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Challenge Roth 2023 (June 25th) – Seedings

Roth 2023Previous 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 Elbaek Ditlev (DEN) 07:35:48 Anne Haug (GER) 08:22:42

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN 00:50:44 04:01:56 02:40:22 07:35:48
2 Patrick Lange GER 00:50:24 04:16:12 02:35:10 07:44:52
3 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 00:50:34 04:16:09 02:43:14 07:52:36

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Anne Haug GER 00:58:46 04:33:45 02:46:04 08:22:42
2 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:51:44 04:35:41 03:00:36 08:31:41
3 Judith Corachan Vaquera ESP 00:58:44 04:47:52 02:56:42 08:46:29

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 04:01:56 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev 2022-07-03
Run overall 02:35:10 Patrick Lange 2022-07-03
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 19:48.

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

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 25% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev (KQ) DEN 07:35:45 07:56:49 00:47:28 04:04:35 04:57:02 02:38:43 77% +23% -0% (4)
2 5 Patrick Lange (KQ) GER 07:38:54 07:56:27 00:46:46 04:15:08 05:06:53 02:32:01 79% +12% -10% (10)
3 2 Sam Laidlow (KQ) FRA 07:40:41 08:12:33 00:46:14 04:05:21 04:56:35 02:44:06 35% +17% -47% (8)
4 3 Daniel Baekkegard (KQ) DEN 07:41:07 08:00:35 00:46:06 04:08:59 05:00:06 02:41:01 32% +41% -26% (6)
5 9 Joe Skipper (KQ) GBR 07:45:16 08:09:17 00:49:59 04:11:17 05:06:16 02:39:00 71% +1% -28% (37)
6 6 Ben Kanute USA 07:45:32 08:15:26 00:45:42 04:12:09 05:02:50 02:42:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
7 17 Robert Wilkowiecki (KQ) POL 07:47:26 08:11:53 00:45:17 04:14:23 05:04:40 02:42:46 4% +52% -44% (7)
8 33 Pieter Heemeryck (KQ) BEL 07:49:24 08:12:47 00:46:27 04:13:48 05:05:15 02:44:09 20% +23% -57% (9)
9 7 Sebastian Kienle GER 07:50:08 08:11:09 00:49:50 04:08:29 05:03:20 02:46:48 82% +0% -18% (23)
10 4 Bradley Weiss (KQ) ZAF 07:50:09 08:12:27 00:47:06 04:17:07 05:09:13 02:40:56 68% +0% -32% (3)
11 19 Tristan Olij NED 07:56:38 08:24:36 00:47:57 04:18:18 05:11:15 02:45:23 47% +53% -0% (2)
12 11 Andreas Dreitz GER 07:58:18 08:25:05 00:48:38 04:10:17 05:03:55 02:54:23 43% +0% -57% (10)
13 18 Kieran Lindars GBR 08:00:51 08:32:19 00:47:09 04:26:14 05:18:24 02:42:27 12% +55% -33% (3)
14 32 Felipe Santos BRA 08:01:21 08:49:32 00:47:58 04:22:12 05:15:10 02:46:11 1% +21% -78% (6)
15 14 Andrew Starykowicz USA 08:03:39 08:24:05 00:49:30 04:10:45 05:05:15 02:58:24 56% +12% -32% (16)
16 20 Thomas Davis GBR 08:06:11 08:34:47 00:46:47 04:26:28 05:18:15 02:47:56 46% +22% -32% (8)
17 12 Nils Frommhold GER 08:07:10 08:28:41 00:46:45 04:16:41 05:08:26 02:58:44 38% +0% -62% (15)
18 21 Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 08:09:16 08:31:57 00:55:00 04:26:40 05:26:40 02:42:36 82% +6% -12% (16)
19 8 Ondrej Kubo SVK 08:11:59 08:44:53 00:51:30 04:28:34 05:25:04 02:46:55 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20 10 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 08:18:04 08:54:59 00:51:20 04:30:17 05:26:36 02:51:28 21% +66% -12% (5)
21 15 Pete Dyson GBR 08:18:19 08:45:02 00:54:53 04:24:56 05:24:48 02:53:31 85% +9% -6% (6)
22 22 Jason Pohl CAN 08:20:05 08:52:51 00:52:07 04:28:16 05:25:23 02:54:42 32% +13% -55% (11)
23 16 Reece Barclay GBR 08:21:17 08:45:54 00:47:03 04:36:30 05:28:34 02:52:43 76% +0% -24% (4)
24 38 Silas Koehn GER 08:22:21 08:50:55 00:49:29 04:28:10 05:22:39 02:59:42 68% +32% -0% (3)
25 13 Jesse Vondracek USA 08:23:15 08:54:12 00:51:29 04:29:40 05:26:09 02:57:06 91% +4% -4% (31)
26 24 Ernie Mantell USA 08:24:20 08:56:44 00:48:32 04:32:42 05:26:14 02:58:06 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27 23 Christopher Dels GER 08:28:47 08:55:07 00:54:45 04:32:32 05:32:17 02:56:30 78% +0% -22% (5)
