Challenge Roth

Challenge Roth 2025 (July 6th) – Seedings

July 2, 2025

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
1988	Axel Koenders (NED)	08:13:11	Rita Keitmann (GER)	10:07:35
1989	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	03:59:59	Simone Mortier (GER)	04:31:04
1990	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:21:13	Jan Wanklyn (AUS)	09:21:29
1991	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:04:54	Thea Sybesma (NED)	08:55:29
1992	Jos Everts (NED)	08:06:12	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:55:00
1993	Cristian Bustos (CHI)	08:03:19	Katinka Wiltenburg (NED)	09:18:49
1994	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:01:59	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:50:53
1995	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:08:07	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	09:06:34
1996	Lothar Leder (GER)	07:57:02	Ute Mueckel (GER)	09:21:30
1997	Luc Van Lierde (BEL)	07:50:27	Susan Latshaw (USA)	08:59:31
1998	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:03:59	Katja Schumacher (GER)	09:27:43
1999	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	07:56:00	Joanne King (AUS)	09:26:59
2000	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:19:38	Heather Fuhr (CAN)	09:32:08
2001	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:10:39	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:24:29
2002	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:17:25	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:12:41
2003	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:11:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:15:01
2004	Chris McCormack (AUS)	07:57:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:13:57
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
2021	Patrick Lange (GER)	07:19:19	Anne Haug (GER)	07:53:48
2022	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:35:48	Anne Haug (GER)	08:22:42
2023	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:24:40	Daniela Ryf (SUI)	08:08:21
2024	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:23:24	Anne Haug (GER)	08:02:38

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	00:46:23	03:59:25	02:34:18	07:23:24
2	Thomas Bishop	GBR	00:46:17	04:05:46	02:42:42	07:37:54
3	Rudy von Berg	USA	00:46:19	04:05:46	02:43:25	07:38:30

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Anne Haug	GER	00:52:37	04:27:58	02:38:52	08:02:38
2	Laura Philipp	GER	00:55:14	04:30:47	02:44:34	08:14:13
3	Els Visser	NED	00:55:17	04:31:02	02:55:25	08:24:47

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:23:24	Magnus Ditlev	2024-07-07
Swim	overall	00:43:35	Michael Pruefert	1997-07-13
Bike	overall	03:57:45	Magnus Ditlev	2023-06-25
Run	overall	02:30:27	Patrick Lange	2023-06-25
Total	female	08:02:38	Anne Haug	2024-07-07
Swim	female	00:46:48	Lucy Charles-Barclay	2018-07-01
Bike	female	04:22:56	Daniela Ryf	2023-06-25
Run	female	02:38:52	Anne Haug	2024-07-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 20:25.

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	01:13	12:48	09:15	28	23:15	01:13	12:48	09:15
2006	18:52	02:11	10:48	05:54	41	21:04	01:42	11:48	07:34
2007	29:56	02:11	16:35	11:11	35	24:01	01:51	13:24	08:47
2008	25:59	03:10	12:13	10:36	40	24:31	02:11	13:06	09:14
2009	29:11	02:58	19:24	06:49	43	25:27	02:20	14:22	08:45
2010	20:31	01:55	11:13	07:23	43	24:37	02:16	13:50	08:32
2011	24:18	02:02	16:54	05:21	38	24:35	02:14	14:16	08:05
2012	14:09	02:45	06:58	04:27	50	23:16	02:18	13:21	07:37
2013	22:46	01:17	16:21	05:08	41	23:13	02:11	13:41	07:21
2014	08:34	00:02	12:32	-04:00	37	21:45	01:58	13:34	06:13
2015	19:21	01:41	12:55	04:45	44 of 56	21:32	01:57	13:30	06:05
2016	19:23	01:14	15:58	02:11	39 of 43	21:21	01:53	13:43	05:46
2017	14:36	-00:02	13:33	01:05	38 of 53	20:50	01:44	13:42	05:24
2018	19:03	01:40	12:46	04:37	31 of 39	20:42	01:44	13:38	05:21
2019	12:56	-02:17	11:20	03:54	46 of 50	20:11	01:28	13:28	05:15
2021	29:13	-00:51	32:27	-02:23	42 of 49	20:45	01:20	14:38	04:48
2022	14:07	-02:36	15:43	01:00	40 of 55	19:48	01:13	13:37	04:59
2023	22:46	00:44	18:11	03:51	45 of 55	19:59	01:11	13:53	04:55
2024	27:49	00:53	20:14	06:43	68 of 79	20:25	01:10	14:14	05:01

