Update July 24th: Removed a few athletes who have withdrawn (Andi Böcherer, Ruedi Wild, Andreas Giglmayr, Mitchell Kibby, and Barbara Riveros)
Previous Winners
Year |
Male Winner |
Time |
Female Winner |
Time |
2005 |
Christoph Mauch (SUI) |
08:21:48 |
Karin Thuerig (SUI) |
09:10:51 |
2006 |
Stefan Riesen (SUI) |
08:16:50 |
Rebecca Preston (AUS) |
09:24:18 |
2007 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:24:58 |
Rebecca Preston (AUS) |
09:20:40 |
2008 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:16:05 |
Sibylle Matter (SUI) |
09:30:12 |
2009 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:20:00 |
Sibylle Matter (SUI) |
09:14:35 |
2010 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:12:40 |
Karin Thuerig (SUI) |
09:00:04 |
2011 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:19:51 |
Karin Thuerig (SUI) |
09:03:26 |
2012 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:17:13 |
Erika Csomor (HUN) |
09:20:16 |
2013 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:33:39 |
Anja Beranek (GER) |
09:21:31 |
2014 |
Boris Stein (GER) |
08:33:02 |
Daniela Ryf (SUI) |
09:13:30 |
2015 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:21:19 |
Beth McKenzie (USA) |
09:21:05 |
2016 |
Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) |
08:17:04 |
Daniela Ryf (SUI) |
08:51:50 |
2017 |
Nick Kastelein (AUS) |
08:13:28 |
Celine Schaerer (SUI) |
09:23:02 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
1 |
Nick Kastelein |
AUS |
00:48:18 |
04:31:13 |
02:50:24 |
08:13:28 |
2 |
Ruedi Wild |
SUI |
00:48:43 |
04:38:52 |
02:49:21 |
08:20:37 |
3 |
Jan van Berkel |
SUI |
00:48:45 |
04:36:42 |
02:58:01 |
08:26:51 |
Female Race Results
Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
1 |
Celine Schaerer |
SUI |
00:51:45 |
05:11:00 |
03:15:36 |
09:23:02 |
2 |
Tine Holst |
DEN |
01:05:52 |
05:11:05 |
03:16:50 |
09:37:44 |
3 |
Martina Kunz |
SUI |
01:02:05 |
05:09:58 |
03:23:40 |
09:40:08 |
Course Records
Leg |
Gender |
Record |
Athlete |
Date |
Total |
overall |
08:12:40 |
Ronnie Schildknecht |
2010-07-25 |
Swim |
overall |
00:45:29 |
Benjamin Sanson |
2005-07-15 |
Bike |
overall |
04:23:58 |
Stefan Riesen |
2006-07-02 |
Run |
overall |
02:41:58 |
Clemente Alonso McKernan |
2011-07-10 |
Total |
female |
08:51:50 |
Daniela Ryf |
2016-07-24 |
Swim |
female |
00:51:23 |
Celine Schaerer |
2014-07-27 |
Bike |
female |
04:43:53 |
Karin Thuerig |
2010-07-25 |
Run |
female |
03:00:27 |
Kristin Moeller |
2014-07-27 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Switzerland is 05:46.
Race Adjustments for IM Switzerland
Year |
Adjustment |
Swim Adj. |
Bike Adj. |
Run Adj. |
# of Finishers |
Rating |
Swim Rating |
Bike Rating |
Run Rating |
2005 |
-06:34 |
01:11 |
03:25 |
-09:12 |
42 |
-06:34 |
01:11 |
03:25 |
-09:12 |
2006 |
13:38 |
01:59 |
06:01 |
02:44 |
35 |
03:32 |
01:35 |
04:43 |
-03:14 |
2007 |
19:39 |
-00:21 |
12:47 |
01:55 |
35 |
08:54 |
00:56 |
07:24 |
-01:31 |
2008 |
12:22 |
00:12 |
03:08 |
02:39 |
30 of 40 |
09:46 |
00:45 |
06:20 |
-00:29 |
2009 |
16:32 |
-00:11 |
08:33 |
04:06 |
37 |
11:07 |
00:34 |
06:47 |
00:26 |
2010 |
08:54 |
-00:32 |
06:45 |
03:19 |
30 of 38 |
10:45 |
00:23 |
06:47 |
00:55 |
2011 |
10:56 |
-01:55 |
02:05 |
06:03 |
20 |
10:47 |
00:03 |
06:06 |
01:39 |
2012 |
08:20 |
-02:34 |
03:50 |
01:39 |
31 |
10:28 |
-00:16 |
05:49 |
01:39 |
2013 |
-08:16 |
-04:44 |
03:28 |
-06:20 |
38 |
08:23 |
-00:46 |
05:34 |
00:46 |
2014 |
-02:13 |
-03:17 |
06:06 |
-01:38 |
28 of 36 |
07:20 |
-01:01 |
05:37 |
00:32 |
2015 |
-03:55 |
-02:25 |
01:59 |
-04:06 |
24 of 38 |
06:18 |
-01:09 |
05:17 |
00:06 |
2016 |
02:18 |
-03:20 |
06:56 |
-01:03 |
30 of 46 |
05:58 |
-01:20 |
05:25 |
00:01 |
2017 |
03:15 |
-00:10 |
05:34 |
00:33 |
22 of 27 |
05:46 |
-01:14 |
05:26 |
00:03 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Switzerland is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.