28 27 Simon Huckestein GER 08:44:52 09:18:35 01:04:32 04:40:53 05:50:25 02:54:27 52% +0% -48% (2)
29 30 Simon Billeau FRA 08:56:03 09:16:41 00:55:53 04:35:39 05:36:32 03:19:31 40% +0% -60% (27)
30 28 Nicolas Quenette FRA 08:59:08 09:33:45 00:52:13 04:53:13 05:50:26 03:08:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
31 29 Gergely Nagy HUN 09:47:27 10:17:47 00:52:52 04:51:02 05:48:54 03:58:33 46% +0% -53% (14)
32 41 Charles Martin FRA 09:57:39 10:29:53 00:52:11 05:04:12 06:01:23 03:56:16 48% +0% -52% (2)
  25 Thomas Vanhalst BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  26 Alberto Eugenio Casillas Garcia LTU n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  31 Christopher Declan Mintern IRL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  34 Will Crudgington GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  36 Steffen Bonde Jensen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  39 Hannes Wolpert GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  40 William Cowen GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  42 Bruno Slegers BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 21% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 101 Anne Haug (KQ) GER 08:20:51 08:41:32 00:54:24 04:36:30 05:35:54 02:44:57 96% +4% -0% (7)
2 103 Chelsea Sodaro (KQ) USA 08:21:13 08:44:21 00:52:16 04:36:08 05:33:24 02:47:49 46% +54% -0% (2)
3 105 Laura Philipp (KQ) GER 08:25:31 08:47:05 00:54:19 04:36:37 05:35:56 02:49:35 100% +0% -0% (6)
4 106 Daniela Ryf (KQ) SUI 08:30:34 08:52:01 00:51:56 04:31:29 05:28:26 03:02:08 91% +3% -6% (21)
5 102 Fenella Langridge (KQ) GBR 08:32:08 09:01:58 00:48:39 04:38:14 05:31:53 03:00:15 61% +23% -16% (5)
6 108 Lisa Norden (KQ) SWE 08:40:38 09:00:02 00:51:07 04:36:16 05:32:23 03:08:15 100% +0% -0% (5)
7 104 Laura Siddall GBR 08:49:21 09:21:07 00:57:14 04:43:24 05:45:38 03:03:43 72% +3% -25% (27)
8 111 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 09:05:00 09:28:01 00:55:53 04:57:04 05:57:57 03:07:03 61% +0% -39% (5)
9 120 Elena Illeditsch GER 09:13:45 09:40:01 01:00:35 04:59:48 06:05:24 03:08:21 38% +0% -62% (2)
10 112 Margie Santimaria ITA 09:22:17 09:54:30 00:50:58 05:06:26 06:02:24 03:19:53 65% +0% -35% (3)
11 115 Margrit Elfers GER 09:23:22 09:51:01 00:59:29 04:51:37 05:56:06 03:27:16 52% +0% -48% (4)
12 123 Debbie Greig GBR 09:23:42 09:59:55 00:55:34 05:01:25 06:01:59 03:21:43 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
13 113 Lina-Kristin Schink * GER 09:24:44 10:08:18 01:05:17 04:53:45 06:04:02 03:20:42 40% +11% -48% (17)
14 121 Line Borsinski DEN 09:30:12 10:02:20 01:01:31 04:59:49 06:06:20 03:23:52 65% +0% -35% (3)
15 116 Anna Eberhardt HUN 09:38:40 10:06:57 01:07:42 05:06:07 06:18:49 03:19:51 76% +8% -15% (4)
16 119 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:41:59 10:19:05 01:03:30 05:09:48 06:18:17 03:23:42 47% +14% -39% (23)
17 110 Maja Betz GER 09:42:39 10:14:25 01:07:20 05:14:07 06:26:28 03:16:11 100% +0% -0% (3)
18 114 Johanna Ahrens GER 09:45:47 10:23:24 00:54:16 05:12:31 06:11:47 03:34:00 n/a (no IM Pro race)
  109 Jamie Albert SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  118 Hannah Arlom GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  122 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  124 Henrike Gueber GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  125 Leonie Zumhasch 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.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Patrick Lange: 33% (2-1)
  • Magnus Elbaek Ditlev: 32% (2-1)
  • Daniel Baekkegard: 11% (8-1)
  • Sam Laidlow: 11% (8-1)
  • Joe Skipper: 9% (10-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Anne Haug: 41% (1-1)
  • Chelsea Sodaro: 34% (2-1)
  • Daniela Ryf: 10% (9-1)
  • Laura Philipp: 9% (10-1)
  • Fenella Langridge: 5% (17-1)

