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April 2019

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

Ironman Texas 2019 – Analyzing Results

Race ConditionsIMTexasLogo

After last year’s crazy fast times (for whatever reasons), this year was a relatively slow year for Texas – an adjustment of 12:30 compared to the new course rating of 15:08. While the swim and run where quite typical, the bike was pretty slow, compared to last year it was nearly 17 minutes slower. 

If we don’t accept the times from last year for course records, then both winners posted new course records. In addition, Kim Morrison’s bike time was a new bike course record.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Patrik Nilsson SWE 00:49:18 04:13:14 02:42:20 07:50:55 -08:23 US$ 30,000
2 David Plese SLO 00:52:08 04:17:41 02:46:22 08:01:50 -13:56 US$ 15,000
3 Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:50:39 04:02:56 03:04:38 08:03:53 -15:02 US$ 8,000
4 Joe Skipper GBR 00:53:33 04:21:19 02:44:38 08:05:03 -04:28 US$ 6,500
5 Matt Hanson USA 00:53:39 04:20:43 02:50:08 08:09:28 -07:24 US$ 5,000
6 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 00:53:30 04:20:53 02:51:53 08:11:21 -04:49 US$ 3,500
7 Michael Weiss AUT 00:56:15 04:15:54 02:55:17 08:13:05 06:21 US$ 2,500
8 Sam Proctor GBR 00:52:12 04:26:40 02:50:18 08:14:17 n/a US$ 2,000
9 Mauricio Mendez Cruz MEX 00:50:41 04:30:27 02:49:01 08:15:44 n/a US$ 1,500
10 Pedro Gomes POR 00:53:30 04:27:10 02:52:02 08:18:18 -20:41 US$ 1,000
11 Allan Hovda NOR 00:59:43 04:20:56 02:54:38 08:20:46 -34:05  
12 Matthew Russell USA 00:59:17 04:22:35 02:58:05 08:25:28 12:42  
13 Sebastian Najmowicz POL 00:50:43 04:30:56 02:59:01 08:26:43 -08:43  
14 Clay Emge USA 00:53:44 04:35:56 02:58:27 08:34:37 -14:05  
15 Raul Tejada GTM 00:56:12 04:35:35 02:57:32 08:35:04 00:50  
16 Martin Fredriksson SWE 00:56:17 04:24:31 03:09:05 08:36:41 n/a  
17 Pete Dyson GBR 00:59:19 04:29:23 03:09:30 08:44:29 n/a  
18 Colin Laughery USA 00:59:17 04:41:07 03:09:30 08:56:22 -01:55  
19 Balazs Csoke HUN 00:49:14 04:47:19 03:15:41 08:58:37 -00:14  
20 Nicholas Granet FRA 00:52:10 04:40:46 03:27:38 09:07:17 31:36  
21 David Hanko HUN 00:50:46 04:23:35 03:48:23 09:08:14 29:17  
22 Ohad Sinai ISR 01:05:37 04:59:50 03:40:43 09:55:06 14:30  
23 Alexander Berggren SWE 00:49:03 05:04:35 04:06:26 10:06:04 n/a  
24 Alexander Schilling GER 00:52:05 04:22:06 05:46:19 11:06:34 2:39:28  
25 Blake Becker USA 00:59:25 04:39:15 05:43:31 11:29:11 2:33:10  
  Will Clarke GBR 00:50:49 04:21:44   DNF    
  Pablo Gomez COL 00:59:09 05:01:58   DNF    
  Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:53:35 05:14:34   DNF    
  Gergo Badar HUN 00:53:41 05:18:42   DNF    
  Yorlliry Moreno VEN 00:53:38     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:54:03 04:40:36 02:57:23 08:37:48 04:59 US$ 30,000
2 Jocelyn McCauley USA 00:54:09 04:40:17 02:59:32 08:39:41 -30:04 US$ 15,000
3 Jeanni Seymour ZAF 00:54:10 04:57:44 03:00:48 08:58:03 n/a US$ 8,000
4 Lesley Smith USA 00:56:41 05:00:03 03:00:04 09:03:17 -06:36 US$ 6,500
5 Kimberley Morrison GBR 00:58:20 04:36:39 03:23:38 09:03:45 -09:27 US$ 5,000
6 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 01:01:47 04:53:54 03:21:01 09:22:56 -00:30 US$ 3,500
7 Jennie Hansen USA 01:09:28 04:57:45 03:22:13 09:37:25 04:32 US$ 2,500
8 Natasha Van der Merwe USA 01:05:31 04:57:52 03:28:25 09:38:19 -08:04 US$ 2,000
9 Hilary Fenton USA 01:03:41 05:05:25 03:32:40 09:48:00 n/a US$ 1,500
10 Palmira Alvarez MEX 01:09:30 04:58:06 03:40:04 09:54:00 -10:19 US$ 1,000
11 Sarah Karpinski USA 01:16:20 05:21:26 03:24:01 10:08:03 n/a  
  Jessica Jones USA 01:01:42 05:12:47   DNF    
  Caroline St-Pierre CAN 01:01:48 05:24:54   DNF    
  Anne Basso FRA 01:01:40 05:28:50   DNF    

