Challenge Roth 2021 (Sept 5th) – Seedings

Note: Because of construction work, the bike was shortened this year to officially 170k. This explains the fast bike splits and finishing times in the table below. Just in case, I will not count the results as “official” fastest times on the IM distance.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
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

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Andreas Dreitz	GER	00:51:28	04:13:12	02:51:11	07:59:02
2	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:48:27	04:22:30	02:48:43	08:02:20
3	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:54:38	04:15:53	02:50:37	08:04:08

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lucy Charles-Barclay	GBR	00:49:01	04:39:20	02:59:42	08:31:09
2	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:54:38	04:40:13	03:00:02	08:38:11
3	Daniela Bleymehl	GER	00:58:03	04:36:17	03:06:06	08:43:17

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 20:11.

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

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 25% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	5	Patrick Lange (KQ)	GER	07:25:43	08:02:18	00:46:41	03:57:43	04:49:24	02:36:19	29% +39% -32% (7)
2	4	Sebastian Kienle (KQ)	GER	07:28:51	08:01:27	00:48:22	03:50:54	04:44:16	02:44:35	87% +0% -13% (19)
3	6	Braden Currie (KQ)	NZL	07:35:46	08:12:09	00:46:15	04:03:50	04:55:05	02:40:41	74% +8% -18% (13)
4	8	Franz Loeschke	GER	07:36:19	08:10:05	00:46:45	04:01:31	04:53:16	02:43:03	80% +0% -20% (4)
5	1	Andreas Dreitz (KQ)	GER	07:37:12	08:15:44	00:48:09	03:54:23	04:47:32	02:49:40	71% +0% -29% (7)
6	9	Pieter Heemeryck (KQ)	BEL	07:37:44	08:41:59	00:46:42	04:01:12	04:52:54	02:44:50	40% +42% -18% (3)
7	7	Nils Frommhold	GER	07:43:34	08:20:53	00:46:35	04:01:43	04:53:18	02:50:16	58% +0% -42% (14)
8	64	Justin Metzler (KQ)	USA	07:44:26	08:30:37	00:49:14	04:04:03	04:58:17	02:46:09	10% +75% -16% (5)
9	3	Nick Kastelein	AUS	07:46:51	08:26:20	00:46:00	04:04:18	04:55:18	02:51:33	45% +0% -55% (7)
10	60	Marc Duelsen	GER	07:52:29	08:26:52	00:50:36	04:05:24	05:01:00	02:51:29	86% +0% -14% (16)
11	190	Kevin Collington	USA	07:53:18	08:36:57	00:47:02	04:11:48	05:03:50	02:49:28	37% +16% -47% (7)
12	132	Sebastian Mahr	GER	08:01:00	08:46:00	00:48:03	04:18:39	05:11:42	02:49:18	100% +0% -0% (2)
13	24	Kevin Portmann (KQ)	FRA	08:03:17	08:50:19	00:55:00	04:08:16	05:08:16	02:55:01	44% +45% -11% (6)
14	67	Thomas Davis	GBR	08:03:56	08:45:24	00:46:56	04:16:18	05:08:14	02:55:42	43% +0% -57% (4)
15	21	Aliksandr Vasilevich	BLR	08:08:32	08:59:26	00:47:31	04:18:39	05:11:10	02:57:22	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	19	Tobias Heining	GER	08:08:37	09:00:49	00:48:41	04:17:43	05:11:24	02:57:13	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17	158	Felix Hentschel	GER	08:18:02	09:14:49	00:53:51	04:15:40	05:14:31	03:03:31	28% +0% -72% (3)
18	14	Tom Oosterdijk *	NED	08:23:03	09:15:16	00:56:57	04:23:28	05:25:25	02:57:38	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
19	25	Sanne Swolfs	BEL	08:28:18	09:20:25	00:51:23	04:17:51	05:14:14	03:14:04	52% +0% -48% (2)
20	15	Till Schramm	GER	08:31:12	09:28:56	00:53:22	04:20:52	05:19:14	03:11:58	40% +7% -54% (13)
21	56	Robert Karas	POL	08:31:33	09:26:00	00:50:25	04:27:21	05:22:46	03:08:47	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22	75	Jarno Piik	FIN	08:32:34	09:30:47	01:12:22	04:20:08	05:37:30	02:55:04	48% +0% -52% (2)
