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Challenge Roth 2023 – Analyzing Results

Roth 2023Course Conditions

Challenge Roth is always a fast course, and this year was even faster than normal. The weather contributed a good part – the swim was wetsuit-legal (compared to last year’s non-wetsuit swim about three minutes quicker), then a fast bike with very little wind followed by a quick run. Compared to other years, the number of motor cycles on the course was much reduced, and it was probably the most fair edition of Roth in recent years.

There were a number of world bests set in Roth today. Magnus Ditlev posted a 3:57 bike split, to me the fastest ever time ever in a legit race. Magnus followed that uo with a 2:37 run to finish in an amazing time of 7:24:40, also a new fastest legitimate full-distance finish. (My post on “IM Records” will be updated in the next days.) Patrick Lange finished second with a 2:30 run, a few seconds quicker than his run in Israel.

It was also a record-setting day for the women. Daniela Ryf biked a 4:22, more than four minutes quicker than the old “world best” posted by her in Kona 2018. As she was also able to run a new marathon PR, she set a new females fastest time of 8:08, chopping a full ten minutes off the 12-year-old record from Chrissie Wellington (also set in Roth).

It was great to see the old record holders, Chrissie Wellington and Jan Frodeno, put the finisher’s medals on the new record holders, Daniela Ryf and Magnus Ditlev.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN 00:46:47 (6) 03:57:45 (1) 02:37:09 (3) 07:24:40 -13:24 EUR 25,000
2 Patrick Lange GER 00:46:42 (4) 04:10:02 (5) 02:30:27 (1) 07:30:04 -07:24 EUR 13,000
3 Ben Kanute USA 00:46:36 (1) 04:10:17 (6) 02:37:18 (4) 07:37:01 -04:35 EUR 8,000
4 Daniel Baekkegard DEN 00:46:40 (3) 04:14:01 (12) 02:36:04 (2) 07:39:59 -01:12 EUR 3,000
5 Joe Skipper GBR 00:51:18 (24) 04:09:04 (3) 02:40:52 (6) 07:44:10 -00:42 EUR 2,000
6 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:48:33 (10) 04:12:07 (9) 02:42:38 (7) 07:46:06 -01:50 EUR 1,100
7 Jason Pohl CAN 00:50:05 (20) 04:14:40 (13) 02:39:17 (5) 07:46:59 -40:53 EUR 800
8 Sam Laidlow FRA 00:46:37 (2) 03:58:01 (2) 03:00:48 (20) 07:48:05 00:09 EUR 700
9 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:49:51 (13) 04:10:01 (4) 02:47:56 (9) 07:50:30 -09:45 EUR 600
10 Kieran Lindars GBR 00:47:32 (8) 04:12:59 (11) 02:47:21 (8) 07:50:53 -11:29 EUR 550
11 Tristan Olij NED 00:49:55 (15) 04:12:00 (8) 02:48:20 (10) 07:53:28 -01:14  
12 Ondrej Kubo SVK 00:51:22 (26) 04:12:23 (10) 02:48:28 (11) 07:55:20 -14:04  
13 Will Crudgington GBR 00:49:54 (14) 04:15:50 (14) 02:48:54 (13) 07:57:40 n/a  
14 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:50:02 (19)   02:52:07 (15) 08:03:49 13:04  
15 Christopher Declan Mintern IRL 00:47:35 (9) 04:16:47 (15) 03:00:39 (19) 08:08:12 n/a  
16 Pete Dyson GBR 00:53:54 (27) 04:21:20 (17) 02:53:49 (17) 08:12:17 -06:47  
17 Simon Huckestein GER 01:00:10 (33) 04:21:15 (16) 02:48:42 (12) 08:13:05 -28:16  
18 Nils Frommhold GER 00:49:06 (11) 04:11:33 (7) 03:11:43 (26) 08:16:02 08:16  
19 Christopher Dels GER 00:54:59 (30) 04:28:49 (20) 02:50:04 (14) 08:17:04 -11:47  
