04:44:09 05:39:52 03:21:56 100% +0% -0% (3) 240
32 20 Josef Krivanek CZE 09:05:54 09:35:00 00:55:16 04:49:01 05:49:17 03:16:37 78% +22% -0% (7) (251)
33 47 Dirk Baelus BEL 09:12:43 09:43:44 00:55:29 04:50:31 05:51:00 03:21:43 59% +0% -41% (4) 263
34 37 Hans Muehlbauer GER 09:13:56 09:36:39 00:53:13 05:07:03 06:05:15 03:08:41 96% +0% -4% (11) 252
35 33 Lukas Polan * CZE 09:13:59 09:54:18 01:00:31 04:55:18 06:00:50 03:13:09 41% +16% -43% (16) 274
36 53 Freddy Lampret ZAF 09:18:55 09:57:07 00:52:25 04:48:53 05:46:18 03:32:37 37% +7% -56% (14) 278
37 46 Zsombor Deak * ROM 09:30:33 10:00:22 00:57:04 05:07:09 06:09:12 03:21:21 71% +0% -29% (4) 280
38 39 Michal Ivanco SVK 09:36:12 10:16:14 01:15:09 04:59:16 06:19:25 03:16:47 100% +0% -0% (3) 287
39 24 Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 10:09:54 11:11:41 01:10:46 05:01:50 06:17:36 03:52:18 9% +16% -75% (6) (302)
40 19 Aleksander Kochetkov * LTU 10:30:37 11:11:58 01:06:40 05:26:55 06:38:35 03:52:02 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (303)
41 32 Marek Nemcik * SVK 10:43:13 11:56:30 01:09:18 05:20:25 06:34:43 04:08:30 32% +24% -44% (45) 307
42 38 Michal Volejnik CZE 10:45:19 11:34:30 01:02:11 05:11:52 06:19:02 04:26:17 38% +0% -62% (2) (305)
8 Thomas Steger AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
21 Florian Boegge GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
29 Christian Haupt GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
30 Sebastian Guhr GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
31 Hans Christian Tungesvik NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
40 Fredrik Baeckson SWE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
41 David Hanko HUN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
43 Frederik Waer BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
51 Stephan Benedikt AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
54 Markus Leukermoser AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
57 Mihai Baractaru ROM n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
58 Patrik Ericsson SWE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
59 Manuel Saupriegl AUT n/a unrated 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. Most of them are registered for a “back up race” in Frankfurt.

Female 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 73 Susie Cheetham GBR 08:52:38 09:12:02 00:53:26 04:52:48 05:51:15 03:01:23 90% +0% -10% (9) 7
2 70 Eva Wutti * AUT 08:53:43 09:21:24 00:55:20 04:55:24 05:55:44 02:57:59 90% +0% -10% (10) 19
3 77 Lisa Huetthaler AUT 08:54:31 09:21:24 00:53:22 04:45:43 05:44:05 03:10:26 90% +10% -0% (5) 19
4 81 Sara Svensk * SWE 09:01:31 09:35:42 00:56:25 04:52:13 05:53:39 03:07:52 20% +46% -34% (3) (44)
5 74 Mareen Hufe * GER 09:06:20 09:26:10 00:57:32 04:50:06 05:52:38 03:13:42 84% +10% -6% (26) 30
6 75 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:09:17 09:36:45 00:59:01 05:01:58 06:05:59 03:03:18 96% +4% -0% (10) 46
7 83 Celine Schaerer * SUI 09:16:30 09:37:12 00:49:34 05:05:33 06:00:07 03:16:23 80% +0% -20% (11) 48
8 89 Jessie Donavan * USA 09:20:06 09:39:47 01:04:09 04:53:21 06:02:30 03:17:36 98% +2% -0% (17) 56
9 78 Carolin Lehrieder GER 09:25:23 10:26:41 00:53:42 05:06:22 06:05:05 03:20:18 16% +6% -78% (12) (133)
10 82 Caroline Livesey GBR 09:31:24 10:08:18 00:57:55 05:04:33 06:07:28 03:23:56 51% +14% -35% (10) 102
11 84 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:31:44 09:59:38 01:04:26 05:08:42 06:18:09 03:13:35 84% +16% -0% (5) 87
12 87 Kelly Fillnow USA 09:31:52 10:02:55 01:02:39 05:07:30 06:15:09 03:16:43 85% +5% -11% (16) 95
13 90 Kamila Polak AUT 09:36:55 10:05:38 00:57:30 05:08:14 06:10:44 03:26:11 100% +0% -0% (5) 100
14 86 Steph Corker * CAN 09:47:16 10:20:18 00:55:17 05:20:40 06:20:57 03:26:19 70% +30% -0% (4) 123
15 79 Helena Herrero Gomez * ESP 09:57:45 10:39:45 00:59:00 05:33:01 06:37:01 03:20:44 34% +0% -66% (11) 145
16 80 Francesca Sanjana GBR 10:24:08 11:11:43 01:04:10 05:26:15 06:35:25 03:48:43 39% +0% -61% (2) (156)
71 Emma Pallant GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
76 Beatrice Weiss AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
85 Antonina Reznikov * ISR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
88 Emily Loughnan AUS n/a unrated 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. Most of them are registered for a “back up race” in Frankfurt.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • David McNamee: 32% (2-1)
  • Andy Potts: 21% (4-1)
  • Ivan Tutukin: 18% (5-1)
  • Clemente Alonso McKernan: 12% (8-1)
  • Michael Weiss: 11% (8-1)
  • Igor Amorelli: 2% (41-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Susie Cheetham: 31% (2-1)
  • Eva Wutti: 31% (2-1)
  • Lisa Huetthaler: 29% (2-1)
  • Mareen Hufe: 2% (61-1)