Male Race Participants
The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.
# |
Bib |
Name |
Nat |
Expected |
Rating |
ESwim |
EBike |
ET2 |
ERun |
Consistency |
Overall |
1 |
32 |
Andi Boecherer |
GER |
08:04:17 |
08:17:30 |
00:48:14 |
04:18:58 |
05:12:12 |
02:52:05 |
34% +26% -41% (16) |
(8) |
2 |
38 |
Mike Phillips |
NZL |
08:16:42 |
08:32:25 |
00:50:31 |
04:27:18 |
05:22:50 |
02:53:52 |
45% +23% -32% (4) |
60 |
3 |
1 |
Ronnie Schildknecht |
SUI |
08:17:49 |
08:27:27 |
00:53:30 |
04:29:45 |
05:28:16 |
02:49:33 |
67% +0% -33% (35) |
34 |
4 |
4 |
Ruedi Wild |
SUI |
08:18:13 |
08:23:16 |
00:49:30 |
04:34:58 |
05:29:28 |
02:48:45 |
82% +10% -8% (7) |
21 |
5 |
2 |
Jan van Berkel |
SUI |
08:21:17 |
08:27:58 |
00:49:37 |
04:32:31 |
05:27:08 |
02:54:09 |
58% +27% -14% (18) |
36 |
6 |
3 |
Cameron Wurf |
AUS |
08:22:25 |
08:27:35 |
00:51:35 |
04:17:06 |
05:13:41 |
03:08:44 |
69% +24% -7% (13) |
35 |
7 |
5 |
Andreas Giglmayr |
AUT |
08:25:04 |
08:53:54 |
00:48:25 |
04:25:57 |
05:19:21 |
03:05:43 |
10% +0% -90% (3) |
(133) |
8 |
30 |
David Plese |
SLO |
08:25:11 |
08:29:22 |
00:54:00 |
04:33:46 |
05:32:46 |
02:52:25 |
84% +5% -11% (26) |
44 |
9 |
8 |
Johann Ackermann * |
GER |
08:27:40 |
08:38:32 |
00:49:16 |
04:28:12 |
05:22:28 |
03:05:12 |
80% +0% -20% (11) |
83 |
10 |
37 |
Jeremy Jurkiewicz |
FRA |
08:28:04 |
08:34:58 |
00:49:22 |
04:37:01 |
05:31:23 |
02:56:41 |
89% +0% -11% (16) |
65 |
11 |
28 |
Miquel Blanchart Tinto * |
ESP |
08:30:39 |
08:35:19 |
00:50:27 |
04:44:34 |
05:40:01 |
02:50:38 |
89% +2% -9% (20) |
68 |
12 |
7 |
Samuel Huerzeler |
SUI |
08:33:20 |
08:48:33 |
00:53:56 |
04:36:51 |
05:35:47 |
02:57:33 |
71% +29% -0% (12) |
106 |
13 |
40 |
Philipp Koutny |
SUI |
08:34:22 |
08:46:18 |
00:51:59 |
04:34:31 |
05:31:29 |
03:02:53 |
64% +0% -36% (9) |
98 |
14 |
27 |
Daniil Sapunov |
UKR |
08:37:13 |
08:50:03 |
00:49:24 |
04:42:10 |
05:36:34 |
03:00:39 |
73% +6% -21% (11) |
112 |
15 |
10 |
Trevor Delsaut |
FRA |
08:37:31 |
08:48:56 |
00:53:27 |
04:42:20 |
05:40:46 |
02:56:45 |
25% +13% -61% (30) |
107 |
16 |
36 |
Sven Riederer |
SUI |
08:46:22 |
09:10:53 |
00:50:22 |
04:33:30 |
05:28:52 |
03:17:30 |
41% +0% -59% (2) |
(193) |
17 |
31 |
Karl-Johan Danielsson |
SWE |
08:46:39 |
09:01:03 |
00:52:33 |
04:35:04 |
05:32:37 |
03:14:02 |
48% +16% -36% (17) |
159 |
18 |
35 |
Daniel Niederreiter |
AUT |
08:47:12 |
08:54:50 |
00:53:09 |
04:42:14 |
05:40:23 |
03:06:49 |
64% +0% -36% (17) |
136 |
19 |
14 |
Felipe Santos |
BRA |
