Challenge Roth 2023 (June 25th) – Seedings

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
1988	Axel Koenders (NED)	08:13:11	Rita Keitmann (GER)	10:07:35
1989	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	03:59:59	Simone Mortier (GER)	04:31:04
1990	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:21:13	Jan Wanklyn (AUS)	09:21:29
1991	Pauli Kiuru (FIN)	08:04:54	Thea Sybesma (NED)	08:55:29
1992	Jos Everts (NED)	08:06:12	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:55:00
1993	Cristian Bustos (CHI)	08:03:19	Katinka Wiltenburg (NED)	09:18:49
1994	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:01:59	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	08:50:53
1995	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:08:07	Paula Newby-Fraser (USA)	09:06:34
1996	Lothar Leder (GER)	07:57:02	Ute Mueckel (GER)	09:21:30
1997	Luc Van Lierde (BEL)	07:50:27	Susan Latshaw (USA)	08:59:31
1998	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	08:03:59	Katja Schumacher (GER)	09:27:43
1999	Jürgen Zäck (GER)	07:56:00	Joanne King (AUS)	09:26:59
2000	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:19:38	Heather Fuhr (CAN)	09:32:08
2001	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:10:39	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:24:29
2002	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:17:25	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:12:41
2003	Lothar Leder (GER)	08:11:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:15:01
2004	Chris McCormack (AUS)	07:57:50	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:13:57
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
2021	Patrick Lange (GER)	07:19:19	Anne Haug (GER)	07:53:48
2022	Magnus Elbaek Ditlev (DEN)	07:35:48	Anne Haug (GER)	08:22:42

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Magnus Elbaek Ditlev	DEN	00:50:44	04:01:56	02:40:22	07:35:48
2	Patrick Lange	GER	00:50:24	04:16:12	02:35:10	07:44:52
3	Reinaldo Colucci	BRA	00:50:34	04:16:09	02:43:14	07:52:36

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Anne Haug	GER	00:58:46	04:33:45	02:46:04	08:22:42
2	Fenella Langridge	GBR	00:51:44	04:35:41	03:00:36	08:31:41
3	Judith Corachan Vaquera	ESP	00:58:44	04:47:52	02:56:42	08:46:29

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	04:01:56	Magnus Elbaek Ditlev	2022-07-03
Run	overall	02:35:10	Patrick Lange	2022-07-03
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 19:48.

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
2021	29:13	00:30	32:27	-02:23	42 of 49	20:45	01:20	14:38	04:48
2022	14:07	-02:15	15:43	01:00	40 of 55	19:48	01:13	13:37	04:59