Kona Qualifying

With the July cutoff for Kona Qualifying coming closer, there are a number of athletes looking to secure a slot. Here’s what some of the males need to be safe or get very close to it:

  • 8th: Michael Weiss
  • 6th: Thiago Vinhal
  • 2nd: Miquel Blanchard
  • Win: Markus Thomschke, David Plese
  • Just Finish: David McNamee, Andy Potts
  • Already Safe: Igor Amorelli, Ivan Tutukin

The woman Pros will need more points than the males to qualify, here’s who has a chance for securing a July slot in Austria:

  • 3rd: Emma Pallant
  • 2nd: Lisa Huetthaler
  • Winner: Sara Svensk
  • Already Safe: Susie Cheetham, Mareen Hufe

Even when last year’s winner Eva Wutti defends her title, she will still need another Ironman to get enough points, she might tackle the Austria/Germany double with just one week between the IMs.

Challenge Roth (July 1st) – Seedings

TitlePage Roth Report ThumbIf you want to know a lot more details about Challenge Roth, its history, the courses and the strengths and weaknesses for each Pro athlete (plus interviews with the main contenders), download my “2018 Roth Rating Report“.

Race Day

Here is some information on race day and some late updates.

First of all, here’s how you can follow the race on Sunday, July 1st:

  1. Through the Challenge Roth homepage (https://www.challenge-roth.com) , you will be able to access live streams in German and English. The streams will start at 8:30 am CEDT, two hours after the start of the race.
  2. There will be text updates on Twitter and on the Challenge Roth homepage.
  3. For those who are able to receive Germany TV, there is going to be a summary of the race on Bayern3 from 15:30 to 16:00. This will also be available on the Live Stream with German and English commentary.

I will be commentating in the English live stream and I hope that a lot of readers will join me. If you’re watching the race, please let me know through email (contact info in the right-hand sidebar) or Twitter (@ThRadde) where you are watching from and send me any questions you may have!

Here’s a list of when things are expected to happen on race day (all times CEST, times in brackets are estimates):

  • 6:30 am Male Pro Start
  • 6:33 am Female Pro Start
  • 6:45 am
 to 8:05 am Age Group Wave Starts 
(19 waves of up to 200 athletes)
  • (7:16 am) First Male in T1
  • (7:19 am) First Female in T1
  • (11:31 am) First Male out of T2
  • (12:11 pm) First Female out of T2
  • (2:16 pm) Male Winner
  • (3:16 pm) Female Winner

Roth is on Central European Summer Time, 2 hours behind UTC. Here are conversions to a few other time zones:

  • +8 hours: Melbourne (AEST), race starts at 2:30 pm
  • -1 hour: United Kingdom (BST), race starts at 5:30 am
  • -6 hours: US East Coast (EDT), race starts at 0:30 am
  • -9 hours: US West Coast (PDT), race starts at 9:30 pm on Saturday evening

