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Challenge Roth 2021 – Analyzing Results

UntitledImageCourse Conditions

The changes in the course makes comparing the results to other years and venues tricky. Because of construction work, the bike was shortened to roughly 170k – compared to other years the bike course was about 20 minutes quicker (which would correspond to maybe 15k). With all this uncertainty I’ll refrain from doing any comparisons of bike splits and “what would have been” – other than saying that the times would have been quick even with the regular bike course. The swim and run courses were unchanged to previous years. If anything, the run course was slightly slower this year, possibly because athletes raced the bike so much harder.

Some of the run splits we’ve seen this year were nothing short of amazing: Both winners posted super-fast marathons. Patrick Lange’s 2:38:20 was amazing to see, especially since he wasn’t pushed towards the end of the race. This was even eclipsed by third place finisher Felix Hentschel’s 2:35:40, a time that was even faster than the long-standing course record of 2:36:49 by Luc Van Lierde from 1997. Female winner Annie Haug also was faster than the female run course record: Her completely solo 2:43:50 was even faster than Chrissie Wellington’s 2:44:35 from 2011. Even if the shortened bike precludes these times from being recognized as “official” course records, they are amazing performances for sure!

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Patrick Lange GER 00:47:28 03:50:32 02:38:30 07:19:19 -23:06 EUR 14,000
2 Nils Frommhold GER 00:47:41 03:50:30 02:49:44 07:30:31 -25:59 EUR 7,000
3 Felix Hentschel GER 00:51:52 03:59:53 02:35:40 07:31:12 -57:33 EUR 3,500
4 Philipp Bahlke GER 00:47:32 03:53:52 02:48:25 07:33:19 n/a EUR 2,000
5 Franz Loeschke GER 00:51:40 04:00:11 02:45:21 07:40:52 -04:17 EUR 1,000
6 Braden Currie NZL 00:47:32 04:07:47 02:51:31 07:49:36 02:52 EUR 900
7 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:48:17 03:52:17 03:07:36 07:51:32 01:19 EUR 800
8 Chris Dels GER 00:53:45 04:09:49 02:45:05 07:51:58 n/a EUR 700
9 Thomas Davis GBR 00:47:30 04:08:49 02:56:16 07:55:52 -18:35 EUR 600
10 Silas Koehn GER 00:51:46 04:05:51 02:56:19 07:57:03 n/a EUR 500
11 Marc Duelsen GER 00:51:45 04:09:58 02:52:52 07:57:40 -03:21  
12 Tobias Heining GER 00:51:51 04:05:40 02:57:05 07:57:50 -21:14  
13 Sebastian Mahr GER 00:48:57 04:13:55 03:00:42 08:06:51 -02:26  
14 Kevin Portmann FRA 00:54:21 04:07:49 03:01:59 08:07:38 -11:03  
15 Kevin Vabaorg EST 00:49:57 04:08:12 03:09:11 08:11:09 n/a  
16 Aliksandr Vasilevich BLR 00:48:18 04:17:27 03:02:20 08:11:10 -05:49  
17 Javier Perez Garcia ESP 00:57:26 04:22:30 02:51:13 08:13:58 n/a  
18 Joona Tuikka FIN 00:51:50 04:12:51 03:10:56 08:19:07 n/a  
19 Ruben Zepuntke GER 00:47:38 03:46:43 03:43:05 08:20:47 n/a  
20 Pieter Heemeryck BEL 00:47:34 03:57:09 03:33:27 08:20:47 16:11  
21 Nick Kastelein AUS 00:47:27 04:13:24 03:17:11 08:20:48 26:35  
22 Mikita Hryhoryeu BLR 00:53:56 04:33:05 02:51:50 08:22:30 -28:53  
23 Tero Setola FIN 00:57:19 04:13:42 03:16:31 08:31:16 n/a  
24 Till Schramm GER 00:53:50 04:10:04 03:29:02 08:36:14 -08:02  
25 Kevin Collington USA 00:48:23 04:15:26 03:46:53 08:54:05 51:09  
  Sebastian Kienle GER 00:51:48     DNF    
  Robert Karas POL 00:53:37     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Anne Haug GER 00:52:11 04:14:14 02:43:54 07:53:48 -33:15 EUR 14,000
2 Laura Siddall GBR 00:58:26 04:24:40 02:58:43 08:25:24 -34:22 EUR 7,000
3 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:52:09 04:26:40 03:05:23 08:27:04 -05:51 EUR 3,500
4 Chloe Lane AUS 00:52:18 04:31:00 03:00:55 08:28:22 -41:08 EUR 2,000
5 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:53:18 04:26:32 03:09:35 08:32:26 -06:08 EUR 1,000
6 Hanna Maksimova BLR 00:52:16 04:43:34 02:56:47 08:35:35 -27:02 EUR 900
7 Heini Hartikainen FIN 01:01:04 04:24:46 03:13:28 08:43:04 -24:28 EUR 800
8 Elena Illeditsch GER 01:01:57 04:36:47 03:03:35 08:45:54 n/a EUR 700
9 Jenny Schulz GER 01:01:33 04:33:32 03:13:18 08:52:31 -14:42 EUR 600
10 Maja Betz GER 01:02:00 04:43:37 03:09:45 08:58:51 n/a EUR 500
11 Rach McBride CAN 00:52:19 04:30:19 03:33:52 08:59:42 -03:21  
12 Anna-Lena Best-Pohl GER 00:53:16 04:34:20 03:31:53 09:02:40 n/a  
13 Antonina Reznikov ISR 01:09:47 04:39:32 03:16:05 09:09:37 -18:47  
14 Kimberley Morrison GBR 00:57:02 04:22:49 03:47:45 09:11:20 14:18  
15 Gabriella Zelinka HUN 00:58:27 05:02:34 03:08:45 09:15:50 02:48  
16 Jenny Fletcher CAN 00:58:22 04:41:16 03:32:26 09:16:46 -19:57  
17 Bruna Mahn BRA 01:00:25 05:00:20 03:20:21 09:24:56 09:29  
  Sarah Piampiano USA 01:01:16 04:31:49   DNF    
  Ewa Komander POL 00:58:24 04:39:45   DNF    
  Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 01:04:38 05:26:23   DNF    
  Katharina Wolff GER 00:58:22     DNF    
  Venla Koivula FIN 01:01:58     DNF    

