Race Conditions
Conditions this year were faster than about 10 minutes compared to last year, especially on the bike. While there was wind and rain in 2013 and 2014, the weather was calm and sunny this year.
Course Rating
Race Adjustments for Challenge Almere
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Athletes | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2013 | 05:20 | 00:19 | 01:43 | 03:49 | 16 | 05:20 | 00:19 | 01:43 | 03:49 |
| 2014 | 07:16 | 02:43 | 04:54 | 00:36 | 22 | 06:18 | 01:31 | 03:18 | 02:12 |
| 2015 | 18:32 | 00:26 | 14:28 | 04:44 | 21 | 10:23 | 01:09 | 07:02 | 03:03 |
Male Race Results
Markus Fachbach successfully defended his title from last year by posting a time that was 16 minutes quicker and a course record for the Challenge years.
He was joined on the podium by Dutch athletes Mark Oude Benin and Erik-Simon Strijk.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Markus Fachbach | GER | 00:48:56 | 04:25:18 | 02:54:01 | 08:12:24 | -09:47 |
| 2 | Mark Oude Bennink | NED | 00:48:47 | 04:25:32 | 02:59:29 | 08:18:14 | -18:07 |
| 3 | Erik-Simon Strijk | NED | 00:51:37 | 04:26:45 | 02:59:14 | 08:22:29 | -14:17 |
| 4 | Dirk Wijnalda | NED | 00:55:14 | 04:32:31 | 02:54:02 | 08:25:39 | -17:21 |
| 5 | Gerrit Schellens | BEL | 00:53:54 | 04:44:17 | 02:49:38 | 08:32:57 | 02:07 |
| 6 | Diederik Scheltinga | NED | 00:51:36 | 04:34:49 | 03:03:30 | 08:35:40 | -1:22:44 |
| 7 | Jacob Veenstra | NED | 00:56:15 | 04:29:48 | 03:06:16 | 08:37:08 | -37:39 |
| 8 | Jens Kaiser | GER | 00:55:10 | 04:34:28 | 03:03:51 | 08:38:11 | -05:23 |
| 9 | Thijs Koelen | NED | 00:54:12 | 04:34:37 | 03:07:53 | 08:41:26 | -06:09 |
| 10 | Olivier Godart | LUX | 00:54:09 | 04:45:27 | 03:00:39 | 08:45:10 | n/a |
| 11 | Tjardo Visser | NED | 00:51:32 | 04:54:34 | 03:02:23 | 08:52:39 | n/a |
| 12 | AJ Baucco | USA | 00:51:33 | 04:48:14 | 03:08:41 | 08:52:59 | 11:48 |
| 13 | Eddy Lamers | NED | 00:51:39 | 04:35:50 | 03:19:41 | 08:53:30 | -35:49 |
| 14 | Dirk Baelus | BEL | 00:55:20 | 04:49:35 | 03:08:19 | 08:58:41 | n/a |
| 15 | Jens Groenbek | DEN | 00:55:06 | 04:45:04 | 03:16:30 | 09:00:45 | 23:03 |
| 16 | Guido Kwakkel | NED | 00:54:06 | 04:44:32 | 03:18:52 | 09:01:48 | n/a |
| 17 | Thomas Naasz | NED | 00:55:23 | 04:54:49 | 03:14:52 | 09:10:15 | 09:44 |
| 18 | Marijn De Jonge | NED | 00:54:13 | 04:51:54 | 03:21:38 | 09:13:31 | n/a |
| 19 | Juanma Cardenas | ESP | 01:08:07 | 05:01:44 | 03:06:30 | 09:21:57 | n/a |
| 20 | Ricardo Scholten | NED | 01:01:19 | 04:58:38 | 03:15:46 | 09:22:39 | n/a |
| 21 | Ben Van Oeveren | NED | 01:02:53 | 04:56:48 | 03:20:38 | 09:26:43 | n/a |
| 22 | Henk-Jan Dolsma | NED | 00:51:42 | 04:52:42 | 03:43:01 | 09:32:15 | n/a |
| 23 | Attila Szabo | HUN | 00:48:52 | 05:10:31 | 03:26:57 | 09:33:24 | n/a |
| 24 | Tjerk Tjallema | NED | 00:51:33 | 05:15:39 | 03:21:38 | 09:33:46 | n/a |
| Roeland Smits | NED | 00:54:09 | 04:26:55 | DNF | |||
| Bob Martens | NED | 00:54:30 | 05:00:59 | DNF | |||
| Peter Res | NED | 01:03:08 | 04:53:53 | DNF | |||
| Maarten Peters | NED | 00:55:17 | 05:05:02 | DNF | |||
| Remy Vasseur | NED | 00:54:01 | DNF | ||||
| Dominic Rohan-Gates | GBR | 01:10:17 | DNF |
Female Race Results
The women’s race saw a lot of position changes on the bike and run, and Kathrin Walther had to fight until the last kilometer for the win:
Irene Kinnegim had the fastest marathon of the day and came within a minute to Kathrin but ran out of real estate at the end. Camille Deligny lead on the bike and early in the run, she finished third in her Ironman-distance debut.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Kathrin Walther | GER | 00:59:12 | 04:56:48 | 03:23:23 | 09:26:11 | -28:48 |
| 2 | Irene Kinnegim | NED | 01:04:48 | 05:04:35 | 03:11:02 | 09:27:27 | -26:45 |
| 3 | Camille Deligny | FRA | 01:01:54 | 04:55:03 | 03:27:31 | 09:29:52 | n/a |
| 4 | Beate Goertz | GER | 01:04:27 | 04:59:11 | 03:28:15 | 09:37:07 | 09:17 |
| 5 | Julia Bohn | GER | 01:01:58 | 05:10:01 | 03:18:41 | 09:37:41 | -17:48 |
| 6 | Lina-Kristin Schink | GER | 01:10:34 | 05:05:03 | 03:18:41 | 09:39:34 | -11:25 |
| 7 | Carla Van Rooijen | NED | 01:14:36 | 05:06:52 | 03:24:20 | 09:50:55 | -02:32 |
| 8 | Grada Boschker | NED | 01:05:40 | 05:05:20 | 03:41:58 | 10:00:38 | n/a |
| 9 | Celia Kuch | GER | 01:02:23 | 05:13:41 | 03:38:24 | 10:01:13 | 09:44 |
| 10 | Lena Holmgren | SWE | 01:04:13 | 05:24:37 | 03:30:19 | 10:05:40 | 24:40 |
| 11 | Linda Van Bemmel | NED | 00:57:04 | 05:13:04 | 03:50:23 | 10:07:14 | n/a |
| 12 | Nina Bakker | NED | 01:13:33 | 05:48:49 | 03:22:45 | 10:32:14 | n/a |
| Brooke Brown | CAN | 01:02:27 | 05:07:00 | DNF |
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