IM Wales

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	01:00:17 (2)	05:25:33 (1)	03:16:45 (1)	09:52:02	-14:54	US$ 15,000
2	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	01:06:29 (5)	05:34:18 (2)	03:25:22 (2)	10:15:22	03:19	US$ 9,000
3	Johanna Ahrens	GER	00:57:41 (1)	05:53:03 (4)	03:29:52 (3)	10:30:21	-03:11	US$ 7,000
4	Camille Deligny	FRA	01:07:42 (6)	05:54:47 (5)	03:40:17 (4)	10:52:32	16:13	US$ 5,000
5	Rebecca Anderbury	GBR	01:04:50 (4)	05:43:52 (3)	04:37:50 (6)	11:36:40	n/a	US$ 4,000
6	Margrit Elfers	GER	01:04:44 (3)	05:58:14 (6)	04:25:38 (5)	11:40:32	1:06:38	US$ 3,000

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA)	09:04:21	Kristin Liepold (GER)	10:01:19
2012	Sylvain Rota (FRA)	08:52:43	Regula Rohrbach (SUI)	09:45:09
2013	Scott Neyedli (GBR)	09:09:10	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:51:21
2014	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	09:07:28	Amy Forshaw (GBR)	10:57:26
2015	Jesse Thomas (USA)	08:57:33	Anja Ippach (GER)	09:56:31
2016	Marc Duelsen (GER)	09:01:39	Darbi Roberts (USA)	10:00:17
2017	Cameron Wurf (AUS)	09:07:03	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	10:11:20
2018	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	08:53:21	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:52:37
2019	Arnaud Guilloux (FRA)	08:48:06	Simone Mitchell (GBR)	09:41:52
2022	Joe Skipper (GBR)	08:35:48

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results (2022)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:49:38	05:00:28	02:37:24	08:35:48
2	Boris Stein	GER	00:52:31	04:46:19	02:56:24	08:43:53
3	Kevin Maurel	FRA	00:49:29	04:53:37	02:58:22	08:50:37

Female Race Results (2019)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Simone Mitchell	GBR	00:58:29	05:22:32	03:10:46	09:41:52
2	Manon Genet	FRA	00:57:59	05:23:48	03:20:53	09:52:28
3	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:01:36	05:25:55	03:22:24	09:59:36

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:35:48	Joe Skipper	2022-09-11
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Harry Wiltshire	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Daniel Halksworth	2012-09-16
Bike	overall	04:40:42	Stefan Schumacher	2019-09-15
Run	overall	02:37:24	Joe Skipper	2022-09-11
Total	female	09:41:52	Simone Mitchell	2019-09-15
Swim	female	00:47:55	Anja Ippach	2011-09-11
Bike	female	05:22:32	Simone Mitchell	2019-09-15
Run	female	03:02:28	Kristin Liepold	2011-09-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Wales is – 28:41.

Race Adjustments for IM Wales

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	-25:00	04:58	-27:13	-02:09	22	-25:00	04:21	-27:13	-02:09
2012	-00:49	05:06	-22:03	16:12	25	-12:54	04:41	-24:39	07:03
2013	-30:19	01:07	-26:50	-04:30	22	-18:43	03:27	-25:22	03:12
2014	-43:48	-03:26	-30:07	-09:31	14 of 16	-24:59	01:33	-26:34	00:01
2015	-34:02	-03:27	-28:51	-01:21	22 of 26	-26:48	00:28	-27:01	-00:15
2016	-15:50	05:13	-20:21	-00:44	15 of 18	-24:58	01:16	-25:55	-00:20
2017	-43:10	00:50	-36:38	-06:48	18 of 27	-27:34	01:07	-27:26	-01:15
2018	-36:48	00:23	-26:17	-10:17	20 of 22	-28:43	00:57	-27:18	-02:23
2019	-27:07	-00:54	-19:27	-05:35	18 of 27	-28:32	00:37	-26:26	-02:44
2022	-29:57	01:08	-23:25	-07:19	12 of 16	-28:41	00:38	-26:08	-03:11