Ironman Switzerland (Thun) 2021 – Analyzing Results

ThunCourse Conditions

The fast times on this new course have one explanation: Super-quick swim times. So far I have not heard why this cold have been the case and I don’t want to speculate without having any first hand reports.

Kona Qualifying

IM Switzerland was the first qualifying race for the October 2022 race in Kona. There were 2m+2f slots available, these should go to

  • Jan van Berkel
    and
  • Joe Skipper
    on the mens’s side and to
  • Petra Eggenschwiler
    and
  • Kristin Liepold
    on the women’s side.

As a previous Kona winner, female race winner Daniela Ryf receives an Automatic Qualifier slot.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Jan van Berkel SUI 00:38:13 04:20:13 02:37:41 07:39:40 -16:15 US$ 15,000
2 Joe Skipper GBR 00:38:22 04:20:12 02:39:35 07:41:06 -11:13 US$ 9,000
3 Ruedi Wild SUI 00:38:18 04:23:21 02:44:21 07:49:34 -13:32 US$ 7,000
4 William Mennesson FRA 00:38:16 04:18:06 02:51:01 07:50:56 n/a US$ 5,000
5 David Plese SLO 00:38:23 04:23:20 02:49:16 07:54:30 -12:18 US$ 4,000
6 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 00:38:07 04:23:40 02:51:34 07:57:17 -18:53 US$ 3,000
7 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 00:38:11 04:33:40 02:47:51 08:03:04 -06:39 US$ 2,500
8 Kevin Rundstadler FRA 00:38:12 04:23:47 02:58:11 08:03:28 n/a US$ 2,000
9 Maximilian Hammerle AUT 00:44:22 04:28:54 02:49:20 08:06:15 -08:36 US$ 1,500
10 Andreas Jung GER 00:37:59 04:24:07 03:04:52 08:10:19 -04:20 US$ 1,000
11 Arnaud Margot SUI 00:44:41 04:31:48 02:58:32 08:18:11 n/a  
12 Adrian Haller SUI 00:38:11 04:23:41 03:12:39 08:18:12 n/a  
13 Hans Christian Tungesvik NOR 00:42:10 04:37:39 02:57:10 08:20:35 -03:36  
14 Tom Oosterdijk NED 00:44:37 04:35:07 02:57:57 08:21:17 -17:25  
15 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 00:38:19 04:47:18 03:04:13 08:33:21 -13:42  
16 Arne Devliegher BEL 00:42:24 04:52:41 02:54:26 08:34:17 n/a  
17 Edwin Dasselaar NED 00:42:27 04:49:12 03:02:15 08:38:25 -04:05  
18 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 00:42:22 04:39:30 03:15:01 08:40:59 31:58  
19 Lorenzo Delco SUI 00:49:57 04:45:34 03:07:29 08:47:41 n/a  
20 Daniel Besse SUI 00:38:09 04:47:31 03:30:23 08:59:34 25:30  
21 Christian Brader GER 00:42:19 05:03:00 03:09:14 08:59:56 25:09  
22 Ger Redmond IRL 00:59:32 05:09:28 03:12:09 09:27:01 -14:05  
  Thomas Bosch GER 00:44:37 04:41:15   DNF    
  Gwenael Ouilleres FRA 00:42:12 04:46:33   DNF    
  Jesper Nybo Riis DEN 00:44:45 04:50:41   DNF    
  Matteo Fontana ITA 00:44:34 05:11:41   DNF    
  Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:38:13     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:39:44 04:43:43 03:05:08 08:32:35 -00:50 US$ 15,000
2 Petra Eggenschwiler SUI 00:55:00 04:57:24 03:10:32 09:08:43 -26:40 US$ 9,000
3 Kristin Liepold GER 00:53:46 05:12:25 02:59:57 09:10:24 02:51 US$ 7,000
4 Joanna Ryter SUI 00:49:24 05:20:52 02:58:15 09:12:06 02:37 US$ 5,000
5 Corina Hengartner SUI 00:49:30 05:18:56 03:17:13 09:29:46 -03:37 US$ 4,000
6 Charlene Clavel FRA 00:47:48 05:10:03 03:28:20 09:32:01 n/a US$ 3,000
  Palmira Alvarez MEX 00:50:06 05:24:02   DNF    
  Kayla Kobelin USA 00:43:50 06:53:46   DNF    

Challenge Almere / World Triathlon Long Distance Chanmpionships 2021 (Sept 12th) – Seedings

Triathlon World Championship CAA fcPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2013 Bart Colpaert (BEL) 08:34:50 Susan Blatt (GER) 09:24:40
2014 Markus Fachbach (GER) 08:28:25 Heleen Bij De Vaate (NED) 09:16:26
2015 Markus Fachbach (GER) 08:12:24 Kathrin Walther (GER) 09:26:11
2016 Jan Raphael (GER) 08:03:43 Camille Deligny (FRA) 09:18:15
2017 Joe Skipper (GBR) 07:59:39 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:13
2018 Jaroslav Kovacic (SLO) 07:55:43 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 09:00:01
2019 Matt Trautman (ZAF) 07:50:15 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:56:10

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Matt Trautman ZAF 00:49:49 04:11:48 02:44:44 07:50:15
2 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:50:12 04:11:27 02:48:31 07:53:52
3 Tomas Renc CZE 00:48:47 04:15:31 02:52:13 08:00:44

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 00:59:05 04:46:33 03:06:31 08:56:10
2 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:05:25 04:49:07 03:11:40 09:11:27
3 Sarissa De Vries NED 00:51:29 04:38:12 03:38:03 09:12:29

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:50:15 Matt Trautman 2019-09-14
Swim overall 00:46:10 Dylan McNeice 2013-09-14
Bike overall 04:10:48 Cameron Wurf 2018-09-08
Run overall 02:41:05 Joe Skipper 2017-09-10
Total female 08:51:13 Yvonne Van Vlerken 2017-09-10
Swim female 00:51:29 Sarissa De Vries 2019-09-14
Bike female 04:38:12 Sarissa De Vries 2019-09-14
Run female 03:05:32 Hanna Maksimova 2017-09-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 16:48.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Almere

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2013 06:52 00:51 03:39 02:16 30 06:52 00:57 03:39 02:16
2014 09:06 03:13 04:38 01:16 30 of 38 07:59 02:05 04:08 01:46
2015 17:26 00:59 14:27 02:16 36 of 43 11:08 01:38 07:34 01:56
2016 23:11 01:39 21:21 00:17 28 of 34 14:09 01:37 11:01 01:32
2017 16:07 00:52 13:15 02:05 34 of 48 14:32 01:27 11:28 01:38
2018 20:50 -00:47 14:53 07:21 26 of 31 15:35 00:59 12:02 02:35
2019 24:07 01:03 20:28 03:06 32 of 43 16:48 00:55 13:14 02:40

