IM Wales

Course Conditions

As always, Wales is one of the slowest courses on the Pro Ironman calendar. This year, winner Franzi Hofmann was the only Pro woman with a sub-10 finish, and she was just 30 seconds off the course record. 

Kona Qualifying

There was only one Kona 2026 Pro slot, which will be offered to winner Franzi Hofmann.

Update: Apparently, I saw an outdated version of the Kona Pro slot assignment. Wales had two slots, the second slot will be awarded to Rosie Wild.

All Kona qualifiers can be found on this page.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Franzi Hofmann	GER	00:56:31 (1)	05:31:22 (2)	03:04:36 (1)	09:42:24	-1:02:55	US$ 15,000	76.94
2	Rosie Wild	GBR	01:13:24 (11)	05:23:59 (1)	03:13:50 (3)	10:01:35	-18:54	US$ 9,000	68.59
3	Katie Phipkin	GBR	01:07:17 (5)	05:33:48 (3)	03:13:22 (2)	10:03:56	n/a	US$ 7,000	65.52
4	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	01:05:26 (4)	05:42:19 (5)	03:21:16 (5)	10:20:49	12:22	US$ 5,000	58.26
5	Lydia Dant	GBR	01:05:23 (2)	05:40:50 (4)	03:24:15 (7)	10:23:35	15:03	US$ 4,000	55.43
6	Shiva Leisner	DEN	01:07:36 (6)	05:56:09 (8)	03:19:01 (4)	10:34:14	-18:35	US$ 3,000	50.38
7	Mena Suter	SUI	01:05:24 (3)	05:56:57 (10)	03:21:50 (6)	10:36:03	11:52	US$ 2,500	48.14
8	Nikita Paskiewiez	FRA	01:09:43 (8)	05:56:36 (9)	03:27:06 (8)	10:44:58	26:25	US$ 2,000	43.90
9	Claire Weller	GBR	01:08:42 (7)	05:46:07 (6)	03:48:07 (11)	10:55:03	-23:27	US$ 1,500	39.42
10	Tara Rooney	USA	01:12:03 (10)	06:22:21 (13)	03:31:14 (9)	11:18:12	-04:52	US$ 1,000	34.34
11	Kaja Wright Bergwitz-Larsen	NOR	01:15:50 (12)	06:14:15 (12)	03:41:49 (10)	11:25:40	n/a		33.13
12	Maja Indermühle	SUI	01:18:54 (13)	06:09:55 (11)	04:32:28 (12)	12:19:33	1:12:17		32.02
	Ruth Astle	GBR	01:09:46 (9)	05:55:04 (7)		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 Dailey (GBR)	09:41:52
2022	Joe Skipper (GBR)	08:35:48
2023			Nikki Bartlett (GBR)	09:52:02

Last Race’s TOP 3

Female Race Results (2023)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	01:00:17	05:25:33	03:16:45	09:52:02
2	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	01:06:29	05:34:18	03:25:22	10:15:22
3	Johanna Ahrens	GER	00:57:41	05:53:03	03:29:52	10:30:21

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

Course Records

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

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Wales is – 29:29.

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	04:21	-27:13	-02:09	22	-25:00	04:21	-27:13	-02:09
2012	-00:49	05:01	-22:03	16:12	25	-12:54	04:41	-24:39	07:03
2013	-30:19	01:00	-26:50	-04:30	22	-18:43	03:27	-25:22	03:12
2014	-43:48	-04:11	-30:07	-09:31	14 of 16	-24:59	01:33	-26:34	00:01
2015	-34:02	-03:51	-28:51	-01:21	22 of 26	-26:48	00:28	-27:01	-00:15
2016	-15:50	05:14	-20:21	-00:44	15 of 18	-24:58	01:16	-25:55	-00:20
2017	-43:10	00:15	-36:38	-06:48	18 of 27	-27:34	01:07	-27:26	-01:15
2018	-36:48	-00:14	-26:17	-10:17	20 of 22	-28:43	00:57	-27:18	-02:23
2019	-27:07	-02:06	-19:27	-05:35	18 of 27	-28:32	00:37	-26:26	-02:44
2022	-29:57	00:46	-23:25	-07:19	12 of 16	-28:41	00:38	-26:08	-03:11
2023	-37:34	-03:17	-29:57	-04:20	6	-29:29	00:17	-26:29	-03:18

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Wales has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 4% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	09:29:27	09:08:10	00:56:28	05:20:59	06:22:28	03:06:59	50% +16% -34% (17)
2	5	Ruth Astle	GBR	09:32:29	09:14:46	00:57:57	05:17:18	06:20:15	03:12:14	47% +11% -42% (11)
3	2	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	09:44:20	09:21:29	00:57:46	05:30:35	06:33:20	03:11:00	68% +20% -12% (21)
4	3	Simone Dailey	GBR	09:46:19	09:27:21	00:56:37	05:37:42	06:39:19	03:07:00	37% +13% -50% (11)
5	4	Julie Iemmolo	FRA	09:50:02	09:28:23	00:51:30	05:26:34	06:23:04	03:26:58	20% +25% -55% (4)
6	8	Lydia Dant	GBR	09:53:13	09:26:58	00:58:39	05:29:28	06:33:07	03:20:06	49% +0% -51% (3)
7	6	Lisa Gerss	GER	09:56:37	09:34:21	00:58:27	05:43:38	06:47:05	03:09:32	100% +0% -0% (2)
8	13	Nikita Paskiewiez	FRA	10:02:43	09:35:27	01:03:31	05:42:25	06:50:55	03:11:48	100% +0% -0% (3)
9	11	Rosie Wild	GBR	10:05:27	09:34:58	01:09:56	05:31:57	06:46:53	03:18:34	100% +0% -0% (4)
10	7	Mena Suter	SUI	10:07:21	09:41:50	00:58:46	05:43:35	06:47:20	03:20:01	100% +0% -0% (4)
11	10	Justine Guerard	FRA	10:08:26	09:45:45	00:53:56	05:43:44	06:42:41	03:25:45	63% +0% -37% (3)
12	12	Franzi Hofmann	GER	10:37:16	10:31:55	00:55:08	05:49:59	06:50:08	03:47:08	25% +0% -75% (3)
13	9	Shiva Leisner	DEN	10:41:04	10:23:10	01:04:30	05:59:27	07:08:57	03:32:07	57% +0% -43% (2)
14	19	Maja Indermühle	SUI	10:42:32	10:23:36	01:03:15	05:46:32	06:54:47	03:47:45	48% +52% -0% (2)
15	17	Tara Rooney	USA	10:59:59	10:38:04	01:08:46	06:13:15	07:27:01	03:32:58	54% +21% -24% (4)
16	14	Claire Weller	GBR	11:02:46	10:41:35	01:02:33	05:57:17	07:04:50	03:57:56	32% +0% -68% (2)
	16	Kaja Wright Bergwitz-Larsen	NOR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	18	Katie Phipkin	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Nikki Bartlett: 54% (1-1)
• Ruth Astle: 20% (4-1)
• Jeanne Collonge: 13% (7-1)
• Simone Dailey: 8% (11-1)
• Lydia Dant: 2% (51-1)
• Julie Iemmolo: 2% (60-1)

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