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 160.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 22% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Sam Laidlow (AQ)	FRA	07:41:58	08:02:55	00:46:05	04:00:00	04:51:04	02:50:54	45% +18% -37% (12)
2	6	Daniel Baekkegard (KQ)	DEN	07:43:29	08:06:40	00:45:50	04:10:27	05:01:17	02:42:12	22% +26% -52% (12)
3	4	Jan Stratmann (KQ)	GER	07:44:04	08:08:01	00:45:38	04:10:38	05:01:15	02:42:49	60% +40% -0% (3)
4	15	Jonas Schomburg (KQ)	GER	07:44:19	08:11:03	00:44:56	04:10:28	05:00:24	02:43:55	47% +0% -53% (2)
5	16	Joe Skipper (KQ)	GBR	07:44:22	08:09:45	00:50:41	04:08:54	05:04:35	02:39:47	54% +0% -45% (45)
6	2	Thomas Bishop	GBR	07:44:27	08:16:05	00:46:00	04:09:38	05:00:38	02:43:49	60% +0% -40% (2)
7	12	Jack Moody (KQ)	NZL	07:45:00	08:14:34	00:48:37	04:12:23	05:06:01	02:38:59	16% +72% -12% (5)
8	8	Bart Aernouts (KQ)	BEL	07:45:57	08:08:31	00:51:49	04:08:42	05:05:30	02:40:27	64% +18% -18% (27)
9	11	Matt Hanson (KQ)	USA	07:47:43	08:05:21	00:49:43	04:17:46	05:12:30	02:35:13	81% +1% -18% (32)
10	24	Mathias Petersen (KQ)	DEN	07:50:16	08:07:30	00:47:11	04:14:56	05:07:08	02:43:08	79% +0% -21% (17)
11	14	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:53:28	08:17:47	00:45:39	04:14:10	05:04:49	02:48:39	68% +3% -29% (19)
12	18	Finn Große-Freese (KQ)	GER	07:54:02	08:13:37	00:46:34	04:15:52	05:07:26	02:46:36	100% +0% -0% (5)
13	36	Tristan Olij	NED	07:54:09	08:16:51	00:49:29	04:13:29	05:07:57	02:46:12	66% +8% -26% (7)
14	27	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	07:55:28	08:17:18	00:45:22	04:19:31	05:09:53	02:45:35	81% +0% -19% (4)
15	28	Florian Angert	GER	07:57:16	08:16:57	00:46:30	04:15:33	05:07:03	02:50:13	61% +0% -39% (11)
16	34	Felix Hentschel	GER	07:57:28	08:26:00	00:52:26	04:19:32	05:16:58	02:40:30	46% +28% -26% (6)
17	10	Andreas Dreitz (KQ)	GER	07:57:35	08:20:18	00:49:08	04:15:56	05:10:03	02:47:32	69% +0% -31% (18)
18	25	Filipe Azevedo (KQ)	POR	07:58:04	08:24:03	00:46:19	04:17:23	05:08:43	02:49:21	46% +14% -40% (5)
19	30	Thor Bendix Madsen	DEN	07:58:37	08:27:17	00:48:52	04:11:06	05:04:57	02:53:40	44% +0% -56% (5)
20	40	Martin Ulloa	CHI	08:00:03	08:31:29	00:46:28	04:11:53	05:03:21	02:56:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21	39	Christian Stoerzer	GER	08:00:56	08:28:06	00:54:07	04:19:19	05:18:26	02:42:30	100% +0% -0% (4)
22	19	Maurice Clavel	GER	08:03:17	08:23:05	00:45:49	04:13:52	05:04:40	02:58:37	60% +9% -31% (10)
23	32	Tomasz Szala	POL	08:03:28	08:24:51	00:49:38	04:17:54	05:12:32	02:50:56	59% +0% -41% (4)
24	56	Sebastian Norberg	SWE	08:04:23	08:28:32	00:54:33	04:17:33	05:17:05	02:47:18	87% +11% -2% (11)
25	33	Joao Ferreira	POR	08:06:56	08:44:50	00:47:52	04:22:04	05:14:56	02:52:00	25% +26% -49% (10)
26	20	Zack Cooper	GBR	08:07:25	08:39:13	00:57:58	04:16:35	05:19:33	02:47:52	26% +42% -32% (3)
27	46	Ben Akin	GBR	08:11:16	08:40:42	00:53:56	04:24:58	05:23:54	02:47:22	42% +0% -58% (2)
28	26	Kieran Storch	AUS	08:12:52	08:45:09	00:51:57	04:27:49	05:24:46	02:48:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
29	17	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:13:09	08:41:55	00:44:51	04:20:03	05:09:54	03:03:15	49% +0% -51% (15)
30	42	Corentin Chouvelon	FRA	08:14:20	08:41:57	00:53:44	04:32:27	05:31:11	02:43:09	100% +0% -0% (3)
31	48	Timo Schaffeld	GER	08:17:47	08:40:01	00:53:25	04:26:01	05:24:26	02:53:21	83% +0% -17% (4)
32	68	Amaury Dehez	FRA	08:18:54	08:47:16	00:56:44	04:29:40	05:31:23	02:47:31	22% +78% -0% (3)
33	55	Jean-Claude Besse	SUI	08:21:23	08:52:15	00:50:41	04:30:33	05:26:15	02:55:08	26% +15% -60% (8)
34	58	Kevin Portmann	FRA	08:24:15	08:46:19	00:54:51	04:26:25	05:26:16	02:57:59	60% +13% -27% (9)
35	22	Christopher Dels	GER	08:24:23	08:55:58	00:54:39	04:31:47	05:31:26	02:52:57	68% +0% -32% (8)
36	44	Garrick Loewen	CAN	08:28:00	08:56:10	00:50:06	04:33:20	05:28:27	02:59:33	54% +0% -46% (4)
37	53	Stephan Benedikt	AUT	08:30:00	08:54:31	00:55:34	04:29:36	05:30:11	02:59:49	90% +10% -0% (8)
38	49	Nicolas Quenette	CAN	08:30:39	09:11:11	00:50:56	04:28:47	05:24:43	03:05:56	38% +62% -0% (2)
39	59	Christoffer Heick	DEN	08:31:17	09:02:03	00:54:12	04:19:42	05:18:54	03:12:23	100% +0% -0% (2)
40	47	Toby Nisbet	GBR	08:36:21	09:03:45	00:52:09	04:36:48	05:33:57	03:02:24	100% +0% -0% (2)
41	35	Nicholas Chase	USA	08:36:25	09:03:43	00:50:31	04:28:46	05:24:17	03:12:08	21% +34% -45% (15)
42	54	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:39:12	09:05:48	00:55:30	04:30:12	05:30:42	03:08:30	49% +33% -18% (4)
43	67	Matthias Tuerk	GER	08:41:49	09:17:23	00:56:10	04:30:37	05:31:47	03:10:02	44% +0% -56% (4)
44	45	Herbert Enzinger	GER	08:43:09	09:18:48	00:54:10	04:28:24	05:27:34	03:15:35	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
45	61	Jordan Bryden	CAN	08:44:53	09:21:04	00:50:44	04:34:38	05:30:22	03:14:31	26% +31% -43% (14)
46	38	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:01:21	09:39:33	01:08:31	04:48:22	06:01:53	02:59:28	40% +60% -0% (2)
47	57	Adam Goulet	USA	09:28:09	10:05:21	01:11:27	04:44:57	06:01:24	03:26:45	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	3	Frederic Funk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	5	Vincent Luis	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	7	Henri Schoeman	ZAF	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	9	Aaron Royle	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	13	Martin Schulz	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	21	Lukas Stengel	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	23	Jannik Stoll	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	29	Jonathan Guisolan	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	31	Miguel Mattox	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	41	Arne Leiss	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	43	Niels Vanhove	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	45	Bogdan Kovalenko	KAZ	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	50	Jesse Hinrichs	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	52	Matthieu Bolzer	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	60	Vincent Groeßer	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	62	Pascal Franken	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	63	Raphael Junghans	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	64	Tobias Meckl	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	65	Jules Rau	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	101	Laura Philipp (KQ)	GER	08:14:41	08:33:51	00:53:51	04:32:03	05:30:54	02:43:47	82% +18% -0% (11)
2	102	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	08:38:04	09:07:41	00:55:43	04:39:56	05:40:39	02:57:25	51% +30% -19% (15)
3	108	Justine Mathieux (KQ)	FRA	08:50:38	09:12:52	00:54:30	04:46:02	05:45:32	03:05:06	56% +6% -38% (7)
4	109	Merle Brunnee (KQ)	GER	08:50:41	09:08:52	01:02:10	04:42:34	05:49:44	03:00:57	100% +0% -0% (3)
5	106	Alanis Siffert	SUI	08:50:44	09:28:17	00:50:35	04:54:26	05:50:00	03:00:44	44% +0% -56% (2)
6	105	Laura Siddall	GBR	08:51:02	09:16:09	00:57:40	04:43:34	05:46:13	03:04:49	82% +2% -16% (29)
7	112	Jana Uderstadt (KQ)	GER	08:54:04	09:23:01	00:57:39	04:46:22	05:49:02	03:05:02	46% +42% -12% (5)
8	113	Katharina Wolff	GER	08:58:49	09:25:09	00:56:46	04:52:09	05:53:56	03:04:53	36% +43% -21% (10)
9	111	Nina Derron (KQ)	SUI	08:59:40	09:25:15	00:53:38	04:49:50	05:48:28	03:11:12	52% +33% -15% (13)
10	115	Stephanie Wunderle	GER	09:09:37	09:49:03	01:05:08	04:41:31	05:51:39	03:17:58	55% +0% -45% (3)
11	107	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:10:43	09:57:20	00:52:35	04:48:53	05:46:27	03:24:16	13% +5% -83% (24)
12	126	Angela Naeth	CAN	09:16:50	09:45:30	01:00:29	04:51:38	05:57:08	03:19:42	48% +3% -49% (30)
13	118	Laura Kessler	SUI	09:20:36	09:55:02	01:11:24	04:50:18	06:06:42	03:13:54	60% +0% -40% (3)
14	117	Lisa-Maria Dornauer	AUT	09:22:49	10:02:52	00:57:47	04:54:15	05:57:03	03:25:46	15% +36% -49% (4)
15	116	Danielle Fauteux	CAN	09:27:10	09:53:25	01:01:03	05:02:12	06:08:15	03:18:55	76% +0% -24% (4)
16	119	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:28:00	10:01:30	00:59:10	04:48:01	05:52:12	03:35:48	59% +11% -29% (10)
17	121	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:28:47	10:00:43	01:02:08	05:00:45	06:07:53	03:20:54	65% +15% -19% (29)
18	122	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	09:29:59	10:09:16	01:01:23	05:08:01	06:14:23	03:15:36	56% +0% -44% (6)
19	125	Emely Ravn	DEN	09:37:20	10:15:08	01:03:22	04:53:08	06:01:29	03:35:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20	124	Tara Rooney	USA	10:03:41	10:58:10	01:06:47	05:24:49	06:36:37	03:27:04	30% +33% -37% (3)
	104	Grace Thek	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	114	Caterina Mariani	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	123	Kayla Pokorny	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	127	Nelly Rassmann	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Bart Aernouts: 20% (4-1)
Jan Stratmann: 15% (6-1)
Joe Skipper: 14% (6-1)
Denis Chevrot: 13% (7-1)
Sam Laidlow: 12% (7-1)
Pieter Heemeryck: 10% (9-1)
Jack Moody: 6% (16-1)
Thomas Bishop: 4% (24-1)
Dylan Magnien: 3% (35-1)
Jesper Svensson: 2% (49-1)