Kona Qualifying

Texas had a total of six Kona Pro slots, with 14 female and 30 male starters the unassigned slots went to the men, resulting in four male slots and two female slots.

Daniela validated her AQ Kona slot, in addition the already qualified athletes Jocelyn McCauley, Andrew Starykowicz and Matt Hanson didn’t “count” for the slots.

Therefore the slots went to Jeanni Seymour and Lesley Smith on the female side, and Patrik Nilsson, David Plese, Joe Skipper and Kyle Buckingham for the men.

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)

Ironman Australia 2018 (May 5th) – Seedings

IMAustraliaLogoUpdates:

  • May 2nd: Els Visser posted on Instagram that she won’t be racing but plans to race Challenge Heilbronn (May 19th).

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:25:44 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:13:20
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:20:42 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:19:44
2007 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:21:49 Rebekah Keat (AUS) 09:12:59
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:31:32 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:03:54
2009 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:24:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:57:10
2010 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:23:54 Carrie Lester (AUS) 09:23:46
2011 Pete Jacobs (AUS) 08:29:28 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 09:29:54
2012 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:17:38 Michelle Gailey (AUS) 09:34:57
2013 Luke Bell (AUS) 08:30:23 Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 09:34:55
2014 Elliot Holtham (CAN) 08:35:18 Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 09:28:43
2015 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:35:53 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:38:24
2016 Tim Reed (AUS) 08:16:34 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:13:34
2017 David Dellow (AUS) 08:15:36 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:16:39
2018 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:14:37 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:05:58

Last Race’s TOP 3

You can find the full results and analysis from last year’s race here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 00:45:57 04:30:55 02:54:12 08:14:37
2 Luke McKenzie AUS 00:46:46 04:33:55 02:53:13 08:18:10
3 Mark Bowstead NZL 00:45:47 04:29:08 03:07:18 08:26:25

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Laura Siddall GBR 00:55:48 04:56:12 03:10:21 09:05:58
2 Melanie Burke NZL 01:00:14 05:10:45 03:14:33 09:29:49
3 Kelsey Withrow USA 00:48:42 05:27:09 03:23:11 09:44:59

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:14:37 Marino Vanhoenacker 2018-05-06
Swim overall 00:43:47 Josh Amberger 2016-05-01
Swim overall 00:43:47 Clayton Fettell 2016-05-01
Bike overall 04:27:51 Dougal Allan 2016-05-01
Run overall 02:47:20 Tim Van Berkel 2012-04-29
Total female 08:57:10 Chrissie Wellington 2009-04-05
Swim female 00:48:42 Kelsey Withrow 2018-05-06
Swim female 00:48:42 Melissa Ashton 2006-05-11
Bike female 04:56:12 Laura Siddall 2018-05-06
Run female 03:01:06 Lisa Bentley 2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 07:03.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08 30 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08
2007 06:51 02:46 00:22 03:44 36 06:33 03:02 -00:24 03:56
2008 03:29 00:50 00:59 01:40 24 05:32 02:18 00:04 03:11
2009 05:55 01:02 01:24 03:30 28 05:37 01:59 00:24 03:15
2010 11:09 05:45 06:08 -00:45 18 06:44 02:44 01:33 02:27
2011 06:25 02:35 00:29 03:21 14 06:41 02:43 01:22 02:36
2012 10:08 03:03 01:27 05:38 9 07:10 02:46 01:23 03:02
2013 12:57 02:29 02:23 08:05 9 07:54 02:44 01:30 03:40
2014 12:29 04:13 -01:46 10:03 15 of 17 08:24 02:53 01:09 04:23
2015 -00:46 03:26 -01:44 -02:29 18 of 24 07:29 02:57 00:51 03:42
2016 -00:50 01:34 -01:02 -01:23 23 of 29 06:44 02:49 00:41 03:14
2017 08:36 01:07 03:52 03:37 14 of 15 06:53 02:41 00:57 03:16
2018 08:58 03:05 04:37 01:16 17 of 21 07:03 02:43 01:13 03:07