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 110.000 US$, paying 15 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 28 David McNamee (KQ) GBR 07:55:21 08:11:54 00:47:18 04:20:39 05:12:57 02:42:24 27% +51% -22% (12)
2 1 Kristian Hogenhaug (KQ) DEN 07:59:05 08:17:17 00:49:16 04:11:58 05:06:13 02:52:52 69% +20% -11% (11)
3 33 Milosz Sowinski POL 08:04:51 08:33:02 00:49:03 04:23:54 05:17:57 02:46:54 53% +0% -47% (2)
4 16 Sam Laidlow (KQ) FRA 08:06:41 08:26:30 00:46:56 04:20:02 05:11:58 02:54:43 100% +0% -0% (3)
5 23 Andrew Starykowicz USA 08:06:44 08:27:17 00:48:13 04:06:16 04:59:29 03:07:15 46% +31% -23% (14)
6 18 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:10:31 08:32:45 00:47:43 04:22:21 05:15:04 02:55:27 78% +0% -22% (11)
7 24 Jesper Svensson SWE 08:10:37 08:26:28 00:46:22 04:20:33 05:11:54 02:58:43 59% +0% -41% (8)
8 2 Tomas Renc CZE 08:12:31 08:38:36 00:49:06 04:27:46 05:21:53 02:50:38 86% +0% -14% (6)
9 30 Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 08:19:55 08:40:54 00:56:33 04:31:34 05:33:06 02:46:49 50% +25% -25% (8)
10 27 Kristian Hindkjaer DEN 08:21:32 08:44:20 00:49:57 04:22:33 05:17:30 03:04:02 56% +26% -18% (7)
11 7 Pablo Dapena Gonzalez ESP 08:21:47 08:44:43 00:45:44 04:31:07 05:21:51 02:59:56 38% +0% -62% (2)
12 19 Antony Costes * FRA 08:22:24 09:05:48 00:47:48 04:20:56 05:13:45 03:08:39 18% +10% -72% (17)
13 6 Pete Dyson GBR 08:22:41 08:48:23 00:55:23 04:27:16 05:27:39 02:55:02 55% +27% -18% (4)
14 8 Kieran Lindars GBR 08:24:32 08:55:11 00:46:56 04:38:11 05:30:07 02:54:25 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15 4 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 08:26:37 08:50:01 00:53:37 04:28:02 05:26:38 02:59:59 85% +1% -14% (14)
16 12 Strahinja Trakic SRB 08:27:09 08:56:38 00:48:36 04:37:18 05:30:54 02:56:15 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17 22 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 08:29:27 09:01:02 00:46:52 04:29:07 05:20:59 03:08:28 2% +44% -54% (8)
18 21 Per Van Vlerken GER 08:33:24 08:50:41 00:50:22 04:33:19 05:28:41 03:04:43 77% +2% -21% (32)
19 3 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:34:59 09:03:45 00:56:56 04:38:51 05:40:47 02:54:12 92% +1% -6% (27)
20 35 Jens Frommhold GER 08:37:49 09:04:32 00:55:05 04:36:54 05:37:00 03:00:49 25% +12% -63% (7)
21 15 Diederik Scheltinga NED 08:43:16 09:14:28 00:52:50 04:37:41 05:35:31 03:07:45 10% +28% -62% (8)
22 9 Stefan Overmars NED 08:54:55 09:24:18 00:52:50 04:37:26 05:35:16 03:19:39 65% +0% -35% (9)
23 10 Joao Ferreira POR 08:55:35 09:26:43 00:51:25 04:48:52 05:45:18 03:10:17 52% +0% -48% (2)
24 20 Alexander Berggren SWE 09:13:59 09:52:02 00:45:53 04:50:56 05:41:48 03:32:11 16% +39% -45% (4)
25 34 Diego Vasquez ECU 09:19:06 09:57:31 00:54:10 04:51:11 05:50:21 03:28:45 40% +0% -60% (3)
  5 Thomas Steger * AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2)
  11 Michal Holub SVK n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  14 Milan Brons NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  17 Niek Heldoorn NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  25 Robert Fryer GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  26 Lukas Kocar CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  31 Cornelis Scheltinga NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  36 Adam Hansen AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)