Female Race Participants

Laura Philipp: 84% (1-1)
Nikki Bartlett: 6% (17-1)
Laura Siddall: 2% (46-1)

Challenge Roth 2024 – Analyzing Results

July 8, 2024

Course Conditions

Once again, Challenge Roth proved to be a very fast course. While small changes in the bike course probably made it a bit longer than last year, cooler weather conditions allowed smart pacers to have a faster run. This helped Anne Haug and Magnus Ditlev to further improve the course records that were only set one year ago.

Magnus rode more than six minutes into the rest of the field, but with light rain on the second loop he was roughly two minutes slower than last year. But as soon as he started the run, projections had him make up that deficit, and by about 29k he was ahead of his “virtual opponent” from last year. He had the fastest bike and run of the day, and finished more than a minute ahead of his record from last year.

Anne had a great start of the day, swimming in the front group almost two minutes quicker than last year. On the bike she quickly took the lead and extended that for the whole ride, in the end she bike almost twelve minutes quicker than herself in 2023 and even had the fastest bike split. Nonetheless, in 2023 Daniela Ryf had ridden five minutes quicker than Anne in 2024, so a new record would only be possible if Anne had another fantastic run. A 2:46 would be needed, and Anne’s marathon projection was quickly in 2:43 territory. She was even able to accelerate in the end, running a 2:38:52 marathon, the second fastest of the whole field (including the Pro men) and clearly the fastest marathon in any female long-distance event. With that fast run, she was able to beat Daniela’s 2023 record by six minutes – getting close to breaking the eight-hour barrier!

