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Ironman Lanzarote (May 20th) – Seedings

IMLanzarote_LogoUpdate May 17th: Unfortunately, Diana Riesler won’t be racing.

Update May 18th: Natascha Schmitt has posted on Facebook that she is forced to withdraw: Her bike was seriously damaged on the flight to Lanzarote and is unsafe to ride.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:55:38 Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 10:09:40
2006 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:54:14 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:52:45
2007 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:49:39 Tiina Boman (FIN) 09:58:42
2008 Bert Jammaer (BEL) 08:59:40 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 10:02:30
2009 Bert Jammaer (BEL) 08:54:03 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:54:58
2010 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:37:43 Catriona Morrison (GBR) 10:03:53
2011 Timo Bracht (GER) 08:30:34 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 09:28:12
2012 Victor Del Corral (ESP) 08:44:39 Michelle Vesterby (DEN) 09:58:06
2013 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:42:40 Kristin Moeller (GER) 09:37:34
2014 Romain Guillaume (FRA) 08:47:39 Lucy Gossage (GBR) 09:41:40
2015 Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 08:56:49 Diana Riesler (GER) 09:56:03
2016 Jesse Thomas (USA) 08:42:33 Tine Holst (DEN) 10:02:35

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jesse Thomas USA 00:50:55 04:58:33 02:46:56 08:42:33
2 Jan Frodeno GER 00:46:52 04:58:18 02:50:03 08:44:38
3 David McNamee GBR 00:47:03 05:01:39 02:51:51 08:46:36

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Tine Holst DEN 01:01:15 05:34:25 03:19:48 10:02:35
2 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 01:03:00 05:42:36 03:10:26 10:04:53
3 Lucy Charles GBR 00:47:11 05:48:36 03:27:40 10:10:13

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:30:34 Timo Bracht 2011-05-21
Swim overall 00:46:15 Luc Van Lierde 2006-05-20
Bike overall 04:40:58 Maik Twelsiek 2010-05-22
Run overall 02:44:29 Gerrit Schellens 2005-06-04
Total female 09:28:12 Rachel Joyce 2011-05-21
Swim female 00:47:11 Lucy Charles 2016-05-21
Bike female 05:26:23 Tara Norton 2010-05-22
Run female 02:58:37 Kristin Moeller 2013-05-18

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Lanzarote is – 13:00.

Race Adjustments for IM Lanzarote

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

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Lanzarote is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 25.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