Challenge Roth 2022 – Analyzing Results

Logo RothCourse Conditions

The weathering Germany was quite warm, leading to a non-wetsuit swim (for the Pros), making the start of the day two to three minutes slower. There were different reports from the bike course about how much wind there was in the second loop, but it was still fast conditions, maybe a few minutes quicker than what is typical for the bike course in Roth. The slower swim and a slightly faster pretty much cancel each other out. Then the heat got to a lot of the Pros, and overall this year’s race was maybe five minutes slower than what we’ve seen in Roth before.

Magnus Ditlev posted a new bike course record, his 4:01:56 was almost four minutes quicker than Cam Wurf’s split from 2018. Magnus missed Jan Frodeno’s overall course record by just 9 seconds. Second place finisher Patrick Lange posted a new run course record, he improved on Lucy Van Lierde’s time from 1997 (though the changes in the run course make it hard to compare these two times). After the slower swim, Anne Haug was never quite in “record territory”, but she posted two second-fastest times (on the bike and the run) and overall for Roth the fourth-fastest time ever.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN 00:50:44 04:01:56 02:40:22 07:35:48 -16:21 EUR 14,000
2 Patrick Lange GER 00:50:24 04:16:12 02:35:10 07:44:52 -09:10 EUR 7,000
3 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 00:50:34 04:16:09 02:43:14 07:52:36 -10:32 EUR 3,500
4 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:50:26 04:15:43 02:44:18 07:53:56 n/a EUR 2,000
5 Robert Kallin SWE 00:50:36 04:03:36 03:02:22 07:59:35 00:39 EUR 1,000
6 Sam Long USA 00:55:28 04:11:23 02:57:38 08:07:07 00:19 EUR 900
7 Ondrej Kubo SVK 00:55:09 04:27:00 02:50:13 08:16:28 n/a EUR 800
8 Maurice Clavel GER 00:48:57 04:13:56 03:10:46 08:16:58 07:14 EUR 700
9 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 00:55:20 04:27:46 02:53:57 08:20:14 -28:56 EUR 600
10 Joan Nadal Clar ESP 00:59:24 04:23:26 02:55:09 08:21:23 -12:35 EUR 500
11 Jesse Vondracek USA 00:55:14 04:27:52 02:56:12 08:22:24 -15:55  
12 Pete Dyson GBR 00:59:08 04:23:44 02:57:40 08:23:45 -02:07  
13 Reece Barclay GBR 00:50:31 04:35:28 02:56:22 08:25:33 -06:49  
14 Elias Schipperges GER 00:50:58 04:30:05 03:04:45 08:28:59 -1:00:01  
15 Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP 00:59:27 04:30:33 02:58:39 08:32:51 02:52  
16 Christopher Dels GER 00:59:28 04:32:05 03:00:53 08:35:55 -08:43  
17 Christian Altstadt GER 00:59:39 04:30:08 03:04:09 08:37:30 04:52  
18 Cameron Brown NZL 00:59:07 04:31:38 03:05:56 08:40:21 10:39  
19 Allan Hovda NOR 00:59:56 04:22:46 03:15:51 08:42:02 07:07  
20 Florian Kandutsch AUT 00:59:13 04:36:40 03:02:06 08:42:22 -08:27  
21 Gergo Badar HUN 00:55:18 04:37:38 03:08:20 08:45:07 05:40  