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:58:45 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:14:06
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:00:52 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:01:17
2007 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:54:23 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:55
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:09:34 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:45:48
2009 Michael Goehner (GER) 07:55:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:31:59
2010 Rasmus Henning (DEN) 07:52:36 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:19:13
2011 Andreas Raelert (GER) 07:41:33 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:18:13
2012 James Cunnama (ZAF) 07:59:59 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 08:45:04
2013 Dirk Bockel (LUX) 07:52:01 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 08:40:35
2014 Timo Bracht (GER) 07:56:00 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:38:53
2015 Nils Frommhold (GER) 07:51:28 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:50:53
2016 Jan Frodeno (GER) 07:35:39 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:22:04
2017 Bart Aernouts (BEL) 07:59:07 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:40:03

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:52:55 04:19:02 02:44:10 07:59:07
2 Joe Skipper GBR 00:53:07 04:19:53 02:46:44 08:03:00
3 Maurice Clavel GER 00:48:29 04:16:42 02:56:30 08:04:53

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:52:34 04:37:34 03:06:46 08:40:03
2 Laura Siddall GBR 00:58:16 04:44:59 03:05:40 08:51:38
3 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 00:58:15 04:45:51 03:20:09 09:07:40

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:35:39 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Swim overall 00:43:35 Michael Pruefert 1997-07-13
Bike overall 04:08:07 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Run overall 02:36:49 Luc Van Lierde 1997-07-13
Total female 08:18:13 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10
Swim female 00:47:27 Ute Mueckel 2005-06-24
Bike female 04:31:29 Daniela Ryf 2016-07-17
Run female 02:44:35 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 20:51.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Roth

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25 28 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25
2006 18:53 01:44 08:33 04:19 41 21:04 01:30 10:54 06:52
2007 29:57 01:18 12:15 08:14 35 24:02 01:26 11:21 07:19
2008 25:59 02:33 09:07 08:30 40 24:31 01:43 10:48 07:37
2009 29:11 02:32 17:28 05:18 43 25:27 01:52 12:08 07:09
2010 20:31 01:04 06:51 04:27 43 24:38 01:44 11:15 06:42
2011 24:18 02:05 17:28 05:32 38 24:35 01:47 12:08 06:32
2012 14:09 02:41 06:42 04:12 50 23:17 01:54 11:28 06:15
2013 22:46 01:01 15:15 04:13 41 23:13 01:48 11:53 06:01
2014 08:34 00:24 14:38 -02:43 37 21:46 01:40 12:09 05:09
2015 19:22 01:35 12:35 04:24 44 of 56 21:32 01:39 12:12 05:05
2016 19:24 01:23 17:02 02:43 39 of 43 21:22 01:38 12:36 04:53
2017 14:36 00:27 16:10 02:41 38 of 53 20:51 01:32 12:52 04:43