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

Female Race Participants

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

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 66 Sarah Crowley (KQ) * AUS 08:48:01 09:06:46 00:52:18 04:45:17 05:42:34 03:05:27 76% +11% -13% (15)
2 72 Camilla Pedersen DEN 09:00:58 09:23:34 00:51:23 04:52:03 05:48:25 03:12:33 63% +0% -37% (13)
3 65 Michelle Vesterby (KQ) DEN 09:08:15 09:25:43 00:54:08 04:54:14 05:53:22 03:14:53 87% +0% -12% (31)
4 61 Renee Kiley (KQ) AUS 09:12:57 09:40:11 00:55:40 04:50:05 05:50:45 03:22:12 50% +31% -19% (11)
5 63 Joanna Ryter (KQ) * SUI 09:13:48 09:38:20 01:02:28 05:07:54 06:15:22 02:58:26 51% +35% -14% (4)
6 62 Annah Watkinson ZAF 09:14:24 09:31:49 00:57:17 05:00:58 06:03:15 03:11:09 75% +0% -25% (10)
7 53 Sarissa De Vries NED 09:16:29 09:43:32 00:51:34 04:44:56 05:41:30 03:34:59 79% +21% -0% (4)
8 57 Manon Genet FRA 09:22:32 09:49:19 00:55:37 04:53:48 05:54:24 03:28:08 15% +16% -70% (9)
9 51 Marta Bernardi ITA 09:23:16 09:53:44 00:57:21 05:07:36 06:09:57 03:13:19 36% +0% -64% (4)
10 52 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:28:10 09:52:45 01:05:03 05:05:05 06:15:08 03:13:02 98% +2% -0% (15)
11 58 Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 09:28:36 09:46:29 00:55:16 05:14:52 06:15:08 03:13:28 76% +20% -4% (19)
12 59 Alena Sinay SVK 09:34:30 09:59:25 01:00:40 05:02:49 06:08:29 03:26:01 44% +55% -1% (7)
13 64 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 09:43:42 10:17:38 01:00:48 05:04:38 06:10:26 03:33:16 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14 67 Leanne Fanoy * UAE 09:45:05 10:19:05 01:02:41 05:20:07 06:27:48 03:17:17 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15 56 Helena Kotopulu CZE 09:47:38 10:15:13 01:11:02 05:13:06 06:29:08 03:18:30 77% +0% -23% (5)
16 68 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:49:20 10:20:58 01:04:16 05:16:35 06:25:51 03:23:29 56% +14% -30% (18)
17 54 Ilona Eversdijk NED 09:51:47 10:39:38 00:54:10 05:04:59 06:04:09 03:47:38 18% +82% -0% (2)
18 69 Nicole Luse USA 10:00:50 10:27:56 01:07:04 05:24:41 06:36:45 03:24:05 47% +18% -34% (6)
19 55 Janien Lubben NED 10:03:44 10:39:05 01:09:21 05:07:54 06:22:16 03:41:28 79% +21% -0% (4)
  60 Line Bonde DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  71 Elisabetta Curridori ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • David McNamee: 45% (1-1)
  • Kristian Hogenhaug: 33% (2-1)
  • Andrew Starykowicz: 9% (10-1)
  • Sam Laidlow: 8% (12-1)
  • Evert Scheltinga: 2% (49-1)
  • Jesper Svensson: 2% (62-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Sarah Crowley: 63% (1-1)
  • Camilla Pedersen: 18% (5-1)
  • Renee Kiley: 10% (9-1)
  • Michelle Vesterby: 5% (18-1)

Challenge Roth 2021 (Sept 5th) – Seedings

UntitledImageNote: Because of construction work, the bike was shortened this year to officially 170k. This explains the fast bike splits and finishing times in the table below. Just in case, I will not count the results as “official” fastest times on the IM distance.