22 Nick Staggenborg GER 00:50:38 04:30:39 03:22:06 08:46:30 n/a  
23 Ruben Geys BEL 00:59:23 04:40:14 03:08:43 08:52:07 01:34  
24 Patrick Dirksmeier GER 00:50:41 04:30:53 03:29:01 08:53:49 31:35  
25 Edwin Dasselaar NED 00:59:47 04:40:31 03:09:14 08:54:45 07:25  
26 Klodian Mitri USA 01:03:33 04:50:37 03:02:56 09:00:38 03:16  
27 Christian Brader GER 00:59:41 04:53:58 03:03:49 09:02:04 09:40  
28 David Rother GER 01:07:04 04:47:58 03:16:07 09:15:04 -14:47  
29 Thomas Angerer AUT 00:59:37 04:59:59 03:27:41 09:32:27 -30:12  
30 Ger Redmond IRL 01:17:14 04:54:24 03:23:39 09:40:27 -03:48  
31 Matija Avirovic CRO 00:55:12 04:59:33 03:43:55 09:42:30 n/a  
  Jan Frodeno GER 00:48:54 04:03:07   DNF    
  Maximilian Rohde GER 00:55:32 04:25:58   DNF    
  Thomas Bosch GER 01:05:53 04:23:20   DNF    
  Thomas Davis GBR 00:50:20     DNF    
  Sebastian Najmowicz POL 00:50:28     DNF    
  Markus Hoermann GER 00:55:30     DNF    
  Zsombor Deak ROM 01:03:44     DNF    
  Simon Huckestein GER 01:05:32     DNF    
  Christian Jais GER 01:05:56     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Anne Haug GER 00:58:46 04:33:45 02:46:04 08:22:42 -16:08 EUR 14,000
2 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:51:44 04:35:41 03:00:36 08:31:41 -27:24 EUR 7,000
3 Judith Corachan Vaquera ESP 00:58:44 04:47:52 02:56:42 08:46:29 -14:35 EUR 3,500
4 Laura Siddall GBR 01:02:33 04:41:35 03:05:57 08:53:31 -13:54 EUR 2,000
5 Rebecca Clarke NZL 00:51:46 04:53:44 03:19:09 09:08:37 -07:32 EUR 1,000
6 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 00:59:34 04:55:42 03:17:06 09:15:15 -23:40 EUR 900
7 Svenja Thoes GER 01:02:12 05:00:21 03:12:46 09:18:51 14:51 EUR 800
8 Maja Betz GER 01:14:19 05:06:23 03:18:23 09:43:50 09:08 EUR 700
9 Carolin Lehrieder GER 00:56:00 05:06:01 03:43:13 09:48:36 38:48 EUR 600
  Elisabetta Curridori ITA 01:00:39 04:52:57   DNF    
  Line Bonde DEN 01:08:07 05:06:20   DNF    
  Sonja Skevin CRO 00:56:02 05:29:28   DNF    
  Anna Rovira Garrido ESP 01:25:40 05:44:01   DNF    
  Maja Stage Nielsen DEN 00:58:47     DNF    
  Lisa-Maria Dornauer AUT 01:02:43     DNF    

Challenge Roth 2022 (July 3rd) – Seedings

Logo Roth Updates:

  • June 30th: Removed a few DNS, added a few late entries (Bradley Weiss, Carolin Lehrieder, Lisa-Maria Dornauer)

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

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Patrick Lange GER 00:47:28 03:50:32 02:38:30 07:19:19
2 Nils Frommhold GER 00:47:41 03:50:30 02:49:44 07:30:31
3 Felix Hentschel GER 00:51:52 03:59:53 02:35:40 07:31:12

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Anne Haug GER 00:52:11 04:14:14 02:43:54 07:53:48
2 Laura Siddall GBR 00:58:26 04:24:40 02:58:43 08:25:24
3 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:52:09 04:26:40 03:05:23 08:27:04

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 20:45.