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	00:46:23 (7)	03:59:25 (1)	02:34:18 (1)	07:23:24	-08:11	EUR 25,000	95.56
2	Thomas Bishop	GBR	00:46:17 (5)	04:05:46 (3)	02:42:42 (7)	07:37:54	n/a	EUR 13,000	88.03
3	Rudy von Berg	USA	00:46:19 (6)	04:05:46 (3)	02:43:25 (9)	07:38:30	02:15	EUR 8,000	86.08
4	Jan Stratmann	GER	00:46:10 (2)	04:08:31 (7)	02:41:21 (5)	07:38:57	-14:37	EUR 3,000	84.28
5	Leon Chevalier	FRA	00:48:38 (17)	04:05:59 (5)	02:41:33 (6)	07:39:11	-02:37	EUR 2,000	82.65
6	Stefan Zachaeus	LUX	00:46:25 (9)	04:05:44 (2)	02:44:44 (11)	07:40:28	n/a	EUR 1,100	80.67
7	Marc Eggeling	GER	00:48:38 (17)	04:12:04 (9)	02:40:33 (4)	07:44:14	-19:57	EUR 800	77.79
8	Joshua Lewis	GBR	00:46:24 (8)	04:08:07 (6)	02:54:37 (19)	07:52:32	-16:54	EUR 700	73.19
9	Christian Stoerzer	GER	00:54:24 (35)	04:15:43 (12)	02:39:12 (2)	07:52:41	-10:08	EUR 600	71.87
10	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	00:48:40 (20)	04:11:48 (8)	02:48:55 (13)	07:53:06	01:13	EUR 550	70.51
11	Finn Große-Freese	GER	00:48:20 (10)	04:18:39 (14)	02:44:38 (10)	07:54:36	03:39		68.79
12	Dieter Comhair	BEL	00:52:40 (31)	04:17:04 (13)	02:49:27 (16)	08:02:16	n/a		64.68
13	Zack Cooper	SUI	00:57:18 (47)	04:15:00 (10)	02:48:10 (12)	08:03:27	n/a		63.19
14	Felipe Bergamini	BRA	00:48:31 (14)	04:23:29 (24)	02:48:56 (14)	08:04:49	n/a		61.67
15	Gonzalo Fuentes	ESP	00:52:39 (30)	04:29:48 (34)	02:40:29 (3)	08:06:03	-07:08		60.26
16	Lukasz Wojt	GER	00:45:21 (1)	04:15:24 (11)	03:02:00 (25)	08:06:27	-01:17		59.23
17	Tobias Drachler	GER	00:48:41 (21)	04:26:27 (31)	02:49:05 (15)	08:07:16	00:27		58.07
18	Kit Walker	GBR	00:50:54 (28)	04:22:53 (20)	02:51:15 (18)	08:08:08	-32:50		56.94
19	Silas Lucks	GER	00:54:25 (36)	04:28:07 (32)	02:43:16 (8)	08:09:04	n/a		55.81
20	Cedric Ludet	FRA	00:54:33 (41)	04:23:04 (22)	02:50:41 (17)	08:11:37	-12:15		54.09
21	Juuso Manninen	FIN	00:50:50 (27)	04:22:56 (21)	03:03:16 (26)	08:19:48	-15:28		50.18
22	Thomas Bosch	GER	01:00:28 (49)	04:22:42 (19)	02:58:47 (22)	08:25:30	00:19		47.28
23	Kristian Hindkjaer	DEN	00:50:05 (24)	04:19:38 (15)	03:12:42 (31)	08:26:25	12:17		46.31
24	Florian Kandutsch	AUT	00:56:18 (45)	04:30:40 (35)	02:56:39 (21)	08:29:17	-05:17		44.59
25	Samuel Boettinger	GER	00:53:22 (33)	04:21:40 (18)	03:12:32 (30)	08:30:58	-03:19		43.37
26	Joergen Gundersen	NOR	00:46:16 (4)	04:28:42 (33)	03:13:43 (33)	08:31:31	n/a		42.63
27	Toby Nisbet	GBR	00:52:36 (29)	04:34:54 (37)	03:00:50 (23)	08:31:33	n/a		42.12
28	Michael Arishita	USA	00:48:33 (15)	04:26:17 (29)	03:14:18 (35)	08:32:04	n/a		41.44
29	Matthias Tuerk	GER	00:56:23 (46)	04:25:43 (27)	03:08:13 (28)	08:34:28	n/a		40.04
30	Travis Wood	USA	00:54:37 (43)	04:30:54 (36)	03:05:32 (27)	08:35:01	n/a		39.40
31	Herbert Enzinger	GER	00:54:29 (38)	04:24:04 (25)	03:14:07 (34)	08:35:47	n/a		38.69
32	Nicholas Chase	USA	00:50:49 (26)	04:26:24 (30)	03:15:07 (36)	08:35:52	-12:06		38.27
33	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	00:54:30 (39)	04:37:17 (40)	03:01:52 (24)	08:38:04	n/a		37.03
34	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:48:36 (16)	04:35:48 (38)	03:13:31 (32)	08:41:57	28:19		35.15
35	Lukas Schnoedewind	GER	00:48:24 (11)	04:20:30 (16)	03:30:17 (38)	08:42:13	22:50		34.71
36	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	00:55:38 (44)	04:24:40 (26)	03:19:28 (37)	08:43:09	n/a		34.03
37	Jan Hoeing	GER	01:07:58 (50)	04:41:40 (42)	02:56:12 (20)	08:52:20	-18:59		33.18
38	Francesc Artigues Ramis	ESP	00:59:33 (48)	04:44:09 (44)	03:08:15 (29)	08:58:42	11:19		32.89
39	Christian Haas	ITA	00:54:35 (42)	04:37:15 (39)	03:31:19 (39)	09:07:14	n/a		32.62
40	Sebastian Schober	GER	00:54:30 (39)	04:39:45 (41)	03:41:10 (40)	09:19:18	n/a		32.36
41	Henry Beck	GER	00:48:28 (12)	04:26:12 (28)	04:15:58 (41)	09:35:56	32:21		32.12
	Tom Van der Hoogerstraete	BEL	00:50:07 (25)	04:20:35 (17)		DNF
	Pavel Wohl	CZE	00:52:43 (32)	04:23:25 (23)		DNF
	Bruno Slegers	BEL	00:54:27 (37)	04:43:18 (43)		DNF
	Marc Unger	GER	00:54:13 (34)	04:48:17 (45)		DNF
	Daniel Baekkegard	DEN	00:46:14 (3)			DNF
	Jamie Bedwell	GBR	00:48:30 (13)			DNF
	Patrick Lange	GER	00:48:38 (17)			DNF
	Leonard Arnold	GER	00:49:26 (22)			DNF
	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	00:50:03 (23)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Anne Haug	GER	00:52:37 (2)	04:27:58 (1)	02:38:52 (1)	08:02:38	-15:41	EUR 25,000	95.03
2	Laura Philipp	GER	00:55:14 (5)	04:30:47 (2)	02:44:34 (2)	08:14:13	-06:08	EUR 13,000	89.05
3	Els Visser	NED	00:55:17 (7)	04:31:02 (3)	02:55:25 (8)	08:24:47	-20:35	EUR 8,000	83.53
4	Anne Reischmann	GER	00:58:41 (9)	04:34:43 (5)	02:50:09 (4)	08:26:07	-11:51	EUR 3,000	81.42
5	Danielle Lewis	USA	01:01:14 (15)	04:33:21 (4)	02:48:47 (3)	08:26:50	-23:05	EUR 2,000	79.62
6	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	01:00:53 (14)	04:38:42 (8)	02:52:24 (5)	08:34:55	-14:40	EUR 1,100	75.24
7	Rebecca Robisch	GER	00:52:39 (3)	04:37:25 (7)	03:03:03 (12)	08:36:51	n/a	EUR 800	73.15
8	Laura Zimmermann	GER	01:00:50 (12)	04:39:05 (9)	02:57:17 (9)	08:40:43	-13:41	EUR 700	70.43
9	Julia Skala	GER	00:59:32 (11)	04:47:35 (13)	02:52:53 (6)	08:43:54	-12:22	EUR 600	68.02
10	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	00:58:46 (10)	04:41:57 (10)	03:01:27 (11)	08:45:10	-08:04	EUR 550	66.37
11	Gabriele Maria Obmann	AUT	01:02:16 (19)	04:48:54 (14)	02:55:18 (7)	08:50:15	-00:53		63.41
12	Svenja Thoes	GER	00:55:16 (6)	04:46:17 (12)	03:07:31 (16)	08:52:31	04:07		61.51
13	Leonie Kleine-Bley	GER	01:06:23 (23)	04:45:06 (11)	03:04:51 (14)	08:59:27	-27:54		57.98
14	Stephanie Wunderle	GER	01:05:50 (20)	04:36:01 (6)	03:15:31 (20)	09:00:57	-05:52		56.47
15	Elena Illeditsch	GER	01:00:51 (13)	05:00:03 (19)	03:00:21 (10)	09:05:08	-08:37		54.04
16	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	00:58:15 (8)	04:57:19 (18)	03:07:29 (15)	09:06:37	-10:47		52.63
17	Johanna Ahrens	GER	00:52:57 (4)	04:49:46 (15)	03:23:25 (22)	09:09:52	-10:19		50.62
18	Jonie Vanhoutte	BEL	01:01:19 (16)	05:03:36 (20)	03:03:40 (13)	09:11:56	n/a		49.08
19	Sabrina Exenberger	AUT	01:08:10 (25)	04:51:10 (16)	03:15:29 (19)	09:19:07	-18:34		45.73
20	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	01:01:20 (17)	05:03:46 (21)	03:14:02 (17)	09:22:43	-03:32		43.72
21	Maja Betz	GER	01:10:21 (27)	04:53:51 (17)	03:14:40 (18)	09:24:29	-07:38		42.40
22	Abigail Bedwell	GBR	00:52:35 (1)	05:04:51 (24)	03:26:01 (23)	09:27:20	01:25		40.73
23	Carolina Sandhofer	AUT	01:02:04 (18)	05:14:34 (25)	03:26:02 (24)	09:47:18	-03:59		38.08
24	Olivia Dietzel	USA	01:08:08 (24)	05:19:45 (28)	03:17:00 (21)	09:52:24	02:14		37.50
25	Sarah Thomas	AUS	01:06:04 (21)	05:16:10 (26)	03:29:15 (25)	09:55:18	10:22		36.95
26	Anna Eberhardt	HUN	01:10:19 (26)	05:04:18 (22)	03:35:35 (26)	09:59:21	29:17		36.42
27	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	01:12:47 (29)	05:16:55 (27)	04:12:48 (27)	10:46:24	n/a		35.92
	Camille Deligny	FRA	01:10:25 (28)	05:04:49 (23)		DNF
	Heleen Moes	NED	01:06:11 (22)			DNF

