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Ironman Florida 2019 – Analyzing Results

IMFloridaCourse Conditions

As usual, Florida has been a fast course (adjustment of 21:57, leading to a new course rating of 22:12) but not quite as quick as in previous years (the fastest year was 2013 with an adjustment of 33:24).

Andrew Starykowicz was able to post a new bike course record of 4:01:19, improving on his own time from 2013, setting the new fastest bike leg outside of IM Texas. Second place finisher Ben Hoffman posted a new run course CR of 2:36:09, improving on the 2013 marathon of Victor Del Corral. This is also the fastest run time ever (outside of the the Texas 2018 race and not counting some obviously short courses).

The overall course record was also by Victor Del Corral from 2013 (7:53), both Joe Skipper and Ben Hoffman were able to go faster this year. Joe’s winning time of 7:46:28 is the new CR. Joe was also close to the fastest times in the bike and run, and his combined “on land time” of 6:44:52 is the fastest time I could find in my database (previously Lionel Sanders 6:47:09 from Arizona 2016).

Kona Qualifiers

IM Florida has two male Kona slots, these go to the first two finishers

  • Joe Skipper
    and
  • Ben Hoffman.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Joe Skipper GBR 00:54:18 04:05:51 02:39:01 07:46:28 -11:08 US$ 20,000
2 Ben Hoffman USA 00:49:08 04:17:15 02:36:09 07:48:29 -02:36 US$ 10,000
3 Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:50:55 04:01:19 02:58:36 07:56:32 -11:23 US$ 6,500
4 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:50:42 04:16:13 02:49:49 08:02:22 -05:43 US$ 4,000
5 Ruedi Wild SUI 00:51:35 04:17:15 02:49:09 08:03:21 00:29 US$ 3,000
6 Justin Metzler USA 00:50:36 04:16:49 02:51:26 08:03:53 -35:02 US$ 2,000
7 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:53:00 04:21:42 02:42:58 08:05:38 -14:54 US$ 1,500
8 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:49:05 04:09:18 03:03:14 08:07:02 -03:18 US$ 1,250
9 Raul Tejada GTM 00:53:37 04:22:51 02:46:31 08:08:55 -17:58 US$ 1,000
10 Pedro Gomes POR 00:53:02 04:23:42 02:49:00 08:11:06 -14:56 US$ 750
11 Tripp Hipple USA 00:56:20 04:18:11 02:56:01 08:17:21 -03:01  
12 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:53:00 04:21:02 02:59:26 08:20:20 -14:33  
13 Hans Christian Tungesvik NOR 00:56:51 04:20:46 03:05:55 08:28:41 -10:04  
14 Cedric Boily CAN 00:53:26 04:36:47 02:50:25 08:29:58 10:47  
15 Clay Emge USA 00:57:38 04:34:11 02:55:21 08:35:42 -00:31  
16 Michiel De Wilde BEL 00:58:48 04:34:09 03:02:18 08:42:44 n/a  
17 Brad Williams USA 00:58:56 04:22:34 03:19:35 08:50:42 07:33  
18 Colin Laughery USA 01:04:54 04:37:17 03:02:52 08:53:55 02:09  
19 Alexander Berggren SWE 00:47:57 04:41:44 03:23:06 08:58:38 -35:18  
20 Matthew Shanks USA 01:03:01 04:43:36 03:04:52 08:59:13 -04:35  
21 Taylor Reid CAN 00:52:55 04:24:01 03:38:01 09:00:16 n/a  
22 Jonathan Fecik USA 00:56:09 04:29:53 03:27:18 09:00:48 -03:12  
23 Bjoern Laibacher GER 00:56:01 04:36:04 03:35:03 09:17:58 47:14  
24 Yorlliry Moreno VEN 00:54:41 04:52:12 03:28:20 09:24:31 n/a  
25 Derek Kidwell USA 00:52:57 04:34:29 04:07:26 09:42:35 42:25  
26 Jason Pohl CAN 00:55:39 04:34:43 04:17:45 09:54:03 1:10:26  
27 Tiago Depaula BRA 01:00:19 04:48:14 04:04:27 10:01:32 n/a  
  Johann Ackermann GER 00:49:02 04:24:09   DNF    
  Brent McMahon CAN 00:50:15 04:25:55   DNF    
  Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso ESP 00:48:37 04:51:24 02:43:22 DNF    
  Raymond Botelho USA 00:57:35 07:56:54   DNF    
  David Breuer GER 00:50:44     DNF    
  Sam Proctor GBR 00:54:47     DNF    
  Scott Defilippis USA 00:59:34     DNF    