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

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 1 Jesse Thomas USA 08:35:12 08:22:39 00:49:49 04:52:50 02:47:32 100% +0% -0% (3) 11
2 20 Bart Aernouts BEL 08:36:24 08:23:34 00:51:25 04:52:28 02:47:32 86% +0% -14% (10) 14
3 18 Cyril Viennot FRA 08:40:13 08:28:57 00:49:50 04:53:43 02:51:40 79% +13% -8% (18) 27
4 3 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 08:42:24 08:35:14 00:50:08 05:00:04 02:47:13 73% +0% -27% (9) 52
5 26 Peru Alfaro ESP 08:48:09 08:54:00 00:44:11 04:58:52 03:00:06 47% +0% -53% (2) (111)
6 5 Romain Guillaume FRA 08:48:17 08:50:06 00:47:33 04:54:18 03:01:26 51% +10% -39% (28) 98
7 9 Victor Del Corral ESP 08:49:00 08:44:51 00:54:16 04:59:28 02:50:15 42% +0% -58% (16) 83
8 16 Konstantin Bachor GER 08:50:59 08:47:45 00:49:07 04:49:40 03:07:12 51% +5% -44% (12) 92
9 48 Mark Oude Bennink NED 08:52:08 08:55:04 00:46:57 04:59:07 03:01:04 19% +50% -31% (9) 116
10 45 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:53:29 08:59:24 00:52:09 05:03:09 02:53:11 31% +6% -63% (26) 133
11 42 Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 08:53:42 08:58:31 00:47:03 05:01:34 03:00:04 15% +28% -56% (8) 130
12 11 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 09:01:58 09:03:53 00:49:38 04:57:10 03:10:09 27% +28% -45% (13) 154
13 43 Philipp Koutny * SUI 09:02:27 09:00:58 00:49:53 05:01:00 03:06:35 26% +0% -74% (4) (144)
14 10 Stephen Bayliss GBR 09:03:19 09:07:07 00:47:00 05:06:28 03:04:51 28% +2% -70% (48) 161
15 51 Daniel Herlbauer AUT 09:08:36 09:18:27 00:51:59 05:05:37 03:06:01 41% +0% -59% (4) (193)
16 12 Nicholas Ward Munoz GBR 09:09:15 08:52:59 00:53:14 05:13:28 02:57:33 61% +11% -28% (17) 107
17 44 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 09:10:30 09:06:19 00:51:54 05:12:49 03:00:48 76% +24% -0% (7) 158
18 55 Malte Bruns GER 09:10:35 09:13:02 00:52:22 05:10:41 03:02:32 65% +0% -35% (3) (176)
19 22 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 09:11:06 08:59:51 00:49:06 05:13:17 03:03:43 88% +4% -8% (28) 135
20 28 Mike Schifferle SUI 09:13:18 09:02:54 00:58:59 05:05:50 03:03:28 85% +13% -2% (61) 150
21 40 Xavier Torrades ESP 09:15:46 09:15:46 00:47:57 05:10:26 03:12:23 38% +0% -62% (4) 185
22 24 Cedric Lassonde FRA 09:16:43 09:13:26 00:53:48 05:09:28 03:08:27 67% +0% -33% (9) 178
23 36 Josep Vinolas ESP 09:19:53 09:11:49 00:54:09 05:10:19 03:10:25 55% +35% -10% (5) 173
24 41 Youri Severin NED 09:20:40 09:18:30 00:46:52 05:10:32 03:18:16 48% +0% -52% (2) (193)
25 50 Erik Holmberg SWE 09:24:11 09:24:48 00:51:58 05:16:42 03:10:31 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (206)
26 14 Marcus Hultgren SWE 09:26:31 09:32:06 00:57:00 05:14:18 03:10:13 26% +42% -32% (5) 231
27 56 Georgy Kaurov RUS 09:29:13 09:34:54 00:49:10 05:14:50 03:20:13 37% +63% -0% (2) (235)
28 32 Ivan Tejero Vazquez ESP 09:57:06 10:06:45 00:48:59 05:33:26 03:29:41 12% +43% -44% (7) (279)
29 39 Gergely Nagy HUN 10:14:29 10:05:47 00:53:54 05:20:05 03:55:30 77% +18% -5% (7) 277
30 37 Victor Rodriguez ESP 11:12:07 11:14:31 00:56:11 05:30:15 04:40:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (297)
31 34 Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 11:16:42 11:17:25 01:04:33 05:52:53 04:14:16 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (297)
30 Dominique Wymmersch Gallego ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
38 Frederic Schaffner FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (3) (n/a)
46 Timothy Van Houtem BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
47 Stephen Donnelly IRL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
49 Philipp Mock GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
52 Mads Bang Jensen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
53 Sven Van Luyck BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
54 Guillaume Lecallier FRA n/a 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 14% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 8 Lucy Gossage GBR 09:29:56 09:15:55 00:57:05 05:20:44 03:07:08 94% +0% -6% (14) 8
2 17 Corinne Abraham GBR 09:35:31 09:23:22 00:57:31 05:28:13 03:04:47 88% +12% -0% (10) 16
3 7 Diana Riesler GER 09:40:59 09:28:46 00:56:16 05:21:27 03:18:16 48% +10% -42% (20) 25
4 4 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:54:36 09:39:34 00:59:49 05:38:28 03:11:19 100% +0% -0% (4) 42
5 2 Tine Holst DEN 09:56:44 09:49:21 01:01:34 05:32:36 03:17:33 87% +13% -0% (13) 57
6 15 Jeanne Collonge FRA 09:57:40 09:49:51 00:58:03 05:32:12 03:22:25 63% +4% -33% (11) 59
7 35 Natascha Schmitt GER 09:58:17 10:03:02 00:53:19 05:32:14 03:27:44 33% +23% -43% (8) 78
8 6 Lucy Charles GBR 10:00:47 10:02:56 00:46:08 05:43:33 03:26:06 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (78)
9 19 Camille Deligny FRA 10:01:11 09:56:35 01:00:55 05:25:06 03:30:10 100% +0% -0% (2) (70)
10 13 Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 10:04:56 09:54:29 00:54:29 05:48:12 03:17:14 53% +33% -14% (12) 65
11 31 Kelly Fillnow USA 10:04:59 09:56:58 01:03:15 05:41:55 03:14:49 87% +13% -0% (11) 70
12 25 Kate Comber GBR 10:13:00 10:01:26 00:52:51 05:45:18 03:29:51 100% +0% -0% (4) 75
13 33 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 10:25:47 10:15:17 01:10:29 05:46:13 03:24:05 87% +0% -13% (8) 105
14 21 Anne Jensen DEN 10:28:20 10:29:32 01:04:38 05:40:51 03:37:51 44% +21% -35% (6) 127
23 Patricia Bueno Perez ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Annabel Diawuoh DEU n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
29 Pia Englyst DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