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 200.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 19% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Sebastian Kienle GER 07:46:17 08:06:07 00:49:05 04:07:17 05:01:22 02:44:55 99% +0% -1% (15) 2
2 3 Andreas Dreitz GER 07:53:53 08:25:19 00:47:45 04:12:39 05:05:24 02:48:29 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (27)
3 4 James Cunnama ZAF 07:55:07 08:20:37 00:47:05 04:16:02 05:08:06 02:47:01 45% +35% -19% (26) 14
4 2 Joe Skipper GBR 07:59:20 08:25:41 00:51:19 04:19:40 05:15:59 02:43:21 62% +13% -25% (20) 28
5 98 David Dellow AUS 08:03:47 08:29:15 00:46:39 04:23:39 05:15:18 02:48:29 58% +1% -41% (19) (41)
6 99 Ivan Rana ESP 08:05:55 08:25:42 00:46:37 04:29:39 05:21:16 02:44:39 84% +3% -14% (15) 29
7 5 Cameron Wurf * AUS 08:06:47 08:29:21 00:48:45 04:07:39 05:04:24 03:05:23 60% +31% -9% (11) 43
8 7 Jesse Thomas USA 08:09:51 08:27:09 00:49:53 04:23:24 05:18:17 02:51:34 100% +0% -0% (5) 33
9 14 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:10:08 08:39:13 00:47:52 04:21:57 05:14:49 02:55:19 49% +0% -51% (5) 79
10 11 Jan Raphael GER 08:15:33 08:40:07 00:48:59 04:30:13 05:24:12 02:51:21 81% +0% -19% (29) 81
11 13 Lukas Kraemer GER 08:17:06 08:44:48 00:53:07 04:34:02 05:32:09 02:44:57 100% +0% -0% (2) (91)
12 8 Roman Deisenhofer GER 08:17:38 08:51:23 00:50:19 04:23:20 05:18:40 02:58:58 51% +49% -0% (9) 117
13 10 Markus Hoermann GER 08:18:19 08:52:42 00:51:05 04:26:56 05:23:01 02:55:18 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (125)
14 12 Sebastian Neef GER 08:19:33 08:56:10 00:50:12 04:21:42 05:16:54 03:02:39 24% +39% -37% (3) (139)
15 9 Michael Goehner GER 08:20:07 08:55:37 00:51:45 04:29:32 05:26:17 02:53:50 58% +2% -41% (20) (137)
16 6 Luke Bell AUS 08:24:07 08:43:11 00:46:39 04:28:55 05:20:34 03:03:33 41% +7% -52% (34) 88
17 33 Luis Henrique Ohde BRA 08:25:14 08:48:19 00:47:45 04:35:03 05:27:48 02:57:26 100% +0% -0% (4) 105
18 18 Christian Altstadt GER 08:26:42 09:00:24 00:50:47 04:29:59 05:25:46 03:00:56 59% +0% -41% (3) (153)
19 17 Marc Unger GER 08:27:43 09:18:57 00:50:33 04:26:07 05:21:39 03:06:04 46% +54% -0% (2) (209)
20 20 Patrick Jaberg SUI 08:28:47 08:54:38 00:52:29 04:32:20 05:29:49 02:58:58 83% +16% -1% (21) 133
21 97 Sven Riederer SUI 08:31:31 09:05:26 00:47:50 04:26:13 05:19:03 03:12:28 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (170)
22 15 Fraser Cartmell GBR 08:34:09 09:01:39 00:48:14 04:35:24 05:28:38 03:05:31 24% +6% -69% (12) 159
23 21 Niclas Bock GER 08:36:11 09:21:29 00:50:20 04:29:42 05:25:02 03:11:09 10% +0% -90% (3) (220)
24 47 Bryan McCrystal * IRL 08:37:42 09:10:18 00:57:45 04:26:06 05:28:50 03:08:52 49% +14% -36% (5) 187
25 48 Thomas Naasz NED 08:48:57 09:21:12 00:54:22 04:46:12 05:45:34 03:03:23 79% +21% -0% (7) 218
26 30 Tjardo Visser NED 08:51:45 09:16:13 00:50:24 04:51:39 05:47:03 03:04:42 48% +52% -0% (3) 205
27 16 Douglas MacLean USA 08:56:23 09:21:32 00:56:59 04:51:19 05:53:18 03:03:05 98% +2% -0% (18) 221
28 23 Young Hwan Oh KOR 08:59:40 09:28:24 01:00:09 04:48:34 05:53:43 03:05:57 73% +16% -11% (10) 238
29 25 Alfred Rahm GER 09:22:50 10:01:37 01:01:47 04:57:16 06:04:02 03:18:48 41% +0% -59% (20) 281
30 46 Marcus Woellner GER 09:23:53 10:02:47 00:48:11 04:31:21 05:24:32 03:59:21 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (282)
31 22 Charles Martin FRA 09:56:28 10:29:53 00:51:40 05:04:05 06:00:45 03:55:43 48% +0% -52% (2) (295)
19 Sebastian Mahr GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
24 Rick Steffen GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Reece Barclay GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Bruno Pasqualini ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
32 Paul Schuster GER n/a unrated 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 19% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 101 Lucy Charles GBR 08:43:12 09:07:40 00:46:10 04:47:33 05:38:43 03:04:29 50% +50% -0% (4) 5
2 104 Kaisa Sali FIN 08:44:40 09:05:35 00:54:24 04:49:08 05:48:32 02:56:08 100% +0% -0% (6) 2
3 102 Laura Siddall GBR 08:51:53 09:19:23 00:55:34 04:46:29 05:47:03 03:04:50 74% +23% -3% (15) 14
4 103 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 08:52:04 09:20:25 00:55:40 04:44:28 05:45:08 03:06:56 73% +0% -27% (34) 16
5 107 Daniela Saemmler GER 09:01:40 09:25:56 00:53:18 04:49:12 05:47:30 03:14:10 61% +21% -18% (11) 29
6 109 Sofie Goos BEL 09:13:30 09:39:30 00:56:39 05:00:24 06:02:03 03:11:27 61% +9% -29% (27) 55
7 113 Sarissa De Vries NED 09:13:44 09:48:15 00:51:45 04:52:06 05:48:51 03:24:53 48% +52% -0% (3) 68
8 111 Alicia Kaye USA 09:18:58 09:45:31 00:50:17 05:02:43 05:58:00 03:20:58 28% +20% -52% (5) 61
9 132 Bianca Steurer AUT 09:26:05 09:48:25 00:56:34 05:05:51 06:07:25 03:18:40 92% +8% -0% (8) 70
10 110 Lucie Zelenkova CZE 09:26:40 09:53:35 00:51:19 05:13:00 06:09:18 03:17:22 74% +0% -26% (29) 79
11 114 Olga Kowalska POL 09:44:32 10:17:58 01:02:50 05:18:37 06:26:27 03:18:05 100% +0% -0% (2) (120)
116 Karen Steurs BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