Ironman Malaysia 2019 – Analyzing Results

IMMalaysiaCourse Conditions

The heat and humidity of Malaysia make the race quite slow and a lot of athletes commented that this year’s run was especially hard for them. The run adjustment of -7:46 is a clear indication of a tough run, but if anything even a bit easier than normal for Malaysia. The overall adjustment was -2:55 with a relatively quick bike of 4:11. The tough conditions probably contributed to the female race leader Jocelyn McCauley dropping out short of the 30k mark on the run with dehydration, needing medical attention according to the Ironman Live blog.

There are a few new course records set in today’s race: Philipp Koutny set a new record for the bike, improving Marino Vanhoenacker’s 2010 bike split of 4:21:01. Javier Gomez’ marathon of 2:54 is a new run course record – the old record dates back to 2006 (2:56:27 by Jason Shortis), indicating how hard it is to run even a sub-3 marathon (or a sub-3:20 for the female Pros). I’ve seen a few posts that claimed Javier’s overall finishing time of 8:18 as a new course record, however I still have the 2002(!) winning time of 8:10 by Bryan Rhodes as the course record (though the course might have changed since then).

Kona Qualifying

IM Malaysia offered one male and female Kona Pro slot, these go to the winners

  • Tessa Kortekaas
    and
  • Javier Gomez.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Javier Gomez ESP 00:47:16 04:32:45 02:54:43 08:18:58 03:51 US$ 5,000
2 Philipp Koutny SUI 00:49:26 04:20:50 03:09:49 08:24:18 -01:31 US$ 2,750
3 Thiago Vinhal BRA 00:49:28 04:38:15 02:59:18 08:31:15 -13:16 US$ 1,750
4 Kaito Tohara JPN 00:53:44 04:50:06 03:02:44 08:50:28 -05:33 US$ 1,250
5 Andy Potts USA 00:49:05 04:37:26 03:29:30 09:00:29 37:37 US$ 1,000
6 Per Van Vlerken GER 00:53:33 04:49:06 03:14:58 09:01:28 14:20 US$ 750
7 Nick Baldwin SEY 00:53:33 04:49:05 03:20:51 09:08:33 11:40
8 Petr Soukup CZE 00:53:32 04:51:13 03:27:04 09:15:33 n/a
9 Daniil Sapunov UKR 00:49:00 05:05:18 03:16:39 09:17:18 35:39
10 Eneko Elosegui ESP 00:59:12 04:48:01 03:38:24 09:30:04 02:06
11 Freddy Lampret ZAF 00:53:42 05:07:06 03:42:46 09:49:12 -05:11
12 Balazs Csoke HUN 00:49:33 05:17:57 03:47:01 10:00:55 46:49
13 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:14:16 06:41:30 05:22:48 13:28:03 1:25:17
14 Josef Svoboda CZE 01:14:20 06:53:35 05:28:23 13:46:01 1:59:39
Romain Guillaume FRA 00:49:33 04:46:51 DNF
Thomas Bosch GER 00:58:37 04:41:49 DNF
Robert Brundish GBR 00:53:39 DNF
Zsombor Deak ROM 00:58:39 DNF
Diego Vasquez ECU 00:59:39 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Tessa Kortekaas NED 01:00:52 05:02:55 03:35:01 09:43:20 -13:44 US$ 5,000
2 Naomi Washizu JPN 01:00:59 05:16:19 03:30:29 09:52:01 -02:57 US$ 2,750
3 Simona Krivankova CZE 01:05:59 05:21:40 03:26:16 09:59:28 10:33 US$ 1,750
4 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 01:00:59 05:13:34 03:43:58 10:02:44 n/a US$ 1,250
5 Katie Kyme AUS 01:01:02 05:44:02 03:39:31 10:29:15 n/a US$ 1,000
Jocelyn McCauley USA 00:52:19 04:58:29 DNF
Federica De Nicola ITA 01:00:56 05:09:46 DNF
Claire Davis AUS 00:56:50 DNF