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
2018 Sebastian Kienle (GER) 07:46:23 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 08:43:42
2019 Andreas Dreitz (GER) 07:59:02 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) 08:31:09

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:51:28 04:13:12 02:51:11 07:59:02
2 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:48:27 04:22:30 02:48:43 08:02:20
3 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:54:38 04:15:53 02:50:37 08:04:08

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Lucy Charles-Barclay GBR 00:49:01 04:39:20 02:59:42 08:31:09
2 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:54:38 04:40:13 03:00:02 08:38:11
3 Daniela Bleymehl GER 00:58:03 04:36:17 03:06:06 08:43:17

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 04:05:37 Cameron Wurf 2018-07-01
Run overall 02:36:49 Luc Van Lierde 1997-07-13
Total female 08:18:13 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10
Swim female 00:46:48 Lucy Charles-Barclay 2018-07-01
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 20:11.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Roth

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 23:15 01:15 12:48 09:15 28 23:15 01:13 12:48 09:15
2006 18:52 01:43 10:48 05:54 41 21:04 01:42 11:48 07:34
2007 29:56 01:17 16:35 11:11 35 24:01 01:51 13:24 08:47
2008 25:59 02:33 12:13 10:36 40 24:31 02:11 13:06 09:14
2009 29:11 02:32 19:24 06:49 43 25:27 02:20 14:22 08:45
2010 20:31 01:03 11:13 07:23 43 24:37 02:16 13:50 08:32
2011 24:18 02:05 16:54 05:21 38 24:35 02:14 14:16 08:05
2012 14:09 02:40 06:58 04:27 50 23:16 02:18 13:21 07:37
2013 22:46 01:01 16:21 05:08 41 23:13 02:11 13:41 07:21
2014 08:34 00:24 12:32 -04:00 37 21:45 01:58 13:34 06:13
2015 19:21 01:34 12:55 04:45 44 of 56 21:32 01:57 13:30 06:05
2016 19:23 01:23 15:58 02:11 39 of 43 21:21 01:53 13:43 05:46
2017 14:36 00:26 13:33 01:05 38 of 53 20:50 01:44 13:42 05:24
2018 19:03 01:53 12:46 04:37 31 of 39 20:42 01:44 13:38 05:21
2019 12:56 -01:55 11:20 03:54 46 of 50 20:11 01:28 13:28 05:15