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 115.000 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	1	Magnus Elbaek Ditlev (KQ)	DEN	07:35:45	07:56:49	00:47:28	04:04:35	04:57:02	02:38:43	77% +23% -0% (4)
2	5	Patrick Lange (KQ)	GER	07:38:54	07:56:27	00:46:46	04:15:08	05:06:53	02:32:01	79% +12% -10% (10)
3	2	Sam Laidlow (KQ)	FRA	07:40:41	08:12:33	00:46:14	04:05:21	04:56:35	02:44:06	35% +17% -47% (8)
4	3	Daniel Baekkegard (KQ)	DEN	07:41:07	08:00:35	00:46:06	04:08:59	05:00:06	02:41:01	32% +41% -26% (6)
5	9	Joe Skipper (KQ)	GBR	07:45:16	08:09:17	00:49:59	04:11:17	05:06:16	02:39:00	71% +1% -28% (37)
6	6	Ben Kanute	USA	07:45:32	08:15:26	00:45:42	04:12:09	05:02:50	02:42:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
7	17	Robert Wilkowiecki (KQ)	POL	07:47:26	08:11:53	00:45:17	04:14:23	05:04:40	02:42:46	4% +52% -44% (7)
8	33	Pieter Heemeryck (KQ)	BEL	07:49:24	08:12:47	00:46:27	04:13:48	05:05:15	02:44:09	20% +23% -57% (9)
9	7	Sebastian Kienle	GER	07:50:08	08:11:09	00:49:50	04:08:29	05:03:20	02:46:48	82% +0% -18% (23)
10	4	Bradley Weiss (KQ)	ZAF	07:50:09	08:12:27	00:47:06	04:17:07	05:09:13	02:40:56	68% +0% -32% (3)
11	19	Tristan Olij	NED	07:56:38	08:24:36	00:47:57	04:18:18	05:11:15	02:45:23	47% +53% -0% (2)
12	11	Andreas Dreitz	GER	07:58:18	08:25:05	00:48:38	04:10:17	05:03:55	02:54:23	43% +0% -57% (10)
13	18	Kieran Lindars	GBR	08:00:51	08:32:19	00:47:09	04:26:14	05:18:24	02:42:27	12% +55% -33% (3)
14	32	Felipe Santos	BRA	08:01:21	08:49:32	00:47:58	04:22:12	05:15:10	02:46:11	1% +21% -78% (6)
15	14	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	08:03:39	08:24:05	00:49:30	04:10:45	05:05:15	02:58:24	56% +12% -32% (16)
16	20	Thomas Davis	GBR	08:06:11	08:34:47	00:46:47	04:26:28	05:18:15	02:47:56	46% +22% -32% (8)
17	12	Nils Frommhold	GER	08:07:10	08:28:41	00:46:45	04:16:41	05:08:26	02:58:44	38% +0% -62% (15)
18	21	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	08:09:16	08:31:57	00:55:00	04:26:40	05:26:40	02:42:36	82% +6% -12% (16)
19	8	Ondrej Kubo	SVK	08:11:59	08:44:53	00:51:30	04:28:34	05:25:04	02:46:55	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20	10	Jean-Claude Besse	SUI	08:18:04	08:54:59	00:51:20	04:30:17	05:26:36	02:51:28	21% +66% -12% (5)
21	15	Pete Dyson	GBR	08:18:19	08:45:02	00:54:53	04:24:56	05:24:48	02:53:31	85% +9% -6% (6)
22	22	Jason Pohl	CAN	08:20:05	08:52:51	00:52:07	04:28:16	05:25:23	02:54:42	32% +13% -55% (11)
23	16	Reece Barclay	GBR	08:21:17	08:45:54	00:47:03	04:36:30	05:28:34	02:52:43	76% +0% -24% (4)
24	38	Silas Koehn	GER	08:22:21	08:50:55	00:49:29	04:28:10	05:22:39	02:59:42	68% +32% -0% (3)
25	13	Jesse Vondracek	USA	08:23:15	08:54:12	00:51:29	04:29:40	05:26:09	02:57:06	91% +4% -4% (31)
26	24	Ernie Mantell	USA	08:24:20	08:56:44	00:48:32	04:32:42	05:26:14	02:58:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27	23	Christopher Dels	GER	08:28:47	08:55:07	00:54:45	04:32:32	05:32:17	02:56:30	78% +0% -22% (5)
28	27	Simon Huckestein	GER	08:44:52	09:18:35	01:04:32	04:40:53	05:50:25	02:54:27	52% +0% -48% (2)
29	30	Simon Billeau	FRA	08:56:03	09:16:41	00:55:53	04:35:39	05:36:32	03:19:31	40% +0% -60% (27)
30	28	Nicolas Quenette	FRA	08:59:08	09:33:45	00:52:13	04:53:13	05:50:26	03:08:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
31	29	Gergely Nagy	HUN	09:47:27	10:17:47	00:52:52	04:51:02	05:48:54	03:58:33	46% +0% -53% (14)