Challenge Anhui 2019 – Analyzing Results

ChallengeAnhuiCourse Conditions

This was the first edition of Challenge Anhui. After a fast swim and bike the run was pretty slow. With an overall adjustment of 6:39, the finishing times are comparable to IM Australia or IM New Zealand.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Levi Maxwell AUS 00:48:11 04:30:36 02:45:33 08:08:41 -41:10 EUR 6,000
2 Steven McKenna AUS 00:45:47 04:32:36 02:53:47 08:17:27 n/a EUR 3,900
3 Thomas Davis GBR 00:43:38 04:29:01 03:00:26 08:17:55 n/a EUR 2,750
4 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 00:48:14 04:35:22 03:06:17 08:35:53 -03:16 EUR 1,900
5 Courtney Ogden AUS 00:48:10 04:45:37 03:08:42 08:48:01 09:23 EUR 1,500
6 Matthew Slee AUS 00:48:08 04:42:03 03:12:49 08:49:16 n/a EUR 1,200
7 Christian Altstadt GER 00:48:12 04:41:59 04:02:15 09:38:34 1:05:07 EUR 1,000
8 Jesse Vondracek USA 00:48:06 04:39:02 04:52:44 10:24:53 1:36:29 EUR 800
Simon Billeau FRA 00:53:34 04:41:53 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Meredith Hill AUS 00:53:09 04:56:54 03:17:28 09:14:06 -13:34 EUR 6,000
2 Lisa Roberts USA 00:58:04 05:05:46 03:14:41 09:24:00 06:39 EUR 3,900
3 Joanna Ryter SUI 01:01:51 05:14:38 03:23:43 09:44:51 24:07 EUR 2,750
4 Kierra Sansome AUS 00:56:07 05:35:44 03:33:02 10:11:12 -24:26 EUR 1,900

Ironman Florida 2019 (Nov 2nd) – Seedings

IMFloridaLikely DNS after Pro meeting (marked with a “?” in the list): Victor Del Corral, Philip Graves, Peru Alfaro, Max Biessmann, Andreas Borch, Alessandro Degasperi, Alan Dempsey, Patrick Brady, Ivan Dominguez, Lewis Elliot, Peter Kotland, Franz Loeschke, James Lubinski, Gustavo Rodriguez

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:28:26 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:33:09
2006 Jan Raphael (GER) 08:22:44 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:28:28
2007 Stephan Vuckovic (GER) 08:21:29 Nina Kraft (GER) 09:05:35
2008 Tom Evans (CAN) 08:07:59 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:07:48
2009 Kirill Kotshegarov (EST) 08:24:29 Sofie Goos (BEL) 09:08:38
2010 James Cunnama (ZAF) 08:15:59 Jessica Jacobs (USA) 09:07:49
2011 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 07:59:42 Jessica Jacobs (USA) 08:55:10
2012 Andrew Starykowicz (USA) 08:06:17 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:35
2013 Victor Del Corral (ESP) 07:53:12 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:43:07
2014 Lionel Sanders (CAN) 06:58:46 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:01:47

The last IM Florida that was a Pro race has been in 2014 which was also the year that the swim had to be canceled.

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Lionel Sanders CAN 04:12:46 02:44:12 06:58:46
2 Tom Lowe GBR 04:25:07 02:50:35 07:17:53
3 Maxim Kriat UKR 04:33:28 02:48:52 07:24:50

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 04:55:57 03:03:06 08:01:47
2 Camilla Lindholm Borg SWE 05:14:05 03:20:03 08:36:28
3 Ashley Clifford USA 05:24:11 03:09:51 08:36:55

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:53:12 Victor Del Corral 2013-11-02
Swim overall 00:44:36 John Flanagan 2011-11-05
Bike overall 04:02:17 Andrew Starykowicz 2013-11-02
Run overall 02:37:29 Victor Del Corral 2013-11-02
Total female 08:43:07 Yvonne Van Vlerken 2013-11-02
Swim female 00:50:26 Tereza Macel 2007-11-03
Bike female 04:35:49 Yvonne Van Vlerken 2013-11-02
Run female 02:53:26 Jessica Jacobs 2011-11-05

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Florida is 22:13.