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

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 16% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 2 Jan Frodeno (AQ) GER 07:39:53 07:53:02 00:45:11 04:10:41 05:00:51 02:39:02 90% +5% -6% (13)
2 5 Patrick Lange (AQ) GER 07:41:45 08:02:18 00:46:49 04:13:12 05:05:01 02:36:44 29% +39% -32% (7)
3 10 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev (KQ) DEN 07:41:47 08:18:44 00:48:55 04:06:10 05:00:05 02:41:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4 6 Bradley Weiss (KQ) ZAF 07:51:20 unrated 00:48:25 04:15:50 05:09:15 02:42:05 n/a (2 IM Pro race)
5 7 Reinaldo Colucci (KQ) BRA 07:54:02 08:15:29 00:47:05 04:16:43 05:08:48 02:45:14 54% +41% -5% (10)
6 14 Robert Kallin (KQ) SWE 07:55:56 08:26:22 00:47:10 04:07:38 04:59:48 02:56:08 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
7 4 Maurice Clavel (KQ) GER 07:57:12 08:22:44 00:46:39 04:15:28 05:07:06 02:50:06 26% +48% -26% (6)
8 11 Kyle Smith (KQ) NZL 07:57:29 08:19:56 00:46:08 04:11:24 05:02:31 02:54:58 100% +0% -0% (2)
9 1 Sam Long (KQ) USA 08:00:15 08:19:32 00:51:38 04:11:19 05:07:57 02:52:18 57% +22% -21% (16)
10 19 Patrick Dirksmeier GER 08:07:36 08:41:20 00:46:52 04:23:06 05:14:57 02:52:39 61% +0% -39% (3)
11 8 Cameron Brown NZL 08:13:38 08:43:18 00:50:37 04:25:33 05:21:10 02:52:28 37% +2% -61% (59)
12 127 Christian Altstadt GER 08:17:28 09:04:49 00:52:08 04:25:02 05:22:10 02:55:18 40% +0% -60% (10)
13 31 Pete Dyson GBR 08:19:39 08:44:13 00:54:33 04:26:10 05:25:43 02:53:56 75% +15% -10% (5)
14 13 Thomas Davis GBR 08:21:13 08:45:24 00:47:03 04:33:00 05:25:03 02:56:10 43% +0% -57% (4)
15 15 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 08:24:35 08:54:21 00:53:47 04:28:14 05:27:02 02:57:33 59% +0% -41% (16)
16 29 Allan Hovda NOR 08:24:35 08:53:51 00:54:44 04:29:15 05:29:00 02:55:35 35% +65% -0% (9)
17 40 Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP 08:25:01 08:53:55 00:53:52 04:27:31 05:26:23 02:58:38 44% +4% -51% (9)
18 12 Markus Hoermann GER 08:26:27 08:57:34 00:52:36 04:22:13 05:19:49 03:06:38 24% +0% -76% (6)
19 33 Joan Nadal Clar ESP 08:26:49 08:52:21 00:54:39 04:38:04 05:37:43 02:49:06 88% +12% -0% (5)
20 17 Maximilian Rohde GER 08:27:13 09:00:46 00:53:17 04:23:51 05:22:09 03:05:04 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21 16 Reece Barclay GBR 08:27:41 09:01:30 00:46:58 04:38:09 05:30:07 02:57:34 29% +0% -71% (3)
22 129 Thomas Bosch * GER 08:30:49 09:00:16 00:58:28 04:30:06 05:33:34 02:57:15 25% +49% -26% (10)
23 24 Jesse Vondracek USA 08:31:06 08:56:46 00:51:30 04:30:20 05:26:50 03:04:16 90% +5% -5% (30)
24 37 Christian Brader GER 08:33:05 09:06:34 00:53:09 04:39:13 05:37:23 02:55:42 68% +1% -30% (43)
25 18 Gergo Badar HUN 08:35:17 09:03:54 00:50:59 04:37:40 05:33:39 03:01:38 11% +0% -89% (4)
26 9 Christopher Dels GER 08:36:04 09:08:56 00:53:18 04:34:22 05:32:40 03:03:24 100% +0% -0% (2)
27 32 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 08:39:08 09:07:41 00:49:08 04:42:25 05:36:33 03:02:35 50% +20% -30% (4)
28 27 Edwin Dasselaar NED 08:42:56 09:12:12 00:55:17 04:39:49 05:40:05 03:02:51 100% +0% -0% (2)
29 30 Florian Kandutsch AUT 08:45:39 09:15:26 00:56:09 04:40:53 05:42:01 03:03:38 100% +0% -0% (2)
30 20 Ruben Geys BEL 08:46:09 09:20:58 00:52:28 04:45:27 05:42:55 03:03:14 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
31 263 Christian Jais GER 08:48:11 09:16:05 00:56:01 04:37:20 05:38:21 03:09:50 59% +4% -37% (6)