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 62.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 25% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 5 Patrick Lange (KQ) GER 07:25:43 08:02:18 00:46:41 03:57:43 04:49:24 02:36:19 29% +39% -32% (7)
2 4 Sebastian Kienle (KQ) GER 07:28:51 08:01:27 00:48:22 03:50:54 04:44:16 02:44:35 87% +0% -13% (19)
3 6 Braden Currie (KQ) NZL 07:35:46 08:12:09 00:46:15 04:03:50 04:55:05 02:40:41 74% +8% -18% (13)
4 8 Franz Loeschke GER 07:36:19 08:10:05 00:46:45 04:01:31 04:53:16 02:43:03 80% +0% -20% (4)
5 1 Andreas Dreitz (KQ) GER 07:37:12 08:15:44 00:48:09 03:54:23 04:47:32 02:49:40 71% +0% -29% (7)
6 9 Pieter Heemeryck (KQ) BEL 07:37:44 08:41:59 00:46:42 04:01:12 04:52:54 02:44:50 40% +42% -18% (3)
7 7 Nils Frommhold GER 07:43:34 08:20:53 00:46:35 04:01:43 04:53:18 02:50:16 58% +0% -42% (14)
8 64 Justin Metzler (KQ) USA 07:44:26 08:30:37 00:49:14 04:04:03 04:58:17 02:46:09 10% +75% -16% (5)
9 3 Nick Kastelein AUS 07:46:51 08:26:20 00:46:00 04:04:18 04:55:18 02:51:33 45% +0% -55% (7)
10 60 Marc Duelsen GER 07:52:29 08:26:52 00:50:36 04:05:24 05:01:00 02:51:29 86% +0% -14% (16)
11 190 Kevin Collington USA 07:53:18 08:36:57 00:47:02 04:11:48 05:03:50 02:49:28 37% +16% -47% (7)
12 132 Sebastian Mahr GER 08:01:00 08:46:00 00:48:03 04:18:39 05:11:42 02:49:18 100% +0% -0% (2)
13 24 Kevin Portmann (KQ) FRA 08:03:17 08:50:19 00:55:00 04:08:16 05:08:16 02:55:01 44% +45% -11% (6)
14 67 Thomas Davis GBR 08:03:56 08:45:24 00:46:56 04:16:18 05:08:14 02:55:42 43% +0% -57% (4)
15 21 Aliksandr Vasilevich BLR 08:08:32 08:59:26 00:47:31 04:18:39 05:11:10 02:57:22 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16 19 Tobias Heining GER 08:08:37 09:00:49 00:48:41 04:17:43 05:11:24 02:57:13 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17 158 Felix Hentschel GER 08:18:02 09:14:49 00:53:51 04:15:40 05:14:31 03:03:31 28% +0% -72% (3)
18 14 Tom Oosterdijk * NED 08:23:03 09:15:16 00:56:57 04:23:28 05:25:25 02:57:38 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
19 25 Sanne Swolfs BEL 08:28:18 09:20:25 00:51:23 04:17:51 05:14:14 03:14:04 52% +0% -48% (2)
20 15 Till Schramm GER 08:31:12 09:28:56 00:53:22 04:20:52 05:19:14 03:11:58 40% +7% -54% (13)
21 56 Robert Karas POL 08:31:33 09:26:00 00:50:25 04:27:21 05:22:46 03:08:47 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22 75 Jarno Piik FIN 08:32:34 09:30:47 01:12:22 04:20:08 05:37:30 02:55:04 48% +0% -52% (2)
23 18 Mikita Hryhoryeu BLR 08:34:51 09:24:09 00:51:07 04:32:46 05:28:53 03:05:58 60% +0% -40% (4)
  2 Ruben Zepuntke GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  16 Chris Dels GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  20 Joona Tuikka FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (3)