Race Adjustments for IM Florida

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 13:46 00:11 14:10 -00:35 48 13:46 00:11 14:10 -00:35
2006 15:58 -01:35 11:45 05:48 63 14:52 -00:42 12:57 02:38
2007 26:44 01:19 19:24 06:02 78 18:49 -00:02 15:06 03:46
2008 28:18 01:01 20:36 06:41 55 21:12 00:14 16:29 04:30
2009 21:54 -00:57 19:00 03:52 35 of 43 21:20 00:00 16:59 04:22
2010 17:37 00:33 13:55 03:10 40 20:43 00:05 16:28 04:10
2011 23:29 00:29 18:35 04:25 34 21:07 00:09 16:46 04:12
2012 18:51 -03:02 22:52 -00:59 48 20:50 -00:15 17:31 03:34
2013 33:24 -01:15 27:12 07:26 63 of 81 22:13 -00:21 18:36 04:00

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Florida has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 17% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 3 Ben Hoffman USA 07:49:25 08:10:08 00:49:08 04:12:22 05:06:29 02:42:56 55% +25% -20% (22) 4
2 37 Franz Loeschke ? GER 07:50:55 08:26:48 00:48:11 04:18:05 05:11:15 02:39:40 24% +35% -41% (3) (34)
3 4 Joe Skipper GBR 07:56:19 08:16:34 00:51:55 04:13:24 05:10:19 02:46:00 64% +6% -30% (26) 12
4 6 Brent McMahon CAN 07:56:40 08:16:16 00:48:19 04:17:44 05:11:02 02:45:38 56% +0% -44% (15) 10
5 1 Andrew Starykowicz USA 07:59:27 08:27:17 00:49:05 04:00:31 04:54:36 03:04:51 30% +40% -30% (13) 36
6 7 Ruedi Wild SUI 08:02:06 08:22:31 00:49:07 04:18:49 05:12:56 02:49:10 67% +5% -28% (9) 23
7 10 Matthew Russell USA 08:03:12 08:24:18 00:54:22 04:13:34 05:12:56 02:50:16 62% +23% -15% (54) 28
8 44 Jesper Svensson SWE 08:04:17 08:30:08 00:46:50 04:16:26 05:08:16 02:56:01 56% +0% -44% (5) 48
9 21 Denis Chevrot FRA 08:05:01 08:27:42 00:48:25 04:21:49 05:15:13 02:49:48 85% +1% -13% (19) 39
10 25 Alessandro Degasperi ? ITA 08:08:08 08:33:11 00:51:11 04:24:17 05:20:28 02:47:40 55% +0% -45% (19) 58
11 12 Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso ? ESP 08:10:57 08:41:31 00:47:57 04:27:25 05:20:22 02:50:35 53% +0% -47% (7) 85
12 11 Sam Proctor GBR 08:12:56 08:43:11 00:49:31 04:25:32 05:20:03 02:52:53 100% +0% -0% (2) (92)
13 32 Tripp Hipple USA 08:13:11 08:45:47 00:52:26 04:17:56 05:15:22 02:57:49 40% +49% -11% (7) 103
14 2 Victor Del Corral ? ESP 08:13:41 08:35:54 00:55:55 04:21:54 05:22:49 02:50:52 41% +0% -59% (24) 67
15 5 Johann Ackermann GER 08:13:50 08:40:04 00:48:34 04:19:12 05:12:46 03:01:04 65% +0% -35% (12) (78)
16 42 Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias ? ESP 08:14:33 08:43:22 00:53:35 04:21:23 05:19:59 02:54:34 73% +17% -10% (8) 92
17 20 Tyler Butterfield BMU 08:16:11 08:40:17 00:50:01 04:20:51 05:15:52 03:00:19 62% +11% -27% (19) 79
18 31 Pedro Gomes POR 08:18:24 08:51:16 00:52:26 04:29:30 05:26:55 02:51:29 46% +9% -45% (38) 120
19 39 Justin Metzler USA 08:20:43 09:14:55 00:49:40 04:26:17 05:20:57 02:59:46 27% +29% -44% (3) (202)
20 15 Cedric Boily CAN 08:21:00 08:55:40 00:52:30 04:25:30 05:22:59 02:58:01 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (134)