08:48:53 |
09:06:12 |
00:49:02 |
04:49:57 |
05:43:59 |
03:04:54 |
38% +62% -0% (2) |
(175) |
20 |
24 |
Simon Schwarz |
GER |
08:52:17 |
09:11:34 |
00:54:54 |
04:47:26 |
05:47:20 |
03:04:57 |
n/a (1 IM Pro race) |
(194) |
21 |
39 |
Mitchell Kibby |
AUS |
08:56:14 |
09:15:40 |
00:49:48 |
04:56:10 |
05:50:58 |
03:05:16 |
n/a (1 IM Pro race) |
(203) |
22 |
26 |
Balazs Csoke |
HUN |
08:56:25 |
09:05:10 |
00:49:04 |
04:53:33 |
05:47:37 |
03:08:48 |
41% +6% -53% (30) |
172 |
23 |
23 |
Julian Mutterer |
GER |
08:56:50 |
09:07:57 |
00:53:20 |
04:52:34 |
05:50:54 |
03:05:56 |
47% +0% -53% (4) |
181 |
24 |
25 |
Alexander Chikin |
RUS |
08:57:40 |
09:10:35 |
00:56:20 |
04:42:59 |
05:44:20 |
03:13:20 |
100% +0% -0% (2) |
(191) |
25 |
6 |
Mike Schifferle |
SUI |
08:59:05 |
09:19:47 |
01:01:14 |
04:45:57 |
05:52:10 |
03:06:55 |
78% +6% -16% (74) |
207 |
26 |
19 |
Julian Beuchert |
GER |
08:59:32 |
09:19:05 |
00:50:44 |
04:50:27 |
05:46:11 |
03:13:21 |
n/a (1 IM Pro race) |
(206) |
27 |
11 |
Urs Mueller |
SUI |
09:01:11 |
09:21:38 |
00:53:59 |
04:41:31 |
05:40:30 |
03:20:41 |
38% +16% -45% (8) |
218 |
28 |
33 |
Bekim Christensen |
DEN |
09:13:41 |
09:26:06 |
01:03:06 |
04:45:43 |
05:53:49 |
03:19:52 |
25% +24% -51% (6) |
233 |
29 |
18 |
Marco Iseli |
SUI |
09:15:04 |
09:29:20 |
00:56:28 |
04:55:30 |
05:56:58 |
03:18:06 |
75% +25% -0% (4) |
(240) |
30 |
41 |
Oliver Gonzalez Miranda |
MEX |
09:20:54 |
09:31:01 |
00:52:19 |
05:12:45 |
06:10:04 |
03:10:50 |
100% +0% -0% (7) |
242 |
31 |
17 |
Freddy Lampret |
ZAF |
09:32:30 |
10:03:05 |
00:55:32 |
04:55:48 |
05:56:20 |
03:36:10 |
31% +6% -64% (15) |
278 |
32 |
16 |
Lukas Polan |
CZE |
09:37:44 |
09:53:51 |
01:03:08 |
05:08:45 |
06:16:53 |
03:20:51 |
50% +13% -36% (17) |
273 |
33 |
13 |
Cyril Pochon |
FRA |
10:16:08 |
10:32:08 |
00:57:13 |
05:15:35 |
06:17:49 |
03:58:19 |
78% +0% -22% (3) |
(292) |
34 |
34 |
Marek Nemcik * |
SVK |
11:10:47 |
11:59:59 |
01:13:48 |
05:30:37 |
06:49:24 |
04:21:23 |
35% +20% -45% (47) |
302 |
|
12 |
Daniel Besse |
SUI |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
15 |
Anthony Cadario |
FRA |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
20 |
Romain Garcin |
FRA |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
0% +0% -100% (2) |
(n/a) |
|
21 |
Jean-Claude Besse |
SUI |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
22 |
Davide Rossetti |
ITA |
n/a |
unrated |
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 13% of a typical Kona field.