With Jesse Thomas, Alessandro Degasperi and Romain Guillaume the last three winners are on the startlist. Add in Bart Aernouts, Cyril Viennot and Victor Del Corral and you have a very competitive field.

  • Jesse Thomas: 58% (1-1)
  • Bart Aernouts: 16% (5-1)
  • Cyril Viennot: 8% (12-1)
  • Alessandro Degasperi: 7% (14-1)
  • Victor Del Corral: 4% (28-1)
  • Romain Guillaume: 3% (29-1)

Female Race Participants

The female field also has the last three winners: Tine Holst, Diana Riesler and Lucy Gossage will be fighting for the 2017 title. (Note: Diana was on the startlist but won’t be racing this year.) Last year’s second and third place finishers, Alexandra Tondeur and Lucy Charles, would like to return to the podium as well. Corinne Abraham has been struggling with injuries and wasn’t able to contend for a Kona slot in the last seasons. The female field is even stronger and deeper than the men’s field.

  • Lucy Gossage: 63% (1-1)
  • Corinne Abraham: 23% (3-1)
  • Diana Riesler: 12% (7-1)

Ironman Cairns 2017 (June 11th) – Entry List

IM Cairns is the fourth of the Regional Championships. This entry list is from May 1st, about three weeks before the final registration deadline, and I expect a few more athletes to enter the race.

Update May 8th: Added Linsey Corbin, Dimity-Lee Duke, Jenny Fletcher, Katharina Grohmann, Tamsyn Hayes, Kirsty Jahn, Josh Amberger, Callum Millward and Casey Munro; also updated the KPR points

Update May 15th: Added Clayton Fettell, Michael Fox, Pedro Gomes, Carl Read, Nathan Shearer, Cameron Wurf on the male side and Michelle Gailey and Marina Jurjevic for the females; also updated the KPR points.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Kaito Tohara JPN 3330 3+1 (230/220)
Fredrik Croneborg SWE 2820 1+2 (2000/320)
Braden Currie NZL 2750 1+1
David Dellow AUS 2520 2+1
Denis Chevrot FRA 2450 2+2 (340/640)
Daniil Sapunov UKR 2032 2+2 (720/7)
Cameron Brown NZL 1915 1+2 (1600/135)
Nick Baldwin SEY 1790 2+2 (405/15)
Clayton Fettell AUS 1770 2+2 (170/140)
Michael Fox AUS 1685 2+1
Jeff Symonds CAN 1665 1+1
Josh Amberger AUS 1660 1+2 (70/750)
Thiago Vinhal BRA 1635 1+1
Mark Bowstead NZL 1570 1+2 (720/415)
Joe Gambles AUS 1560 1+2 (405/515)
Tim Van Berkel AUS 1500 1+2 (565/435)
Callum Millward NZL 1090 2+0
Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 960 1+0
Michael Ruenz GER 900 1+1
Ritchie Nicholls GBR 720 2+2 (170/45)
Levi Maxwell AUS 625 2+1
Cameron Wurf AUS 590 2+1
Pedro Gomes POR 585 1+2 (540/10)
Simon Cochrane NZL 540 2+1
Luke Bell AUS 470 0+2 (0/35)
Casey Munro AUS 435 0+2 (0/90)
Nathan Shearer AUS 435 1+1
Carl Read NZL 410 3+0 (20/0)
Paul Speed AUS 190 0+2 (0/50)
Giles Clayton AUS 120 1+0
Samuel Murphy AUS 50 0+2 (0/5)
Leigh Stabryla AUS 22 0+2 (0/7)
Peter Schokman AUS 20 0+1