21 9 Philip Graves ? GBR 08:24:00 08:56:02 00:49:36 04:17:40 05:12:16 03:11:44 20% +20% -60% (14) 136
22 24 Scott Defilippis USA 08:24:49 08:58:22 00:55:43 04:33:29 05:34:11 02:50:38 49% +24% -27% (27) 148
23 19 David Breuer GER 08:25:20 08:55:08 00:49:58 04:24:42 05:19:40 03:05:40 100% +0% -0% (2) (133)
24 45 Raul Tejada GTM 08:27:25 08:52:02 00:54:14 04:32:46 05:31:59 02:55:26 100% +0% -0% (3) 122
25 22 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 08:28:12 09:00:34 00:51:17 04:21:56 05:18:14 03:09:58 44% +26% -30% (20) 156
26 35 Bjoern Laibacher GER 08:34:01 09:09:35 00:54:50 04:29:39 05:29:29 03:04:32 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (183)
27 29 Clay Emge USA 08:35:01 09:02:33 00:54:09 04:33:59 05:33:08 03:01:53 93% +0% -7% (5) 163
28 18 Patrick Brady ? USA 08:35:36 09:06:37 00:59:15 04:31:53 05:36:08 02:59:28 6% +44% -49% (7) 176
29 47 Brad Williams USA 08:37:12 09:10:11 00:55:00 04:32:38 05:32:38 03:04:34 29% +61% -9% (5) 185
30 46 Hans Christian Tungesvik NOR 08:39:53 09:10:17 00:55:42 04:34:36 05:35:17 03:04:36 100% +0% -0% (2) (186)
31 16 Andreas Borch ? DEN 08:40:24 09:08:40 00:50:38 04:34:19 05:29:57 03:10:27 41% +0% -58% (12) 181
32 41 Jason Pohl CAN 08:47:56 09:13:15 00:59:35 04:43:44 05:48:19 02:59:37 82% +0% -18% (5) 195
33 36 Colin Laughery USA 08:49:08 09:19:00 00:57:06 04:38:12 05:40:17 03:08:51 66% +10% -24% (14) 210
34 38 James Lubinski ? USA 08:52:46 09:25:46 01:03:59 04:40:46 05:49:45 03:03:01 61% +14% -25% (25) 223
35 30 Jonathan Fecik USA 08:54:04 09:37:22 00:57:32 04:36:52 05:39:23 03:14:41 24% +28% -48% (8) 242
36 43 Matthew Shanks USA 08:55:59 09:31:23 00:57:48 04:45:50 05:48:38 03:07:21 44% +31% -26% (9) (235)
37 17 Raymond Botelho USA 09:02:06 09:38:13 00:56:31 04:32:29 05:33:59 03:28:07 22% +6% -72% (19) 245
38 33 Derek Kidwell USA 09:03:20 09:46:45 00:52:15 04:24:46 05:22:01 03:41:19 29% +0% -71% (2) (253)
39 28 Lewis Elliot ? USA 09:19:21 09:41:07 00:54:45 04:38:46 05:38:31 03:40:50 60% +1% -38% (19) 249
40 13 Alexander Berggren SWE 09:19:56 10:07:49 00:47:39 04:50:23 05:43:02 03:36:54 46% +54% -0% (2) (264)
41 34 Peter Kotland ? CZE 09:23:21 09:57:05 00:59:51 04:49:09 05:53:59 03:29:22 73% +6% -21% (30) 261
42 14 Max Biessmann ? USA 09:41:51 10:19:21 00:51:24 04:41:37 05:38:01 04:03:50 13% +0% -87% (3) 268
43 27 Ivan Dominguez ? USA 09:48:09 10:41:29 00:55:33 04:54:04 05:54:37 03:53:32 13% +0% -87% (3) (272)
8 Taylor Reid CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
23 Michiel De Wilde BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
26 Alan Dempsey ? CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
40 Yorlliry Moreno VEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Ben Hoffman: 43% (1-1)
  • Franz Loeschke: 20% (4-1)
  • Joe Skipper: 10% (9-1)
  • Andrew Starykowicz: 10% (9-1)
  • Matthew Russell: 7% (13-1)
  • Brent McMahon: 6% (17-1)
  • Denis Chevrot: 2% (52-1)
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