Challenge Roth 2024 (July 7th) – Seedings

July 2, 2024

Updates:

June 30th: Thomas Rodriguez posted that he won’t race in Roth.
July 1st: Anne Haug is a late addition to the female field. I have added her to the seedings but without a “seed rank”.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
1988	Axel Koenders (NED)	08:13:11	Rita Keitmann (GER)	10:07:35
1989	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	03:59:59	Simone Mortier (GER)	04:31:04
1990	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:21:13	Jan Wanklyn (AUS)	09:21:29
1991	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:04:54	Thea Sybesma (NED)	08:55:29
1992	Jos Everts (NED)	08:06:12	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:55:00
1993	Cristian Bustos (CHI)	08:03:19	Katinka Wiltenburg (NED)	09:18:49
1994	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:01:59	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:50:53
1995	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:08:07	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	09:06:34
1996	Lothar Leder (GER)	07:57:02	Ute Mueckel (GER)	09:21:30
1997	Luc Van Lierde (BEL)	07:50:27	Susan Latshaw (USA)	08:59:31
1998	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:03:59	Katja Schumacher (GER)	09:27:43
1999	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	07:56:00	Joanne King (AUS)	09:26:59
2000	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:19:38	Heather Fuhr (CAN)	09:32:08
2001	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:10:39	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:24:29
2002	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:17:25	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:12:41
2003	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:11:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:15:01
2004	Chris McCormack (AUS)	07:57:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:13:57
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
2021	Patrick Lange (GER)	07:19:19	Anne Haug (GER)	07:53:48
2022	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:35:48	Anne Haug (GER)	08:22:42
2023	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:24:40	Daniela Ryf (SUI)	08:08:21

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	00:46:47	03:57:45	02:37:09	07:24:40
2	Patrick Lange	GER	00:46:42	04:10:02	02:30:27	07:30:04
3	Ben Kanute	USA	00:46:36	04:10:17	02:37:18	07:37:01

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:50:15	04:22:56	02:51:55	08:08:21
2	Anne Haug	GER	00:54:12	04:39:17	02:44:45	08:21:09
3	Laura Philipp	GER	00:54:11	04:37:29	02:51:12	08:25:31

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:24:40	Magnus Ditlev	2023-06-25
Swim	overall	00:43:35	Michael Pruefert	1997-07-13
Bike	overall	03:57:45	Magnus Ditlev	2023-06-25
Run	overall	02:30:27	Patrick Lange	2023-06-25
Total	female	08:08:21	Daniela Ryf	2023-06-25
Swim	female	00:46:48	Lucy Charles-Barclay	2018-07-01
Bike	female	04:22:56	Daniela Ryf	2023-06-25
Run	female	02:44:35	Chrissie Wellington	2011-07-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 19:59.

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
2021	29:13	00:30	32:27	-02:23	42 of 49	20:45	01:20	14:38	04:48
2022	14:07	-02:15	15:43	01:00	40 of 55	19:48	01:13	13:37	04:59
2023	22:46	00:56	18:11	03:51	45 of 55	19:59	01:11	13:53	04:55