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Sarah Piampiano USA 6810 2+2 (1280/640)
Sarah Crowley AUS 3590 1+2 (1375/715)
Katharina Grohmann GER 2925 3+0 (685/0)
Linsey Corbin USA 2635 1+2 (1900/320)
Tine Holst DEN 1700 2+1
Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 1680 1+2 (880/400)
Michelle Gailey AUS 1600 1+0
Kirsty Jahn CAN 1125 0+2 (0/500)
Karen Thibodeau CAN 1040 1+1
Diane Luethi SUI 935 2+0
Alison Fitch AUS 405 1+0
Jennie Hansen USA 400 0+1
Marina Jurjevic AUS 365 1+1
Tamsyn Hayes NZL 280 0+1
Jenny Fletcher CAN 90 1+0
Sarah Graves USA 60 0+1

Challenge Taiwan 2017 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

After last year’s race in Taiwan was pretty slow, this year was back to the normal “quick” conditions, especially on the bike (adjustment of +19 minutes).

Fredrik Crobeborg posted a new overall course record, his 8:03 was a big improvement over the 2013 time of 8:16 by Dylan McNeice. Fredrik was also under the old bike course record (4:26 by Jason Shortis), but Guy Crawford’s 4:13:27 was a few seconds quicker.

Female winner Verena Walter also posted a new bike course record, her 4:52 was the only sub-5 split of the day and an improvement on Britta Martin’s 2014 bike time of 4:54.

Male Race Results

Fredrik Croneborg didn’t have any of the fastest splits of the day, but he was the most consistent overall and won the race by eight minutes. Dougal Allan – usually the best biker in almost any field – had a great run to secure second place. Guy Crawford was leading the race in T2 and was a solid 3rd place finisher.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:48:14 04:13:34 02:53:34 08:03:21 -21:21 EUR 8,000
2 Dougal Allan NZL 00:54:02 04:16:00 02:52:57 08:11:23 -05:24 EUR 5,000
3 Guy Crawford NZL 00:48:15 04:13:27 03:13:41 08:23:47 -32:18 EUR 3,500
4 Denis Sketako SLO 00:54:06 04:31:18 02:52:56 08:31:22 -08:56 EUR 2,500
5 Karol Dzalaj SVK 00:53:57 04:25:20 03:17:37 08:45:30 -02:24 EUR 2,000
6 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:54:09 04:41:44 03:16:11 09:02:31 01:24
7 Young Hwan Oh KOR 00:58:12 04:45:03 03:10:41 09:03:14 -08:55
8 Till Schramm GER 00:54:02 04:31:33 03:34:13 09:12:48 15:04
9 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 01:07:45 05:18:38 03:22:39 09:58:03 -24:21
10 Josef Svoboda CZE 01:09:13 05:59:38 04:18:29 11:41:08 18:51
Ritchie Nicholls GBR 00:48:11 DNF

Female Race Results

German athlete Verena Walter won the race with a 16 minute margin by posting a new bike course record and following that up with a solid run. Lucie Reed (Zelenkova) lost too much time to Verena on the bike for her best splits on the swim and run to produce a better result than second place. Kathryn Haesner took the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Verena Walter GER 00:58:11 04:52:43 03:25:03 09:25:51 -10:07 EUR 8,000
2 Lucie Reed CZE 00:53:36 05:18:24 03:20:07 09:42:11 05:02 EUR 5,000
3 Kathryn Haesner NZL 00:53:56 05:13:47 03:28:32 09:46:20 -09:44 EUR 3,500
4 Alyssa Godesky USA 00:58:12 05:12:32 03:38:18 09:58:58 11:07 EUR 2,500
5 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:53:44 05:08:32 04:07:49 10:20:51 37:14 EUR 2,000

Updates to the Top10 Ratings

After the first round of 2017 Ironman races, here are the updated Top 10 Ratings. If you compare the “old” ratings to the new ones, you will notice that the numbers have slightly changed even for athletes that have note raced. This is caused by a small improvement in my algorithm that reduces an undue influence of older results for athletes that have a large number of races from more than three years ago.