Nice slots and Prize Money

IM Wales has 1 Pro Nice slot for 2024. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 3% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	3	Manon Genet	FRA	09:50:11	09:23:12	00:54:51	05:34:05	06:33:56	03:16:15	40% +13% -47% (14)
2	1	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	09:52:07	09:25:45	00:58:00	05:30:39	06:33:39	03:18:28	93% +5% -2% (12)
3	2	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	09:59:43	09:40:41	01:02:36	05:33:07	06:40:44	03:18:59	47% +13% -41% (7)
4	4	Jana Uderstadt	GER	10:13:31	10:03:12	00:58:23	05:51:51	06:55:14	03:18:17	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5	7	Margrit Elfers *	GER	10:15:54	09:56:56	01:00:13	05:33:59	06:39:12	03:36:42	35% +0% -65% (5)
6	6	Johanna Ahrens	GER	10:17:11	10:01:32	00:54:26	05:47:53	06:47:19	03:29:52	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
7	8	Camille Deligny	FRA	10:24:56	10:21:03	01:02:30	05:38:35	06:46:04	03:38:52	4% +0% -96% (8)
	5	Rebecca Anderbury	GBR	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

Female Race Participants

• Nikki Bartlett: 57% (1-1)
• Manon Genet: 30% (2-1)
• Heini Hartikainen: 9% (10-1)

Course Conditions

As always, IM Wales was hard with only slow times. Joe Skipper had some issues on the bike losing a fair amount of time, but was still able to post a new course record, improving on Arnaud Guillaux’s time from 2019 by more than 12 minutes. Of course, this required him also posting a new run course record – his 2:37 marathon was 11 minutes quicker than the 2011 time set by Jeremy Jurkiewicz with a 2:48.

Kona Qualifying

IM Wales is the start of Kona 2023 qualifying. With only one slot and no previously qualified athletes, this slot will go to

• Joe Skipper

I have created a new page showing all athletes qualified for 2023.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:49:38	05:00:28	02:37:24	08:35:48	-01:08	US$ 15,000
2	Boris Stein	GER	00:52:31	04:46:19	02:56:24	08:43:53	-04:56	US$ 9,000
3	Kevin Maurel	FRA	00:49:29	04:53:37	02:58:22	08:50:37	-02:13	US$ 7,000
4	Andrej Vistica	CRO	00:57:29	04:58:04	02:47:18	08:52:17	-06:02	US$ 5,000
5	Andrew Horsfall Turner	GBR	00:44:28	04:49:36	03:16:11	08:58:35	n/a	US$ 4,000
6	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	00:56:39	05:00:07	02:56:24	09:02:02	05:15	US$ 3,000
7	Finn Arentz	GBR	00:52:08	05:10:54	02:56:28	09:08:46	n/a	US$ 2,500
8	Dougal Allan	NZL	00:53:43	04:52:58	03:14:31	09:11:03	10:57	US$ 2,000
9	Maximilian Hammerle	AUT	00:52:47	05:07:34	03:08:49	09:18:59	18:27	US$ 1,500
10	Francesc Artigues Ramis	ESP	00:58:47	05:12:48	03:19:46	09:41:52	-01:23	US$ 1,000
11	Simon Billeau	FRA	00:56:17	05:21:32	04:03:02	10:39:48	1:05:17
12	Peter Willem Spiekermann	GER	00:58:20	06:03:14	03:36:15	10:52:31	n/a
	Harry Palmer	GBR	00:48:23	05:05:37		DNF
	Joel Wooldridge	AUS	00:52:55	05:50:44		DNF
	William Mennesson	FRA	00:49:23			DNF
	Arthur Horseau	FRA	00:52:22			DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA)	09:04:21	Kristin Liepold (GER)	10:01:19
2012	Sylvain Rota (FRA)	08:52:43	Regula Rohrbach (SUI)	09:45:09
2013	Scott Neyedli (GBR)	09:09:10	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:51:21
2014	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	09:07:28	Amy Forshaw (GBR)	10:57:26
2015	Jesse Thomas (USA)	08:57:33	Anja Ippach (GER)	09:56:31
2016	Marc Duelsen (GER)	09:01:39	Darbi Roberts (USA)	10:00:17
2017	Cameron Wurf (AUS)	09:07:03	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	10:11:20
2018	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	08:53:21	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:52:37
2019	Arnaud Guilloux (FRA)	08:48:06	Simone Mitchell (GBR)	09:41:52