  22 Silas Koehn GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  27 Quentin De Vos BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  28 Tero Setola FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  29 Javier Perez Garcia ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  30 Kevin Vabaorg EST n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  219 Philipp Bahlke * GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 36% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 107 Anne Haug (KQ) GER 08:12:17 08:47:22 00:51:16 04:27:42 05:23:58 02:48:19 80% +20% -0% (4)
2 101 Sarah Crowley (KQ) AUS 08:22:17 09:06:18 00:51:32 04:24:31 05:21:03 03:01:14 70% +14% -16% (14)
3 729 Fenella Langridge (KQ) GBR 08:24:35 09:16:43 00:50:30 04:21:04 05:16:34 03:08:01 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4 102 Laura Siddall (KQ) GBR 08:36:20 09:27:07 00:56:40 04:30:35 05:32:15 03:04:05 83% +7% -10% (23)
5 105 Sarah Piampiano (KQ) USA 08:36:55 09:23:03 01:00:24 04:31:23 05:36:47 03:00:08 61% +12% -26% (29)
6 108 Kimberley Morrison (KQ) GBR 08:46:59 09:26:52 00:53:50 04:25:23 05:24:13 03:22:46 76% +0% -24% (8)
7 103 Rach McBride (KQ) CAN 08:48:39 09:32:15 00:51:27 04:30:00 05:26:27 03:22:12 89% +11% -0% (10)
8 109 Chloe Lane (KQ) AUS 08:48:58 09:48:36 00:51:47 04:33:12 05:29:59 03:18:59 19% +60% -22% (3)
9 124 Tiina Pohjalainen FIN 08:49:44 09:44:27 01:02:02 04:34:00 05:41:02 03:08:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10 111 Jenny Schulz GER 08:50:10 09:47:37 01:00:58 04:40:25 05:46:23 03:03:47 12% +42% -46% (7)
11 116 Hanna Maksimova BLR 08:50:12 09:41:59 00:55:08 04:49:44 05:49:52 03:00:20 100% +0% -0% (2)
12 123 Heini Hartikainen FIN 08:55:15 09:41:35 01:01:29 04:31:21 05:37:50 03:17:25 29% +51% -20% (4)
13 122 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 08:55:17 09:41:25 00:58:09 04:36:52 05:40:01 03:15:16 69% +3% -28% (20)
14 115 Ewa Komander POL 08:57:12 09:48:27 00:55:35 04:38:52 05:39:27 03:17:45 63% +0% -37% (4)
15 741 Gabriella Zelinka HUN 08:57:45 09:48:56 00:56:23 04:39:18 05:40:41 03:17:04 22% +47% -31% (5)
16 110 Bruna Mahn BRA 09:02:41 09:51:52 00:56:02 04:51:25 05:52:27 03:10:14 72% +28% -0% (8)
17 113 Antonina Reznikov ISR 09:07:08 10:04:07 01:11:40 04:37:02 05:53:42 03:13:26 42% +58% -0% (4)
18 112 Katharina Wolff GER 09:11:04 10:02:07 00:57:18 04:52:11 05:54:29 03:16:35 100% +0% -0% (2)
19 118 Jenny Fletcher CAN 09:19:38 10:12:55 00:55:45 04:50:15 05:51:00 03:28:38 73% +0% -27% (4)
20 117 Venla Koivula FIN 09:23:43 10:22:39 01:03:13 04:40:35 05:48:48 03:34:55 4% +96% -0% (2)
  106 Elena Illeditsch GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  120 Maja Betz GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  737 Anna-Lena Best-Pohl GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Patrick Lange: 46% (1-1)
  • Sebastian Kienle: 39% (2-1)
  • Braden Currie: 11% (8-1)
  • Andreas Dreitz: 3% (31-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Anne Haug: 54% (1-1)
  • Sarah Crowley: 28% (3-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 6% (15-1)
  • Laura Siddall: 6% (16-1)
  • Fenella Langridge: 4% (23-1)