TOP 10 Rated Ironman Distance Athletes

TOP 10 Rated Male Athletes

Jan Frodeno and Sebastian Kienle are still my top ranked athletes. Nils Frommhold (having finished second in South Africa) has climbed back to third, very slightly ahead of Brent McMahon. Other changes are a result of the racing we have seen in 2017: Ben Hoffman entering the Top 10 after his sub-8 win in South Africa, and Marino and Frederik dropping back after a DNF and a sub-par race.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Jan Frodeno GER 07:59:19 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 7
2 Sebastian Kienle GER 08:08:32 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 13
3 Nils Frommhold GER 08:16:05 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
4 Brent McMahon CAN 08:16:06 IM Arizona on 2016-11-20 7
5 Andi Boecherer GER 08:17:13 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
6 Andy Potts USA 08:17:26 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 16
7 Patrik Nilsson SWE 08:19:21 IM Barcelona on 2016-10-02 7
8 Ben Hoffman USA 08:21:15 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 18
9 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 08:21:27 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 21
10 Frederik Van Lierde BEL 08:21:52 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 21

TOP 10 Rated Female Athletes

For the females, the Top 4 have not changed: Daniela, Rinny, Kaisa and Heather are still the best-rated athletes. New athletes in the Top 10 are Meredith Kessler (new #5, third in New Zealand and also benefitting from the algorithm changes), Susie Cheetham (new #6, third place in South Africa after a Kona DNF) and Linsey Corbin (#10, slightly climbing with the changes).

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 08:42:49 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
2 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 09:01:36 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
3 Kaisa Lehtonen FIN 09:09:12 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 4
4 Heather Jackson USA 09:12:39 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 6
5 Meredith Kessler USA 09:14:01 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 25
6 Susie Cheetham GBR 09:14:17 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 5
7 Melissa Hauschildt AUS 09:15:51 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 4
8 Lucy Gossage GBR 09:15:55 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
9 Anja Beranek GER 09:16:56 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 8
10 Linsey Corbin USA 09:18:58 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 20

TOP 10 Swim-Rated Ironman Distance Athletes

The Swim Ratings are mainly a very slight re-ordering of the end of 2016 ratings. The two notable changes are  Clayton Fettell who has entered the Top 10 male ranking in #2 and Annabel Luxford who is #8 in the female ranking.

TOP 10 Swim-Rated Male Athletes

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:45:41 Challenge Taiwan on 2016-05-07 14
2 Clayton Fettell AUS 00:46:23 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 6
3 Jan Frodeno GER 00:46:52 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 7
4 Andy Potts USA 00:47:00 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 16
5 Marko Albert EST 00:47:03 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 17
6 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:47:20 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 9
7 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 00:47:30 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 11
8 Michael Fox AUS 00:47:30 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 3
9 Barrett Brandon USA 00:47:32 IM Cozumel on 2016-11-27 5
10 Timothy O’Donnell USA 00:47:37 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 13

TOP 10 Swim-Rated Female Athletes

Jodie is still my top-ranked athlete, but Lauren Brandon (as last year’s IM Texas was shortened, she only has two valid full IM finishes) and Lucy Charles (with one Pro finish) are likely to take over the #1 rank from her.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Jodie Cunnama GBR 00:49:34 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 9
2 Meredith Kessler USA 00:50:34 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 25
3 Amanda Stevens USA 00:51:17 IM Arizona on 2016-11-20 18
4 Celine Schaerer SUI 00:51:19 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 7
5 Mary Beth Ellis USA 00:51:31 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 19
6 Leanda Cave GBR 00:51:46 IM Arizona on 2016-11-20 20
7 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:51:52 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
8 Annabel Luxford AUS 00:52:00 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 4
9 Anja Beranek GER 00:52:15 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 8
10 Alicia Kaye USA 00:52:18 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 3

TOP 10 Bike-Rated Ironman Distance Athletes

TOP 10 Bike-Rated Male Athletes

After not finishing an Ironman race for more than a year, Andy Starykowicz posted a record-breaking 4:01 bike leg at IM Texas, allowing him to reclaim the top spot in the rankings. Cameron Wurf has entered the Top 10 in #3 after being first off the bike at IM South Africa.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Andrew Starykowicz USA 04:22:41 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 7
2 Sebastian Kienle GER 04:26:18 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 13
3 Cameron Wurf AUS 04:26:25 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 3
4 Dougal Allan NZL 04:30:36 Challenge Wanaka on 2017-02-18 7
5 Michael Weiss AUT 04:30:45 IM Cozumel on 2016-11-27 16
6 Jan Frodeno GER 04:31:05 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 7
7 Andi Boecherer GER 04:31:23 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
8 Lionel Sanders CAN 04:32:01 IM Arizona on 2016-11-20 6
9 Nils Frommhold GER 04:32:30 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
10 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 04:33:39 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 21