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	00:52:56	04:49:11	02:56:48	08:48:06
2	Maximilian Hammerle	AUT	00:56:09	04:52:27	03:01:17	08:57:58
3	Fabian Rahn	GER	00:59:17	04:59:35	02:53:02	09:00:09

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Simone Mitchell	GBR	00:58:29	05:22:32	03:10:46	09:41:52
2	Manon Genet	FRA	00:57:59	05:23:48	03:20:53	09:52:28
3	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:01:36	05:25:55	03:22:24	09:59:36

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:48:06	Arnaud Guilloux	2019-09-15
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Harry Wiltshire	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Daniel Halksworth	2012-09-16
Bike	overall	04:40:42	Stefan Schumacher	2019-09-15
Run	overall	02:48:01	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	2011-09-11
Total	female	09:41:52	Simone Mitchell	2019-09-15
Swim	female	00:47:55	Anja Ippach	2011-09-11
Bike	female	05:22:32	Simone Mitchell	2019-09-15
Run	female	03:02:28	Kristin Liepold	2011-09-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Wales is – 28:32.

Race Adjustments for IM Wales

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

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Wales has 1 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 7% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Joe Skipper	GBR	08:35:25	08:13:12	00:51:24	04:50:48	05:47:12	02:48:13	72% +2% -26% (33)
2	4	Leon Chevalier	FRA	08:39:30	08:14:29	00:51:09	04:51:24	05:47:33	02:51:57	47% +22% -31% (4)
3	2	William Mennesson	FRA	08:42:52	08:24:05	00:50:40	04:50:09	05:45:49	02:57:03	49% +0% -51% (4)
4	6	Boris Stein	GER	08:47:02	08:19:45	00:53:29	04:47:20	05:45:49	03:01:13	81% +1% -17% (17)
5	5	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	08:51:32	08:26:57	00:47:41	05:03:00	05:55:42	02:55:50	57% +1% -42% (21)
6	15	Andrej Vistica	CRO	08:52:18	08:28:47	00:55:04	04:59:57	06:00:01	02:52:17	77% +12% -10% (27)
7	8	Kevin Maurel	FRA	08:52:40	08:38:39	00:48:35	04:49:37	05:43:13	03:09:27	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
8	9	Arthur Horseau	FRA	08:53:04	08:39:03	00:52:03	05:06:06	06:03:08	02:49:56	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
9	20	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	08:53:22	08:31:47	00:55:25	05:05:13	06:05:38	02:47:44	71% +9% -20% (13)
10	14	Dougal Allan	NZL	08:55:06	08:34:38	00:56:25	04:55:01	05:56:27	02:58:39	83% +2% -14% (13)
11	3	Maximilian Hammerle	AUT	08:56:11	08:34:37	00:55:36	04:59:36	06:00:12	02:55:59	100% +0% -0% (8)
12	11	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP	09:02:37	08:40:11	00:47:20	05:01:38	05:53:58	03:08:39	50% +0% -50% (12)
13	13	Elliot Smales	GBR	09:02:58	08:41:39	00:47:48	05:10:25	06:03:13	02:59:45	47% +0% -53% (5)
14	10	Giulio Molinari	ITA	09:03:41	08:51:04	00:47:52	05:00:08	05:53:00	03:10:41	31% +0% -69% (14)
15	16	Reece Barclay	GBR	09:10:05	08:45:54	00:47:35	05:16:58	06:09:33	03:00:32	76% +0% -24% (4)
16	28	Kristian Hindkjaer	DEN	09:11:52	08:49:08	00:49:57	05:01:55	05:56:51	03:15:01	35% +10% -55% (11)
17	23	Timothy Van Houtem	BEL	09:11:54	08:51:19	00:58:16	05:06:31	06:09:46	03:02:08	35% +11% -54% (7)
18	12	Markus Thomschke	GER	09:19:20	08:59:25	00:51:17	05:06:14	06:02:31	03:16:49	15% +3% -82% (26)
19	21	Joel Wooldridge	AUS	09:23:57	09:09:07	00:49:58	05:27:11	06:22:08	03:01:49	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20	24	Simon Billeau	FRA	09:28:16	09:04:24	00:54:01	05:10:21	06:09:22	03:18:54	39% +0% -61% (24)
21	26	Lucas Duross	NZL	09:29:28	09:09:45	00:55:44	05:26:05	06:26:49	03:02:39	100% +0% -0% (2)
22	22	Francesc Artigues Ramis	ESP	09:41:43	09:16:29	00:55:38	05:28:18	06:28:56	03:12:47	100% +0% -0% (3)
	7	Georg Enzenberger	AUT	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	28% +0% -72% (2)
	17	Andrew Horsfall Turner	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	18	Harry Palmer	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	19	Finn Arentz	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	25	Matthieu Bourgeois	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Peter Willem Spiekermann	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Joe Skipper: 50% (1-1)
• Leon Chevalier: 19% (4-1)
• Andrej Vistica: 11% (8-1)
• William Mennesson: 7% (13-1)
• Boris Stein: 7% (13-1)
• Victor Arroyo Bugallo: 3% (31-1)