20 Silas Koehn GER 00:50:01 (18)   03:06:30 (23) 08:17:32 -07:08  
21 Ernie Mantell USA 00:50:00 (17)   02:52:32 (16) 08:18:46 -01:09  
22 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 00:49:56 (16)   03:03:32 (21) 08:21:39 -06:53  
23 Nicolas Quenette CAN 00:51:15 (23) 04:24:40 (19) 03:06:57 (24) 08:26:31 -29:00  
24 Thomas Vanhalst BEL 00:51:11 (22) 04:24:03 (18) 03:08:32 (25) 08:27:45 n/a  
25 Steffen Bonde Jensen DEN 01:04:17 (34) 04:30:34 (21) 03:04:52 (22) 08:43:16 n/a  
26 Bruno Slegers BEL 00:55:02 (31) 04:51:01 (23) 02:58:31 (18) 08:49:04 n/a  
27 William Cowen GBR 00:50:42 (21) 04:33:14 (22) 03:27:19 (28) 08:55:46 n/a  
28 Alberto Eugenio Casillas Garcia LTU 00:51:21 (25)   03:23:39 (27) 09:01:18 n/a  
29 Gergely Nagy HUN 00:55:04 (32) 04:57:33 (25) 04:41:04 (29) 10:37:38 58:55  
  Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:49:10 (12) 04:52:06 (24)   DNF    
  Robert Wilkowiecki POL 00:46:45 (5)     DNF    
  Pieter Heemeryck BEL 00:46:53 (7)     DNF    
  Jesse Vondracek USA 00:53:55 (28)     DNF    
  Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 00:54:57 (29)     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:50:15 (2) 04:22:56 (1) 02:51:55 (3) 08:08:21 -25:12 EUR 25,000
2 Anne Haug GER 00:54:12 (8) 04:39:17 (4) 02:44:45 (1) 08:21:09 -01:20 EUR 13,000
3 Laura Philipp GER 00:54:11 (7) 04:37:29 (3) 02:51:12 (2) 08:25:31 -00:15 EUR 8,000
4 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:50:12 (1) 04:41:19 (6) 02:59:34 (5) 08:33:53 -06:25 EUR 3,000
5 Lisa Norden SWE 00:52:08 (3) 04:34:00 (2) 03:13:33 (11) 08:43:11 05:13 EUR 2,000
6 DQ Henrike Gueber GER 00:56:31 (10) 04:46:43 (7) 03:04:27 (6) 08:51:31   DQ
6 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 01:02:50 (17) 04:52:18 (10) 02:58:42 (4) 08:57:27 n/a EUR 1,100
7 Johanna Ahrens GER 00:54:09 (6) 04:57:52 (13) 03:18:37 (12) 09:13:59 -27:43 EUR 800
8 Maja Betz GER 01:08:47 (20) 04:49:29 (8) 03:13:01 (9) 09:15:33 -29:21 EUR 700
9 Margie Santimaria ITA 00:52:12 (5) 05:03:49 (15) 03:18:49 (13) 09:18:12 -01:03 EUR 600
10 Debbie Greig GBR 00:59:24 (11) 05:08:41 (17) 03:13:20 (10) 09:25:15 06:49 EUR 550
11 Elena Illeditsch GER 01:02:48 (16) 05:09:37 (18) 03:12:33 (7) 09:28:42 18:25  
12 Vanessa Pereira POR 01:00:43 (15) 04:57:10 (12) 03:29:54 (15) 09:32:19 -16:30  
13 Leonie Zumhasch GER 01:10:58 (21) 04:57:03 (11) 03:23:22 (14) 09:34:47 n/a  
14 Hannah Arlom GER 01:00:41 (14) 05:04:04 (16) 03:30:04 (16) 09:38:34 n/a  
15 Jamie Albert SUI 01:07:34 (19) 05:17:19 (19) 03:12:46 (8) 09:41:13 n/a  
16 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 00:55:20 (9) 05:02:53 (14) 03:41:52 (17) 09:43:46 40:22  
  Chelsea Sodaro USA 00:52:09 (4) 04:40:08 (5)   DNF    
  Margrit Elfers GER 01:00:38 (13) 04:49:51 (9)   DNF    
  Line Borsinski DEN 01:00:36 (12)     DNF    
  Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:04:53 (18)     DNF    

1 thought on “Challenge Roth 2023 – Analyzing Results”

  1. Could I suggest the table adds a column next to overall time with ‘time back from the winner’.
    Could also add ‘percentage time back from winner’, given that’s how PTO now allocates points (and how many federations administer the pro licenses)

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