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 115.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 12% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Magnus Ditlev (KQ)	DEN	07:30:57	07:54:26	00:46:44	04:01:44	04:53:27	02:37:30	90% +10% -0% (7)
2	7	~~Tomas Rodriguez (KQ)~~	MEX	~~07:33:04~~	08:02:20	00:46:05	04:13:29	05:04:34	02:28:30	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
3	5	Patrick Lange (KQ)	GER	07:34:09	07:54:44	00:46:22	04:12:45	05:04:07	02:30:02	92% +4% -4% (14)
4	3	Rudy von Berg (KQ)	USA	07:39:49	07:59:53	00:46:08	04:07:45	04:58:53	02:40:56	61% +39% -0% (6)
5	2	Daniel Baekkegard (KQ)	DEN	07:41:47	07:59:41	00:46:08	04:13:48	05:04:56	02:36:51	63% +22% -14% (8)
6	9	Leon Chevalier (KQ)	FRA	07:42:45	08:05:28	00:49:58	04:08:15	05:03:13	02:39:32	25% +59% -16% (6)
7	10	Clement Mignon (KQ) *	FRA	07:42:50	07:59:22	00:47:45	04:09:09	05:01:53	02:40:57	81% +0% -19% (6)
8	4	Pieter Heemeryck (KQ)	BEL	07:45:01	08:08:22	00:46:22	04:13:30	05:04:53	02:40:08	12% +28% -60% (12)
9	15	Leonard Arnold (KQ)	GER	07:50:10	08:07:18	00:48:01	04:15:20	05:08:21	02:41:49	100% +0% -0% (3)
10	20	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	07:57:39	08:21:13	00:48:59	04:18:18	05:12:17	02:45:22	69% +20% -11% (21)
11	19	Finn Große-Freese	GER	07:57:58	08:25:22	00:46:15	04:18:27	05:09:42	02:48:16	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	8	~~Kyle Smith~~	NZL	~~07:58:12~~	08:24:56	00:46:15	04:12:06	05:03:21	02:54:51	56% +0% -44% (3)
13	6	Jan Stratmann	GER	08:01:12	08:32:17	00:44:56	04:11:54	05:01:49	02:59:23	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14	31	~~Julian Fritzenschaft~~	GER	~~08:07:18~~	08:44:43	00:50:12	04:21:26	05:16:38	02:50:40	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15	59	Christian Stoerzer	GER	08:10:21	08:37:22	00:54:21	04:17:07	05:16:28	02:53:53	100% +0% -0% (3)
16	11	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	08:10:36	08:40:32	00:49:02	04:10:41	05:04:43	03:05:53	25% +6% -69% (18)
17	22	Marc Eggeling	GER	08:11:09	08:38:20	00:48:52	04:21:12	05:15:03	02:56:06	52% +0% -48% (2)
18	38	Tobias Drachler	GER	08:13:33	08:31:56	00:48:46	04:32:07	05:25:53	02:47:40	88% +6% -6% (6)
19	32	Benjamin Mark Andersen	DEN	08:13:45	08:42:25	00:51:52	04:22:32	05:19:24	02:54:21	76% +0% -24% (3)
20	39	Markus Thomschke	GER	08:14:46	08:40:31	00:50:43	04:22:01	05:17:44	02:57:02	12% +26% -62% (27)
21	14	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:15:18	08:48:21	00:44:13	04:18:34	05:07:47	03:07:31	41% +0% -59% (12)
22	12	Joshua Lewis	GBR	08:17:14	08:49:21	00:44:56	04:11:41	05:01:37	03:15:37	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
23	24	Gonzalo Fuentes	ESP	08:19:08	08:48:39	00:52:26	04:33:24	05:30:50	02:48:18	100% +0% -0% (2)
24	56	Kristian Hindkjaer	DEN	08:19:37	08:55:59	00:48:58	04:22:24	05:16:23	03:03:14	36% +7% -57% (13)
25	52	Marc Unger	GER	08:25:01	09:00:47	00:52:38	04:27:34	05:25:13	02:59:48	16% +30% -54% (9)
26	44	~~Per Van Vlerken~~	GER	~~08:26:35~~	08:50:12	00:49:20	04:30:28	05:24:49	03:01:46	48% +11% -41% (36)
27	41	Lukas Schnoedewind	GER	08:27:58	08:51:34	00:47:40	04:25:49	05:18:29	03:09:29	100% +0% -0% (3)
28	51	Matthias Hohlrieder	AUT	08:29:04	08:57:04	00:50:43	04:25:19	05:21:02	03:08:02	100% +0% -0% (2)
29	45	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:30:13	09:12:48	00:59:46	04:27:26	05:32:12	02:58:01	17% +9% -74% (15)
30	28	Cedric Ludet	FRA	08:32:09	09:05:14	00:55:37	04:32:02	05:32:39	02:59:30	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
31	37	Florian Kandutsch	AUT	08:39:43	09:06:13	00:55:13	04:40:14	05:40:26	02:59:17	100% +0% -0% (6)
32	58	Juuso Manninen	FIN	08:40:41	09:11:54	00:48:28	04:31:39	05:25:07	03:15:34	47% +0% -53% (2)
33	26	Kit Walker	GBR	08:43:06	09:17:05	00:48:58	04:32:28	05:26:26	03:16:40	5% +95% -0% (2)
34	53	Samuel Boettinger	GER	08:43:12	09:17:00	00:53:44	04:34:22	05:33:06	03:10:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
35	17	Nicholas Chase	USA	08:45:06	09:31:21	00:50:47	04:30:38	05:26:25	03:18:41	8% +20% -73% (12)
36	47	Henry Beck	GER	08:51:05	09:56:32	00:48:46	04:33:56	05:27:41	03:23:24	13% +23% -64% (4)
37	35	Bruno Slegers	BEL	08:52:36	09:23:11	00:54:30	04:54:58	05:54:28	02:58:08	100% +0% -0% (2)
38	40	Francesc Artigues Ramis	ESP	08:54:42	09:20:42	00:56:33	04:45:32	05:47:05	03:07:37	66% +0% -34% (7)
39	62	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:20:07	09:56:17	01:14:36	04:51:28	06:11:04	03:09:03	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	13	Thomas Bishop	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	16	Dieter Comhair	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	18	Joergen Gundersen	NOR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	21	Will Draper *	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	23	Silas Lucks	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	25	Michael Arishita	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Travis Wood	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	29	Christian Haas	ITA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	30	Albert Redolad Canalda	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	33	Tom Van der Hoogerstraete	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	34	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	42	Felipe Bergamini	BRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	43	Zack Cooper	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	46	Jamie Bedwell	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (2)
	48	Herbert Enzinger	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	49	Pavel Wohl	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	50	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	54	Sebastian Schober	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	55	Stefan Zachaeus	LUX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	57	Toby Nisbet	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	60	Matthias Tuerk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	9% +0% -91% (3)
	61	Pascal Tischler	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 25% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
	110	Anne Haug (KQ)	GER	08:21:35	08:43:11	00:53:35	04:38:50	05:37:26	02:44:09	99% +1% -0% (10)
1	101	Laura Philipp (KQ)	GER	08:27:30	08:45:49	00:53:56	04:38:33	05:37:29	02:50:01	100% +0% -0% (8)
2	103	Anne Reischmann (KQ)	GER	08:46:23	09:14:59	00:56:08	04:44:54	05:46:03	03:00:20	100% +0% -0% (2)
3	102	Els Visser (KQ)	NED	08:50:28	09:11:23	00:56:23	04:43:20	05:44:43	03:05:45	93% +7% -0% (16)
4	117	Gabriele Maria Obmann	AUT	08:54:13	09:35:24	00:59:37	04:48:04	05:52:42	03:01:31	18% +28% -54% (5)
5	104	Danielle Lewis (KQ)	USA	08:56:01	09:16:02	01:00:33	04:45:46	05:51:19	03:04:42	43% +34% -24% (5)
6	105	Svenja Thoes (KQ)	GER	08:56:19	09:15:51	00:56:33	04:53:33	05:55:06	03:01:13	64% +10% -26% (12)
7	115	~~Justine Mathieux~~	FRA	~~08:57:04~~	09:28:47	00:55:01	04:50:09	05:50:10	03:06:54	40% +8% -52% (6)
8	106	Katrine Graesboell Christensen (KQ) *	DEN	08:57:27	09:21:41	01:02:06	04:53:40	06:00:46	02:56:41	100% +0% -0% (5)
9	112	Laura Zimmermann (KQ)	GER	08:58:52	09:21:14	01:00:29	04:48:29	05:53:59	03:04:53	80% +13% -7% (10)
10	129	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	09:00:20	09:31:34	01:00:06	04:55:34	06:00:40	02:59:40	100% +0% -0% (2)
11	111	Leonie Konczalla	GER	09:00:53	09:19:19	01:04:53	04:47:14	05:57:07	03:03:46	78% +0% -22% (4)
12	130	Lydia Dant	GBR	09:01:40	09:26:58	00:57:40	04:47:26	05:50:06	03:11:34	49% +0% -51% (3)
13	118	Julia Skala	GER	09:05:08	09:40:20	01:03:08	04:58:52	06:07:00	02:58:08	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14	135	Sonia Bracegirdle	NZL	09:11:07	09:46:42	00:54:32	04:55:42	05:55:14	03:15:53	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15	114	~~Carolin Lehrieder~~	GER	~~09:11:11~~	09:57:20	00:52:34	04:49:15	05:46:48	03:24:23	13% +5% -83% (24)
16	137	Stephanie Wunderle	GER	09:16:12	09:52:07	01:03:15	04:45:45	05:54:00	03:22:12	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17	107	Johanna Ahrens	GER	09:20:12	09:54:24	00:53:43	05:02:33	06:01:16	03:18:56	52% +48% -0% (2)
18	133	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	09:21:29	09:45:34	00:59:06	05:03:23	06:07:29	03:14:00	28% +1% -71% (24)
19	109	Maja Betz	GER	09:25:03	10:07:14	01:07:51	04:59:11	06:12:02	03:13:01	66% +34% -0% (4)
20	116	Elena Illeditsch	GER	09:25:53	09:41:51	01:01:44	05:08:47	06:15:31	03:10:22	67% +0% -33% (3)
21	125	Line Borsinski	DEN	09:27:48	09:55:44	01:02:03	04:57:57	06:05:00	03:22:48	63% +0% -37% (5)
22	134	Heleen Moes	NED	09:29:05	09:59:51	01:07:14	05:07:33	06:19:47	03:09:18	100% +0% -0% (2)
23	119	Abigail Bedwell	GBR	09:35:59	10:13:11	00:55:03	05:14:52	06:14:54	03:21:05	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24	123	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	09:36:05	10:07:13	01:01:56	05:12:34	06:19:31	03:16:34	100% +0% -0% (2)
25	124	Leonie Kleine-Bley	GER	09:36:22	10:07:07	01:11:07	04:59:37	06:15:44	03:20:38	100% +0% -0% (2)
26	136	Anna Eberhardt	HUN	09:38:28	10:06:57	01:07:44	05:05:49	06:18:33	03:19:55	76% +8% -15% (4)
27	127	Sabrina Exenberger	AUT	09:45:08	10:12:34	01:10:17	05:05:41	06:20:58	03:24:10	100% +0% -0% (3)
28	128	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:45:51	10:10:50	01:05:34	05:09:51	06:20:25	03:25:26	52% +0% -48% (10)
29	122	Olivia Dietzel	USA	09:46:48	10:26:54	01:08:02	05:25:32	06:38:34	03:08:14	79% +21% -0% (6)
30	126	Sarah Thomas	AUS	09:54:22	10:15:37	01:05:03	05:23:32	06:33:35	03:20:47	91% +0% -9% (9)
31	132	Carolina Sandhofer	AUT	10:01:32	10:40:23	01:03:21	05:24:52	06:33:13	03:28:19	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	108	Rebecca Robisch	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	121	Jonie Vanhoutte	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	131	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	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