I’ve also written a number of more detailed posts about the chances for most of the main contenders, check out the links below.

Male Race Participants

Female Race Participants

Ironman Boulder 2018 – Analyzing Results

IMBoulderCourse Conditions

A lot was said before the race about the heat in Boulder and how that will make racing really hard. But this didn’t affect the Pro race, this year’s adjustment of 7:52 was about 12 minutes quicker than last year. Part of this is from good conditions, another part from the changes in the bike and run course. As is typical for the course in Boulder, the bike was really fast but the run really slow (only two sub-3 runs – in the whole Pro field!).

We also saw a few course records: Angela Naeth set a new bike course record (her 4:39:04 was ten minutes quicker than the old record from Heather Jackson). On the male side, we have a new overall course record by winner Chris Leiferman (8:07:55, more than five minutes faster than Tim O’Donnell last year) and a new bike course record by Sam Long (his 4:09 was 15 minutes quicker than TO’s old record).

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Chris Leiferman USA 00:54:34 04:09:55 02:59:02 08:07:55 -01:38 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Joe Gambles AUS 00:49:55 04:17:40 03:00:46 08:13:16 -07:55 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Patrick Mckeon USA 00:54:37 04:21:55 02:58:42 08:20:48 -05:10 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Kevin Collington USA 00:49:50 04:23:41 03:08:33 08:26:16 01:58 US$ 2,500 960
5 Sam Long USA 00:55:11 04:09:49 03:20:54 08:29:56 -14:50 US$ 1,500 720
6 Jonathan Shearon USA 00:54:40 04:13:26 03:20:55 08:34:31 01:16 US$ 1,000 540
7 Justin Daerr USA 00:54:31 04:28:04 03:11:27 08:39:30 05:20 405
8 Steve Mantell USA 00:54:40 04:33:38 03:04:52 08:40:11 n/a 305
9 AJ Baucco USA 00:53:24 04:39:42 03:22:44 09:00:49 03:12 230
10 Douglas MacLean USA 01:01:58 04:42:17 03:13:47 09:04:20 -05:05 170
11 Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:54:37 04:50:51 03:13:42 09:04:53 31:32 120
12 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:02:01 04:32:07 03:31:30 09:13:18 07:35 85
13 Justin Metzler USA 00:49:52 04:32:55 03:50:51 09:18:13 n/a 60
14 Chris McDonald AUS 00:55:13 04:50:18 04:20:30 10:11:23 1:31:32 40
15 Jonathan Fecik USA 00:58:04 04:42:05 04:42:09 10:28:44 1:08:37 30
16 Brian Folts USA 01:03:00 05:01:13 04:44:20 10:55:44 n/a 20
17 Steven Zawaski USA 00:54:31 04:30:09 05:40:49 11:10:56 1:49:36 15
Kennett Peterson USA 00:54:32 04:21:41 DNF
Colin Laughery USA 00:59:08 04:33:29 DNF
Robbie Wade IRL 00:55:52 04:37:45 DNF
Chris Schroeder USA 00:54:30 DNF
Paul Ambrose AUS 00:54:31 DNF
Rob Chalfant USA 00:59:09 DNF
Jason Pohl CAN 01:03:34 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Kirsty Jahn CAN 01:00:25 04:47:31 03:21:59 09:16:12 04:41 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Katy Evans USA 00:54:29 04:55:18 03:24:41 09:19:20 -04:37 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Dede Griesbauer USA 00:54:34 04:44:21 03:51:25 09:36:55 -02:03 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Erin Green USA 01:00:29 05:06:22 03:35:44 09:49:18 -13:56 US$ 2,500 960
5 Kimberly Goodell USA 01:03:45 05:01:26 03:42:16 09:52:51 -11:23 US$ 1,500 720
6 Angela Naeth CAN 01:00:23 04:39:04 04:10:01 09:55:18 41:44 US$ 1,000 540
7 Sarah Jarvis GER 01:00:20 05:05:01 03:48:35 09:59:45 -04:31 405
8 Ashley Paulson USA 01:14:08 05:14:58 03:26:30 10:01:42 09:35 305
9 Palmira Alvarez MEX 01:13:36 05:05:36 03:52:22 10:17:19 10:29 230
10 Emma-Kate Lidbury GBR 00:58:34 04:58:16 04:15:16 10:21:20 53:03 170
11 Monica Folts USA 01:13:34 05:28:21 04:32:01 11:21:41 n/a 120
Amanda Wendorff USA 00:58:38 04:46:42 DNF
Anne Basso FRA 01:04:37 05:17:05 DNF
Adelaide Perr USA 01:04:25 DNF
Uli Bromme USA 01:05:33 DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