32	41	Charles Martin	FRA	09:57:39	10:29:53	00:52:11	05:04:12	06:01:23	03:56:16	48% +0% -52% (2)
	25	Thomas Vanhalst	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	26	Alberto Eugenio Casillas Garcia	LTU	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	31	Christopher Declan Mintern	IRL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	34	Will Crudgington	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	36	Steffen Bonde Jensen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	39	Hannes Wolpert	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	40	William Cowen	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	42	Bruno Slegers	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 21% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	101	Anne Haug (KQ)	GER	08:20:51	08:41:32	00:54:24	04:36:30	05:35:54	02:44:57	96% +4% -0% (7)
2	103	Chelsea Sodaro (KQ)	USA	08:21:13	08:44:21	00:52:16	04:36:08	05:33:24	02:47:49	46% +54% -0% (2)
3	105	Laura Philipp (KQ)	GER	08:25:31	08:47:05	00:54:19	04:36:37	05:35:56	02:49:35	100% +0% -0% (6)
4	106	Daniela Ryf (KQ)	SUI	08:30:34	08:52:01	00:51:56	04:31:29	05:28:26	03:02:08	91% +3% -6% (21)
5	102	Fenella Langridge (KQ)	GBR	08:32:08	09:01:58	00:48:39	04:38:14	05:31:53	03:00:15	61% +23% -16% (5)
6	108	Lisa Norden (KQ)	SWE	08:40:38	09:00:02	00:51:07	04:36:16	05:32:23	03:08:15	100% +0% -0% (5)
7	104	Laura Siddall	GBR	08:49:21	09:21:07	00:57:14	04:43:24	05:45:38	03:03:43	72% +3% -25% (27)
8	111	Elisabetta Curridori	ITA	09:05:00	09:28:01	00:55:53	04:57:04	05:57:57	03:07:03	61% +0% -39% (5)
9	120	Elena Illeditsch	GER	09:13:45	09:40:01	01:00:35	04:59:48	06:05:24	03:08:21	38% +0% -62% (2)
10	112	Margie Santimaria	ITA	09:22:17	09:54:30	00:50:58	05:06:26	06:02:24	03:19:53	65% +0% -35% (3)
11	115	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:23:22	09:51:01	00:59:29	04:51:37	05:56:06	03:27:16	52% +0% -48% (4)
12	123	Debbie Greig	GBR	09:23:42	09:59:55	00:55:34	05:01:25	06:01:59	03:21:43	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
13	113	Lina-Kristin Schink *	GER	09:24:44	10:08:18	01:05:17	04:53:45	06:04:02	03:20:42	40% +11% -48% (17)
14	121	Line Borsinski	DEN	09:30:12	10:02:20	01:01:31	04:59:49	06:06:20	03:23:52	65% +0% -35% (3)
15	116	Anna Eberhardt	HUN	09:38:40	10:06:57	01:07:42	05:06:07	06:18:49	03:19:51	76% +8% -15% (4)
16	119	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:41:59	10:19:05	01:03:30	05:09:48	06:18:17	03:23:42	47% +14% -39% (23)
17	110	Maja Betz	GER	09:42:39	10:14:25	01:07:20	05:14:07	06:26:28	03:16:11	100% +0% -0% (3)
18	114	Johanna Ahrens	GER	09:45:47	10:23:24	00:54:16	05:12:31	06:11:47	03:34:00	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	109	Jamie Albert	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	118	Hannah Arlom	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	122	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	124	Henrike Gueber	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	125	Leonie Zumhasch	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.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Patrick Lange: 33% (2-1)
• Magnus Elbaek Ditlev: 32% (2-1)
• Daniel Baekkegard: 11% (8-1)
• Sam Laidlow: 11% (8-1)
• Joe Skipper: 9% (10-1)

Female Race Participants

• Anne Haug: 41% (1-1)
• Chelsea Sodaro: 34% (2-1)
• Daniela Ryf: 10% (9-1)
• Laura Philipp: 9% (10-1)
• Fenella Langridge: 5% (17-1)