# |
Bib |
Name |
Nat |
Expected |
Rating |
ESwim |
EBike |
ET2 |
ERun |
Consistency |
Overall |
1 |
70 |
Kaisa Sali |
FIN |
09:00:32 |
09:04:32 |
00:57:49 |
04:56:07 |
05:58:56 |
03:01:36 |
100% +0% -0% (7) |
2 |
2 |
52 |
Annabel Luxford |
AUS |
09:18:41 |
09:30:55 |
00:52:38 |
04:58:51 |
05:56:29 |
03:22:12 |
66% +0% -34% (8) |
38 |
3 |
64 |
Lisa Roberts |
USA |
09:21:01 |
09:25:49 |
01:04:56 |
05:09:12 |
06:19:07 |
03:01:54 |
83% +3% -15% (23) |
29 |
4 |
63 |
Sara Svensk * |
SWE |
09:21:21 |
09:33:21 |
00:59:03 |
05:02:36 |
06:06:40 |
03:14:41 |
47% +30% -23% (4) |
41 |
5 |
69 |
Elisabeth Gruber |
AUT |
09:26:58 |
09:42:31 |
01:01:53 |
05:13:07 |
06:20:00 |
03:06:58 |
74% +3% -23% (11) |
56 |
6 |
9 |
Nikki Bartlett |
GBR |
09:30:38 |
09:37:37 |
01:01:33 |
05:05:20 |
06:11:53 |
03:18:45 |
78% +0% -22% (5) |
48 |
7 |
65 |
Melanie Burke |
NZL |
09:33:00 |
09:41:20 |
01:04:22 |
05:07:54 |
06:17:16 |
03:15:44 |
63% +32% -4% (13) |
55 |
8 |
53 |
Martina Kunz |
SUI |
09:38:09 |
09:54:21 |
01:03:11 |
05:08:57 |
06:17:07 |
03:21:02 |
70% +0% -30% (4) |
81 |
9 |
68 |
Jenny Schulz |
GER |
09:42:51 |
10:05:17 |
01:03:25 |
05:25:47 |
06:34:12 |
03:08:39 |
12% +77% -11% (3) |
(101) |
10 |
71 |
Pamela Tastets |
CHI |
09:42:51 |
09:53:22 |
00:58:38 |
05:14:34 |
06:18:13 |
03:24:38 |
100% +0% -0% (4) |
78 |
11 |
55 |
Skye Moench |
USA |
09:46:19 |
10:05:07 |
00:58:58 |
05:11:28 |
06:15:26 |
03:30:53 |
21% +48% -32% (3) |
100 |
12 |
57 |
Corina Hengartner |
SUI |
09:47:17 |
10:02:58 |
01:03:20 |
05:16:12 |
06:24:31 |
03:22:46 |
51% +24% -26% (8) |
95 |
13 |
54 |
Regula Rohrbach |
SUI |
09:50:27 |
09:59:42 |
00:59:53 |
05:05:23 |
06:10:16 |
03:40:11 |
60% +7% -33% (13) |
88 |
14 |
58 |
Lina-Kristin Schink |
GER |
09:56:24 |
10:21:18 |
01:11:31 |
05:19:50 |
06:36:21 |
03:20:03 |
46% +15% -39% (11) |
127 |
15 |
56 |
Anne Basso |
FRA |
10:02:48 |
10:21:00 |
00:58:43 |
05:24:49 |
06:28:32 |
03:34:16 |
48% +4% -48% (20) |
126 |
16 |
61 |
Carla Van Rooijen |
NED |
10:10:22 |
10:27:36 |
01:16:16 |
05:23:38 |
06:44:55 |
03:25:27 |
63% +9% -27% (9) |
136 |
|
59 |
Nina Derron |
SUI |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
60 |
Karen Schultheiss |
SUI |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
62 |
Irene Coletto |
ITA |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
66 |
Federica De Nicola |
ITA |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (1 IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
67 |
Barbara Riveros |
CHI |
n/a |
unrated |
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.
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
Andi Boecherer: 53% (1-1)
- Ronnie Schildknecht: 11% (8-1)
Ruedi Wild: 11% (8-1)
- Cameron Wurf: 8% (11-1)
- Mike Phillips: 8% (12-1)
- Jan van Berkel: 7% (13-1)
Female Race Participants
- Kaisa Sali: 77% (1-1)
- Lisa Roberts: 9% (10-1)
- Annabel Luxford: 6% (15-1)
- Sara Svensk: 3% (30-1)
Kona Qualifying
There is a couple of athletes on the start lists that are already safe for Kona: Cameron Wurf, Ruedi Wild, Kaisa Sali, and Lisa Roberts. At least some of them will still toe the line in Zürich.
A number of other athletes look for points to secure their slot, here is what they’ll need to get above the projected cutoffs:
- Just finish: Annabel Luxford
- 7th or better: Melanie Burke
- 6th or better: Mike Phillips, Jan van Berkel, Philipp Koutny
- 4th or better: Jeremy Jurkiewicz, Ronnie Schildknecht, Sara Svensk
- 2nd or better: David Plese, Miguel Blanchard
- Win: Johann Ackermann, Sven Riederer
The final slot allocation will be getting close with the last few races, with the results above the athletes at least have a chance (even if not a guarantee) for a slot. For more details, check my blog post analyzing July qualifying.