32 41 Klodian Mitri USA 08:52:57 09:28:13 01:01:26 04:47:46 05:54:12 02:58:45 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
33 52 Zsombor Deak ROM 09:07:12 09:41:26 00:55:55 05:00:41 06:01:36 03:05:36 38% +33% -29% (8)
34 28 Elias Schipperges GER 09:22:44 09:59:58 00:53:26 04:49:09 05:47:35 03:35:09 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
35 22 David Rother GER 09:23:59 09:56:07 01:05:03 04:47:11 05:57:15 03:26:44 100% +0% -0% (2)
36 38 Ger Redmond IRL 09:33:24 10:05:25 01:13:53 05:02:02 06:20:55 03:12:29 45% +0% -55% (3)
37 45 Charles Martin FRA 09:56:34 10:29:53 00:52:03 05:03:01 06:00:05 03:56:29 48% +0% -52% (2)
38 35 Thomas Angerer AUT 09:56:51 10:36:20 00:58:21 05:05:52 06:09:13 03:47:38 100% +0% -0% (2)
  21 Nick Staggenborg GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  23 Simon Huckestein GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  25 Garry Assel LUX n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  26 Matija Avirovic CRO n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  36 Chris Standidge GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  42 Patrik Holesa SVK n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  51 Ondrej Kubo SVK 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 23% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 101 Anne Haug (AQ) GER 08:32:13 08:49:51 00:52:23 04:44:12 05:41:35 02:50:38 91% +9% -0% (5)
2 103 Fenella Langridge (KQ) GBR 08:52:12 09:12:28 00:50:31 04:46:31 05:42:02 03:10:10 69% +0% -31% (3)
3 102 Laura Siddall (KQ) GBR 08:53:46 09:21:22 00:56:57 04:46:26 05:48:22 03:05:24 87% +6% -7% (24)
4 108 Svenja Thoes (KQ)  GER 08:54:13 09:18:37 00:56:45 04:49:06 05:50:52 03:03:21 25% +31% -44% (7)
5 110 Judith Corachan Vaquera ESP 08:54:17 09:20:23 00:53:12 04:57:13 05:55:25 02:58:52 77% +14% -9% (6)
6 106 Carolin Lehrieder  GER 08:55:58 09:42:19 00:52:47 04:40:18 05:38:06 03:17:52 26% +10% -64% (21)
7 107 Rebecca Clarke (KQ) NZL 08:56:33 09:36:12 00:49:16 04:49:12 05:43:28 03:13:05 31% +59% -10% (5)
8 112 Maja Stage Nielsen (KQ) DEN 09:00:20 09:20:40 00:54:40 04:57:34 05:57:15 03:03:05 95% +0% -5% (10)
9 111 Elisabetta Curridori (KQ) ITA 09:03:10 09:33:07 00:55:04 04:59:20 05:59:25 03:03:45 69% +0% -31% (3)
10 116 Line Bonde DEN 09:23:52 10:01:11 01:00:28 04:54:12 05:59:39 03:24:13 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11 114 Magda Nieuwoudt (KQ) ZAF 09:31:52 10:05:22 00:58:16 05:03:22 06:06:39 03:25:13 100% +0% -0% (2)
12 115 Sonja Skevin CRO 09:33:32 10:00:20 00:54:18 05:16:43 06:16:02 03:17:30 100% +0% -0% (3)
13 105 Maja Betz GER 09:51:06 10:01:49 01:04:44 05:27:23 06:37:07 03:13:59 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14 117 Anna Rovira Garrido ESP 09:59:35 10:31:09 01:11:56 05:13:19 06:30:15 03:29:20 33% +24% -43% (5)
15 109 Lisa-Maria Dornauer AUT 10:09:30 10:49:50 00:58:56 05:17:59 06:21:55 03:47:35 n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Jan Frodeno: 65% (1-1)
  • Patrick Lange: 21% (4-1)
  • Reinaldo Colucci: 4% (26-1)
  • Magnus Elbaek Ditlev: 2% (62-1)
  • Maurice Clavel: 2% (65-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Anne Haug: 68% (1-1)
  • Laura Siddall: 10% (9-1)
  • Svenja Thoes 9% (11-1)
  • Rebecca Clarke: 5% (18-1)
  • Fenella Langridge: 4% (24-1)
  • Judith Corachan Vaquera: 4% (28-1)

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    
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