Magnus Ditlev: 51% (1-1)
Patrick Lange: 31% (2-1)
Rudy von Berg: 7% (14-1)
Daniel Baekkegard: 5% (19-1)
~~Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez: 3% (28-1)~~
Pieter Heemeryck: 2% (59-1)

Female Race Participants

Anne Haug: 40% (1-1)
Laura Philipp: 25% (3-1) ~~59% (1-1)~~
Els Visser: 5% (20-1) ~~9% (10-1)~~
Anne Reischmann: ~~6% (15-1)~~
Svenja Thoes: ~~4% (24-1)~~

Challenge Roth 2023 – Analyzing Results

July 25, 2023

Course Conditions

Challenge Roth is always a fast course, and this year was even faster than normal. The weather contributed a good part – the swim was wetsuit-legal (compared to last year’s non-wetsuit swim about three minutes quicker), then a fast bike with very little wind followed by a quick run. Compared to other years, the number of motor cycles on the course was much reduced, and it was probably the most fair edition of Roth in recent years.

There were a number of world bests set in Roth today. Magnus Ditlev posted a 3:57 bike split, to me the fastest ever time ever in a legit race. Magnus followed that uo with a 2:37 run to finish in an amazing time of 7:24:40, also a new fastest legitimate full-distance finish. (My post on “IM Records” will be updated in the next days.) Patrick Lange finished second with a 2:30 run, a few seconds quicker than his run in Israel.

It was also a record-setting day for the women. Daniela Ryf biked a 4:22, more than four minutes quicker than the old “world best” posted by her in Kona 2018. As she was also able to run a new marathon PR, she set a new females fastest time of 8:08, chopping a full ten minutes off the 12-year-old record from Chrissie Wellington (also set in Roth).