TOP 10 Bike-Rated Female Athletes

There is one new athlete in the Top 10: After a DNF in Kona Tine Deckers has posted the third best bike split at IM Texas and re-entered the Top 10. Other than that there is only a slight re-ordering of the 2016 rankings.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 04:55:11 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
2 Anja Beranek GER 05:01:54 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 8
3 Heather Jackson USA 05:03:54 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 6
4 Jodie Cunnama GBR 05:04:50 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 9
5 Annabel Luxford AUS 05:05:46 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 4
6 Tine Deckers BEL 05:06:29 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 17
7 Diana Riesler GER 05:06:38 IM Malaysia on 2016-11-12 16
8 Lucy Gossage GBR 05:06:38 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
9 Mary Beth Ellis USA 05:06:41 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 19
10 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 05:06:43 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 25

TOP 10 Run-Rated Ironman Distance Athletes

TOP 10 Run-Rated Male Athletes

The athletes that have entered the Top 10 have all had great results at the start of the 2017 season: David McNamee (#3 after 2:45 at IM South Africa), Matt Hanson (#4 after 2:42 at IM Texas), Diego Van Looy (#9 after 2:51 at IM South Africa) and Cameron Brown (#10 after 2:42 at IM New Zealand).

Patrick Lange doesn’t have a valid rating yet – his only “full” IM was IM Hawaii (he qualified at the shortened IM Texas). But his run course record in Kona indicates that he will be well placed in the Top 10 once he has finished the required three valid IMs.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Jan Frodeno GER 02:45:34 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 7
2 Jeff Symonds CAN 02:47:53 IM Western Australia on 2016-12-04 7
3 David McNamee GBR 02:48:59 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 6
4 Matt Hanson USA 02:49:11 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 10
5 Ivan Rana ESP 02:49:21 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 11
6 Bart Aernouts BEL 02:49:24 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 9
7 Patrik Nilsson SWE 02:49:40 IM Barcelona on 2016-10-02 7
8 Jesse Thomas USA 02:51:17 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 3
9 Diego Van Looy BEL 02:51:33 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 4
10 Cameron Brown NZL 02:51:41 IM New Zealand on 2017-03-04 28

TOP 10 Run-Rated Female Athletes

With a slower run in South Africa, Kristin Möller has dropped to fifth place, while Daniela Ryf has climbed into #2 and continued to improve her rating. Ruth Brennan Morrey benefitted from the algorithm change and is now in #9.

Rank Name Nation Rating Last Race # IM Races
1 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 02:57:04 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 14
2 Daniela Ryf SUI 03:02:31 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 9
3 Kaisa Lehtonen FIN 03:03:27 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 4
4 Kelly Williamson USA 03:04:45 IM Texas on 2017-04-22 14
5 Kristin Moeller GER 03:05:16 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 20
6 Beth Gerdes USA 03:05:29 IM Australia on 2016-05-01 12
7 Lisa Roberts USA 03:05:58 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 15
8 Susie Cheetham GBR 03:06:12 IM South Africa on 2017-04-02 5
9 Ruth Brennan Morrey USA 03:06:42 IM Arizona on 2016-11-20 4
10 Linsey Corbin USA 03:07:27 IM Hawaii on 2016-10-08 20

Ironman Brasil 2017 (May 27th) – Entry List

IM Brasil is the third of the Regional Championships for 2017. For now, there are a couple of names on the list that probably only had Brasil as a back-up race for IM Texas. For example, Texas has gone well for Tyler Butterfield (3rd) and Alicia Kaye (5th) – both are safe for a Kona slot and unlikely to race in Florianopolis. Harry Wiltshire had a DNF in Texas, so he may need his “backup”. Some more athletes are chasing hard for their Kona slots: Susie Cheetham, Annah Watkinson and Jenny Fletcher have raced IM South Africa and Kristin Möller DNF’d – they still need more points to make it to Kona.