Here’s a look at category changes in Kona qualifying by athletes racing in Boulder:

  • Safe: Kirsty Jahn, Kevin Collington
  • Close (but more points needed): Job Gambles, Chris Leiferman, Patrick McKeon

Ironman Germany 2018 (July 8th) – Entry List

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Patrick Lange GER 9140 1+2 (8000/500)
Josh Amberger AUS 4380 2+1
Patrik Nilsson SWE 3825 1+0
Tyler Butterfield BMU 1830 1+1
Jan Frodeno GER 1735 1+2 (235/750)
Philipp Koutny SUI 1730 3+1 (170/400)
David Plese SLO 1530 2+2 (385/35)
Andi Boecherer GER 1390 0+2 (0/640)
Mark Bowstead NZL 1280 1+0
Marc Duelsen GER 1050 1+1
Nick Kastelein AUS 885 0+2 (0/345)
Gregory Close USA 720 1+0
Zsombor Deak ROM 705 1+2 (540/25)
Urs Mueller SUI 575 2+0
Peru Alfaro ESP 515 1+0
Christian Brader GER 250 1+1
Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 235 2+1
Alexander Chikin RUS 170 1+1
Felix Hentschel GER 149 0+2 (0/9)
Markus Liebelt GER 135 0+1
Pavel Simko SVK 135 1+1
Lucas Amirault FRA 124 1+2 (85/9)
Philipp Mock GER 100 0+2 (0/35)
David Berthou FRA 50 0+1
Marek Nemcik SVK 50 3+1 (2/5)
Simon Schwarz GER 30 0+1
Olivier Esser BEL 8 1+0
Lukas Polan CZE 6 0+2 (0/1)
Dominique Wymmersch Gallego ESP 2 0+1
Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 0 0+0
Aleksander Kochetkov LTU 0 0+0
Wouter Monchy BEL 0 0+0
Andreas Niedrig GER 0 0+0
Andreas Raelert GER 0 0+0
Imanol Sagarzazu ESP 0 0+0

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Daniela Ryf SUI 12085 1+2 (8000/1085)
Sarah Crowley AUS 6480 1+0
Mareen Hufe GER 4775 3+0 (540/0)
Rachel McBride CAN 3795 2+2 (405/435)
Jodie Robertson USA 3580 1+1
Sarah True USA 3270 0+2 (0/1085)
Laura Philipp GER 3180 0+2 (0/750)
Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 2660 2+2 (340/320)
Bruna Mahn BRA 2655 2+2 (540/400)
Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 2485 3+1 (385/180)
Sara Svensk SWE 2410 1+1
Anne Haug GER 2025 0+2 (0/750)
Katharina Grohmann GER 2020 2+1
Angela Naeth CAN 1425 0+2 (0/640)
Eva Wutti AUT 1165 0+2 (0/540)
Celine Schaerer SUI 980 1+1
Ewa Bugdol POL 945 2+0
Skye Moench USA 590 1+2 (170/180)
Steph Corker CAN 165 1+1
Helena Herrero Gomez ESP 120 1+0
Kristin Lie NOR 0 0+0
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