23	18	Mikita Hryhoryeu	BLR	08:34:51	09:24:09	00:51:07	04:32:46	05:28:53	03:05:58	60% +0% -40% (4)
	2	Ruben Zepuntke	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	16	Chris Dels	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	20	Joona Tuikka	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (3)
	22	Silas Koehn	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Quentin De Vos	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	28	Tero Setola	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	29	Javier Perez Garcia	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	30	Kevin Vabaorg	EST	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	219	Philipp Bahlke *	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.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 36% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	107	Anne Haug (KQ)	GER	08:12:17	08:47:22	00:51:16	04:27:42	05:23:58	02:48:19	80% +20% -0% (4)
2	101	Sarah Crowley (KQ)	AUS	08:22:17	09:06:18	00:51:32	04:24:31	05:21:03	03:01:14	70% +14% -16% (14)
3	729	Fenella Langridge (KQ)	GBR	08:24:35	09:16:43	00:50:30	04:21:04	05:16:34	03:08:01	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4	102	Laura Siddall (KQ)	GBR	08:36:20	09:27:07	00:56:40	04:30:35	05:32:15	03:04:05	83% +7% -10% (23)
5	105	Sarah Piampiano (KQ)	USA	08:36:55	09:23:03	01:00:24	04:31:23	05:36:47	03:00:08	61% +12% -26% (29)
6	108	Kimberley Morrison (KQ)	GBR	08:46:59	09:26:52	00:53:50	04:25:23	05:24:13	03:22:46	76% +0% -24% (8)
7	103	Rach McBride (KQ)	CAN	08:48:39	09:32:15	00:51:27	04:30:00	05:26:27	03:22:12	89% +11% -0% (10)
8	109	Chloe Lane (KQ)	AUS	08:48:58	09:48:36	00:51:47	04:33:12	05:29:59	03:18:59	19% +60% -22% (3)
9	124	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	08:49:44	09:44:27	01:02:02	04:34:00	05:41:02	03:08:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10	111	Jenny Schulz	GER	08:50:10	09:47:37	01:00:58	04:40:25	05:46:23	03:03:47	12% +42% -46% (7)
11	116	Hanna Maksimova	BLR	08:50:12	09:41:59	00:55:08	04:49:44	05:49:52	03:00:20	100% +0% -0% (2)
12	123	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	08:55:15	09:41:35	01:01:29	04:31:21	05:37:50	03:17:25	29% +51% -20% (4)
13	122	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	08:55:17	09:41:25	00:58:09	04:36:52	05:40:01	03:15:16	69% +3% -28% (20)
14	115	Ewa Komander	POL	08:57:12	09:48:27	00:55:35	04:38:52	05:39:27	03:17:45	63% +0% -37% (4)
15	741	Gabriella Zelinka	HUN	08:57:45	09:48:56	00:56:23	04:39:18	05:40:41	03:17:04	22% +47% -31% (5)
16	110	Bruna Mahn	BRA	09:02:41	09:51:52	00:56:02	04:51:25	05:52:27	03:10:14	72% +28% -0% (8)
17	113	Antonina Reznikov	ISR	09:07:08	10:04:07	01:11:40	04:37:02	05:53:42	03:13:26	42% +58% -0% (4)
18	112	Katharina Wolff	GER	09:11:04	10:02:07	00:57:18	04:52:11	05:54:29	03:16:35	100% +0% -0% (2)
19	118	Jenny Fletcher	CAN	09:19:38	10:12:55	00:55:45	04:50:15	05:51:00	03:28:38	73% +0% -27% (4)
20	117	Venla Koivula	FIN	09:23:43	10:22:39	01:03:13	04:40:35	05:48:48	03:34:55	4% +96% -0% (2)
	106	Elena Illeditsch	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	120	Maja Betz	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	737	Anna-Lena Best-Pohl	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Patrick Lange: 46% (1-1)
• Sebastian Kienle: 39% (2-1)
• Braden Currie: 11% (8-1)
• Andreas Dreitz: 3% (31-1)

Female Race Participants

• Anne Haug: 54% (1-1)
• Sarah Crowley: 28% (3-1)
• Sarah Piampiano: 6% (15-1)
• Laura Siddall: 6% (16-1)
• Fenella Langridge: 4% (23-1)