“The Championship” Challenge Samorin – Analyzing Results

ChallengeSamorinMale Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Florian Angert GER 00:25:31 01:55:19 01:09:48 03:36:02 -10:52 EUR 10,000
2 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN 00:27:22 01:56:30 01:10:11 03:39:44 -04:43 EUR 5,500
3 Frederic Funk GER 00:25:56 01:54:38 01:14:10 03:40:24 -06:51 EUR 3,500
4 Thomas Steger AUT 00:28:50 01:59:39 01:06:17 03:40:45 -06:42 EUR 2,500
5 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:28:43 01:59:01 01:11:43 03:45:44 00:11 EUR 1,250
6 Boris Stein GER 00:31:40 01:56:53 01:13:18 03:47:15 -02:24 EUR 1,000
7 Sam Wade GBR 00:27:20 02:02:58 01:12:02 03:47:59 -07:14 EUR 750
8 Eric Lagerstrom USA 00:25:58 02:03:02 01:14:09 03:48:35 -05:21 EUR 500
9 Michael Raelert GER 00:26:29 02:01:51 01:19:44 03:53:06 -00:09  
10 Ondrej Kubo SVK 00:30:32 02:05:53 01:14:36 03:56:50 02:34  
11 Pete Dyson GBR 00:32:05 02:04:00 01:15:30 03:57:19 -08:22  
12 Jakub Langhammer CZE 00:29:11 02:09:51 01:14:50 03:59:21 03:00  
13 James Teagle GBR 00:27:23 02:03:50 01:29:15 04:05:59 15:39  
14 Fernando Barroso ESP 00:29:08 02:16:54 01:13:35 04:06:03 -10:12  
  Richard Varga SVK 00:24:42 02:05:58   DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Lucy Hall GBR 00:26:50 02:13:49 01:24:22 04:10:44 -10:18 EUR 10,000
2 Sara Perez Sala ESP 00:26:51 02:16:57 01:22:52 04:12:14 -08:28 EUR 5,500
3 Haley Chura USA 00:27:10 02:22:11 01:18:20 04:14:38 -09:54 EUR 3,500
4 Grace Thek AUS 00:31:55 02:21:57 01:18:06 04:18:03 -03:04 EUR 2,500
5 Aleksandra Jedrzejewska POL 00:32:04 02:22:00 01:18:40 04:18:47 -11:41 EUR 1,250
6 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 00:32:31 02:22:11 01:18:58 04:19:45 -03:03 EUR 1,000
7 Sarissa De Vries NED 00:29:15 02:28:08 01:18:52 04:22:43 05:30 EUR 750
8 Lisa Norden SWE 00:29:20 02:24:51 01:24:10 04:24:31 06:05 EUR 500
9 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:29:08 02:31:26 01:20:50 04:26:46 08:07  
10 Judith Corachan Vaquera ESP 00:29:20 02:35:20 01:20:39 04:31:19 10:48  
11 Nikola Corbova SVK 00:35:38 02:27:03 01:22:12 04:31:40 -08:50  
12 India Lee GBR 00:29:10 02:36:56 01:24:26 04:36:42 20:01  
  Juliane Hofmann GER 00:47:30 02:42:49   DNF    
  Justine Mathieux FRA 00:29:17     DNF    
  Laura Jansen GER 00:34:45     DNF    
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