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Australia has 1m+1f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 24% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 4 Tim Van Berkel AUS 08:13:44 08:26:28 00:46:01 04:35:48 05:26:49 02:46:55 89% +6% -5% (26) 33
2 2 Cameron Wurf (KQ) AUS 08:15:47 08:23:08 00:48:21 04:20:45 05:14:06 03:01:41 79% +16% -5% (17) 25
3 1 Tim Reed AUS 08:19:14 08:28:20 00:46:22 04:34:06 05:25:27 02:53:47 81% +8% -11% (10) 42
4 5 Denis Chevrot FRA 08:25:20 08:31:59 00:45:25 04:40:56 05:31:21 02:53:59 79% +2% -19% (17) 57
5 6 Clayton Fettell AUS 08:27:32 08:47:30 00:43:21 04:31:44 05:20:04 03:07:28 47% +7% -46% (13) (107)
6 3 Mark Bowstead NZL 08:29:20 08:41:17 00:46:13 04:35:51 05:27:03 03:02:17 74% +0% -26% (8) 86
7 7 Luke Bell AUS 08:34:12 08:43:11 00:45:35 04:41:08 05:31:43 03:02:29 41% +7% -52% (34) (94)
8 8 Simon Cochrane NZL 08:39:09 08:48:23 00:47:06 04:47:52 05:39:58 02:59:11 72% +16% -12% (25) 110
9 10 Clint Kimmins AUS 08:51:49 09:09:26 00:50:34 04:49:00 05:44:34 03:07:15 100% +0% -0% (2) (179)
10 12 Lucas Amirault FRA 08:55:10 09:07:43 00:51:04 04:54:07 05:50:11 03:04:59 100% +0% -0% (3) 174
11 9 Sacha Cavelier CAN 09:55:31 10:22:27 00:58:11 05:14:51 06:18:02 03:37:29 27% +46% -27% (5) 266
11 Matt Franklin NZL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
14 James Davy AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
15 Justin Wendemuth AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 9% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 21 Caroline Steffen (KQ) SUI 08:58:33 09:06:33 00:49:59 04:57:45 05:52:44 03:05:49 95% +5% -0% (21) 6
2 20 Laura Siddall GBR 09:08:05 09:16:15 00:55:11 05:00:41 06:00:51 03:07:14 84% +14% -2% (19) 14
3 22 Melanie Burke NZL 09:31:19 09:40:11 01:02:27 05:09:39 06:17:07 03:14:12 81% +16% -2% (16) 53
4 24 Els Visser NED 09:36:34 09:49:39 00:54:48 05:06:26 06:06:13 03:30:21 76% +24% -0% (4) 68
5 23 Kelsey Withrow USA 09:50:12 10:11:29 00:49:39 05:30:55 06:25:33 03:24:39 100% +0% -0% (2) (97)
6 25 Jessica Mitchell AUS 09:55:45 10:12:07 01:00:21 05:25:43 06:31:04 03:24:41 69% +15% -15% (9) 100
7 26 Karen Toulmin NZL 10:36:44 11:01:24 01:02:54 05:59:02 07:06:56 03:29:48 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (135)
27 Krystle Hockley AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Tim Van Berkel: 53% (1-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 26% (3-1)
  • Tim Reed: 12% (8-1)
  • Denis Chevrot: 6% (14-1)
  • Clayton Fettell: 2% (45-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Caroline Steffen: 84% (1-1)
  • Laura Siddall: 14% (6-1)

Ironman Boulder 2019 (June 9th) – Entry List

Updates:

  • May 4th: Added Lauren Brandon, Uli Bromme, Ginger Howell, Natasha Van der Merwe (WPRO) and Pedro Gomes, Peter Kotland, Kennett Peterson, Christopher Tommila (MPRO)

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Boulder has 1m+1f +2u Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation
Justin Daerr USA
Ivan Dominguez USA
Joe Gambles AUS
Pedro Gomes POR
Matt Hanson (KQ) USA
Tripp Hipple USA
Stephen Kilshaw CAN
Peter Kotland CZE
Colin Laughery USA
Brent McMahon CAN
Callum Millward NZL
Kennett Peterson USA
Christopher Tommila USA

Female Race Participants

Name Nation
Melanie Baumann SUI
Lauren Brandon USA
Uli Bromme USA
Erin Green USA
Ginger Howell USA
Danielle Mack USA
Angela Naeth CAN
Lesley Smith (KQ) USA
Zuzana Trnovcova SVK
Natasha Van der Merwe USA
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