It was great to see the old record holders, Chrissie Wellington and Jan Frodeno, put the finisher’s medals on the new record holders, Daniela Ryf and Magnus Ditlev.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Magnus Elbaek Ditlev	DEN	00:46:47 (6)	03:57:45 (1)	02:37:09 (3)	07:24:40	-13:24	EUR 25,000
2	Patrick Lange	GER	00:46:42 (4)	04:10:02 (5)	02:30:27 (1)	07:30:04	-07:24	EUR 13,000
3	Ben Kanute	USA	00:46:36 (1)	04:10:17 (6)	02:37:18 (4)	07:37:01	-04:35	EUR 8,000
4	Daniel Baekkegard	DEN	00:46:40 (3)	04:14:01 (12)	02:36:04 (2)	07:39:59	-01:12	EUR 3,000
5	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:51:18 (24)	04:09:04 (3)	02:40:52 (6)	07:44:10	-00:42	EUR 2,000
6	Bradley Weiss	ZAF	00:48:33 (10)	04:12:07 (9)	02:42:38 (7)	07:46:06	-01:50	EUR 1,100
7	Jason Pohl	CAN	00:50:05 (20)	04:14:40 (13)	02:39:17 (5)	07:46:59	-40:53	EUR 800
8	Sam Laidlow	FRA	00:46:37 (2)	03:58:01 (2)	03:00:48 (20)	07:48:05	00:09	EUR 700
9	Andreas Dreitz	GER	00:49:51 (13)	04:10:01 (4)	02:47:56 (9)	07:50:30	-09:45	EUR 600
10	Kieran Lindars	GBR	00:47:32 (8)	04:12:59 (11)	02:47:21 (8)	07:50:53	-11:29	EUR 550
11	Tristan Olij	NED	00:49:55 (15)	04:12:00 (8)	02:48:20 (10)	07:53:28	-01:14
12	Ondrej Kubo	SVK	00:51:22 (26)	04:12:23 (10)	02:48:28 (11)	07:55:20	-14:04
13	Will Crudgington	GBR	00:49:54 (14)	04:15:50 (14)	02:48:54 (13)	07:57:40	n/a
14	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:50:02 (19)		02:52:07 (15)	08:03:49	13:04
15	Christopher Declan Mintern	IRL	00:47:35 (9)	04:16:47 (15)	03:00:39 (19)	08:08:12	n/a
16	Pete Dyson	GBR	00:53:54 (27)	04:21:20 (17)	02:53:49 (17)	08:12:17	-06:47
17	Simon Huckestein	GER	01:00:10 (33)	04:21:15 (16)	02:48:42 (12)	08:13:05	-28:16
18	Nils Frommhold	GER	00:49:06 (11)	04:11:33 (7)	03:11:43 (26)	08:16:02	08:16
19	Christopher Dels	GER	00:54:59 (30)	04:28:49 (20)	02:50:04 (14)	08:17:04	-11:47
20	Silas Koehn	GER	00:50:01 (18)		03:06:30 (23)	08:17:32	-07:08
21	Ernie Mantell	USA	00:50:00 (17)		02:52:32 (16)	08:18:46	-01:09
22	Jean-Claude Besse	SUI	00:49:56 (16)		03:03:32 (21)	08:21:39	-06:53
23	Nicolas Quenette	CAN	00:51:15 (23)	04:24:40 (19)	03:06:57 (24)	08:26:31	-29:00
24	Thomas Vanhalst	BEL	00:51:11 (22)	04:24:03 (18)	03:08:32 (25)	08:27:45	n/a
25	Steffen Bonde Jensen	DEN	01:04:17 (34)	04:30:34 (21)	03:04:52 (22)	08:43:16	n/a
26	Bruno Slegers	BEL	00:55:02 (31)	04:51:01 (23)	02:58:31 (18)	08:49:04	n/a
27	William Cowen	GBR	00:50:42 (21)	04:33:14 (22)	03:27:19 (28)	08:55:46	n/a
28	Alberto Eugenio Casillas Garcia	LTU	00:51:21 (25)		03:23:39 (27)	09:01:18	n/a
29	Gergely Nagy	HUN	00:55:04 (32)	04:57:33 (25)	04:41:04 (29)	10:37:38	58:55
	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:10 (12)	04:52:06 (24)		DNF
	Robert Wilkowiecki	POL	00:46:45 (5)			DNF
	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	00:46:53 (7)			DNF
	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:53:55 (28)			DNF
	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	00:54:57 (29)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:50:15 (2)	04:22:56 (1)	02:51:55 (3)	08:08:21	-25:12	EUR 25,000
2	Anne Haug	GER	00:54:12 (8)	04:39:17 (4)	02:44:45 (1)	08:21:09	-01:20	EUR 13,000
3	Laura Philipp	GER	00:54:11 (7)	04:37:29 (3)	02:51:12 (2)	08:25:31	-00:15	EUR 8,000
4	Fenella Langridge	GBR	00:50:12 (1)	04:41:19 (6)	02:59:34 (5)	08:33:53	-06:25	EUR 3,000
5	Lisa Norden	SWE	00:52:08 (3)	04:34:00 (2)	03:13:33 (11)	08:43:11	05:13	EUR 2,000
6 DQ	~~Henrike Gueber~~	~~GER~~	~~00:56:31 (10)~~	~~04:46:43 (7)~~	~~03:04:27 (6)~~	~~08:51:31~~		DQ
6	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	01:02:50 (17)	04:52:18 (10)	02:58:42 (4)	08:57:27	n/a	EUR 1,100
7	Johanna Ahrens	GER	00:54:09 (6)	04:57:52 (13)	03:18:37 (12)	09:13:59	-27:43	EUR 800
8	Maja Betz	GER	01:08:47 (20)	04:49:29 (8)	03:13:01 (9)	09:15:33	-29:21	EUR 700
9	Margie Santimaria	ITA	00:52:12 (5)	05:03:49 (15)	03:18:49 (13)	09:18:12	-01:03	EUR 600
10	Debbie Greig	GBR	00:59:24 (11)	05:08:41 (17)	03:13:20 (10)	09:25:15	06:49	EUR 550
11	Elena Illeditsch	GER	01:02:48 (16)	05:09:37 (18)	03:12:33 (7)	09:28:42	18:25
12	Vanessa Pereira	POR	01:00:43 (15)	04:57:10 (12)	03:29:54 (15)	09:32:19	-16:30
13	Leonie Zumhasch	GER	01:10:58 (21)	04:57:03 (11)	03:23:22 (14)	09:34:47	n/a
14	Hannah Arlom	GER	01:00:41 (14)	05:04:04 (16)	03:30:04 (16)	09:38:34	n/a
15	Jamie Albert	SUI	01:07:34 (19)	05:17:19 (19)	03:12:46 (8)	09:41:13	n/a
16	Elisabetta Curridori	ITA	00:55:20 (9)	05:02:53 (14)	03:41:52 (17)	09:43:46	40:22
	Chelsea Sodaro	USA	00:52:09 (4)	04:40:08 (5)		DNF
	Margrit Elfers	GER	01:00:38 (13)	04:49:51 (9)		DNF
	Line Borsinski	DEN	01:00:36 (12)			DNF
	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:04:53 (18)			DNF

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