Update April 29th: Liz Lyles announced on Instagram that she won’t race Brasil but will focus on IM Frankfurt instead.

Update May 11th: Added Mariana Andrade, Kate Bruck, Bruna Mahn, Laurel Wassner, Eneko Llanos, Brent McMahon, Luiz Francisco Paiva Ferreira and Ivan Tutukin. Also Updated the KPR points and added preliminary bibs. Based on the latest list Michael McKernan, Maren Hufe, Caroline Livesey, and Jessica Jones are not racing, but I’m pretty sure that Mareen still plans to race.

Male Race Participants

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
11 Tyler Butterfield BMU 4040 1+2 (2890/435)
1 Brent McMahon CAN 3170 2+2 (340/605)
8 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 3050 1+2 (2455/55)
5 Harry Wiltshire GBR 3040 3+1 (235/500)
2 Tim Don GBR 2515 0+2 (0/920)
9 Leon Griffin AUS 2025 1+2 (1335/345)
52 Patrick Evoe USA 1828 2+1
6 Ivan Tutukin RUS 1700 1+1
10 Thiago Vinhal BRA 1600 1+0
43 Esben Hovgaard DEN 1135 2+1
3 Igor Amorelli BRA 1043 1+2 (3/500)
50 Mario De Elias ARG 1040 1+2 (160/240)
4 Guilherme Manocchio BRA 1025 2+2 (230/75)
56 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 935 0+2 (0/435)
45 Felipe Van de Wyngard CHI 755 0+2 (0/320)
51 Matt Chrabot USA 665 0+2 (0/25)
54 Pedro Gomes POR 585 1+2 (540/10)
46 Fellipe Santos BRA 580 0+2 (0/180)
42 Eneko Llanos ESP 565 2+1
48 Luis Henrique Ohde BRA 540 1+2 (120/100)
55 Philipp Koutny SUI 430 2+1
37 Barrett Brandon USA 340 1+1
49 Luiz Francisco Paiva Ferreira BRA 320 0+1
38 Bruno Matheus BRA 288 1+2 (3/45)
44 Fabio Carvalho BRA 155 1+0
39 Christian Carletto ARG 115 0+1
57 Rodrigo Sanchez ARG 110 0+2 (0/10)
47 Frank Silvestrin BRA 45 0+1
59 Vinicius Canhedo BRA 35 0+1
7 Josef Svoboda CZE 15 1+0
41 Eduardo Diaz ARG 7 0+1
40 Diego Vasquez ECU 5 0+1
Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP
53 Paul Matthews AUS
36 Andreas Raelert GER
58 Sylvain Sudrie FRA

Female Race Participants

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
12 Alicia Kaye USA 4870 2+2 (340/640)
35 Susie Cheetham GBR 3530 1+1
Mareen Hufe GER 3250 2+1
17 Celine Schaerer SUI 3000 3+1 (515/345)
Elizabeth Lyles USA 2685 2+1
29 Linsey Corbin USA 2635 1+2 (1900/320)
22 Gurutze Frades Larralde ESP 2325 2+0
18 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 2320 2+0
13 Annah Watkinson ZAF 1625 1+1
33 Pamela Tastets CHI 1485 1+2 (960/180)
23 Haley Chura USA 1290 0+2 (0/540)
30 Magali Tisseyre CAN 1165 0+1
26 Kirsty Jahn CAN 1125 0+2 (0/500)
Caroline Livesey GBR 1030 1+2 (685/125)
28 Laurel Wassner USA 960 1+2 (340/220)
27 Kristin Moeller GER 775 1+1
16 Carolina Furriela BRA 755 0+2 (0/320)
32 Nicole Valentine USA 620 1+2 (305/135)
14 Ashley Paulson USA 555 2+2 (85/20)
20 Bruna Mahn BRA 545 1+1
15 Brooke Brown CAN 540 1+0
19 Erika Simon ARG 240 0+2 (0/115)
31 Mariana Andrade BRA 100 0+1
24 Jenny Fletcher CAN 90 1+0
25 Kate Bruck USA
Jessica Jones USA
21 Carolin Lehrieder GER
34 Sonja Tajsich GER
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