Course Conditions

Conditions in Wales are always extreme – this year just a little bit less. Last year’s adjustments were -43 and -37 minutes, this year’s adjustment of -27 minutes was still very slow but “quick” compared to earlier years.

We’ve seen a couple of new course records this year: Both winners Simone Mitchell and Arnaud Guilloux were able to improve on the old records set back in 2012. Simone also set a new bike course record. Arnaud was under the old bike course record, but the fastest bike split was set by Stefan Schuhmacher.

Kona Qualifying

Ironman Wales had one male and one female Kona slot for 2020, these go to the winners

• Simone Mitchell
  and
• Arnaud Guilloux.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	00:52:56	04:49:11	02:56:48	08:48:06	-23:10	US$ 8,000
2	Maximilian Hammerle	AUT	00:56:09	04:52:27	03:01:17	08:57:58	-16:17	US$ 4,000
3	Fabian Rahn	GER	00:59:17	04:59:35	02:53:02	09:00:09	-14:41	US$ 3,000
4	Stefan Schumacher	GER	00:59:34	04:40:42	03:12:09	09:02:11	n/a	US$ 2,500
5	Dylan McNeice	NZL	00:47:27	04:56:52	03:17:31	09:10:37	-01:34	US$ 1,500
6	Daniel Niederreiter	AUT	00:51:57	05:08:42	03:04:40	09:14:42	-08:00	US$ 1,000
7	Thomas Huwiler	SUI	00:59:14	05:06:56	03:12:30	09:27:45	n/a
8	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	00:55:36	05:15:44	03:15:45	09:37:18	-06:05
9	Philip Graves	GBR	00:50:52	04:50:31	03:48:02	09:38:11	21:00
10	Christian Haupt	GER	00:55:51	05:16:37	03:17:29	09:39:20	25:11
11	Ger Redmond	IRL	01:11:41	05:44:33	03:20:07	10:26:47	n/a
	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	00:55:39	04:55:35		DNF
	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:50:55	05:01:24		DNF
	Till Schramm	GER	00:55:35	05:06:56		DNF
	Robert Drake	GBR	00:59:20	05:39:37		DNF
	Arnaud Margot	SUI	01:03:02	05:41:27		DNF
	Joeri Ameye	BEL	00:55:41	06:02:01		DNF
	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP	00:50:49			DNF
	Victor Del Corral	ESP	00:55:21			DNF
	Christoph Schlagbauer	AUT	00:55:57			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Simone Mitchell	GBR	00:58:29	05:22:32	03:10:46	09:41:52	n/a	US$ 8,000
2	Manon Genet	FRA	00:57:59	05:23:48	03:20:53	09:52:28	-17:02	US$ 4,000
3	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:01:36	05:25:55	03:22:24	09:59:36	13:47	US$ 3,000
4	Lucy Gossage	GBR	01:03:55	05:33:01	03:20:12	10:06:20	18:28	US$ 2,500
5	Sabrina Harpaintner	GER	01:01:40	06:04:41	03:34:12	10:50:48	09:30	US$ 1,500
6	Maggie Rusch	USA	00:58:31	06:18:54	03:26:22	10:55:28	06:20	US$ 1,000
7	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	00:53:10	05:53:44	04:05:31	11:03:23	53:18