Challenge Roth 2025 (July 6th) – 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 Ditlev (DEN)	07:35:48	Anne Haug (GER)	08:22:42
2023	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:24:40	Daniela Ryf (SUI)	08:08:21
2024	Magnus Ditlev (DEN)	07:23:24	Anne Haug (GER)	08:02:38

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	00:46:23	03:59:25	02:34:18	07:23:24
2	Thomas Bishop	GBR	00:46:17	04:05:46	02:42:42	07:37:54
3	Rudy von Berg	USA	00:46:19	04:05:46	02:43:25	07:38:30

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Anne Haug	GER	00:52:37	04:27:58	02:38:52	08:02:38
2	Laura Philipp	GER	00:55:14	04:30:47	02:44:34	08:14:13
3	Els Visser	NED	00:55:17	04:31:02	02:55:25	08:24:47

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:23:24	Magnus Ditlev	2024-07-07
Swim	overall	00:43:35	Michael Pruefert	1997-07-13
Bike	overall	03:57:45	Magnus Ditlev	2023-06-25
Run	overall	02:30:27	Patrick Lange	2023-06-25
Total	female	08:02:38	Anne Haug	2024-07-07
Swim	female	00:46:48	Lucy Charles-Barclay	2018-07-01
Bike	female	04:22:56	Daniela Ryf	2023-06-25
Run	female	02:38:52	Anne Haug	2024-07-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 20:25.

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	01:13	12:48	09:15	28	23:15	01:13	12:48	09:15
2006	18:52	02:11	10:48	05:54	41	21:04	01:42	11:48	07:34
2007	29:56	02:11	16:35	11:11	35	24:01	01:51	13:24	08:47
2008	25:59	03:10	12:13	10:36	40	24:31	02:11	13:06	09:14
2009	29:11	02:58	19:24	06:49	43	25:27	02:20	14:22	08:45
2010	20:31	01:55	11:13	07:23	43	24:37	02:16	13:50	08:32
2011	24:18	02:02	16:54	05:21	38	24:35	02:14	14:16	08:05
2012	14:09	02:45	06:58	04:27	50	23:16	02:18	13:21	07:37
2013	22:46	01:17	16:21	05:08	41	23:13	02:11	13:41	07:21
2014	08:34	00:02	12:32	-04:00	37	21:45	01:58	13:34	06:13
2015	19:21	01:41	12:55	04:45	44 of 56	21:32	01:57	13:30	06:05
2016	19:23	01:14	15:58	02:11	39 of 43	21:21	01:53	13:43	05:46
2017	14:36	-00:02	13:33	01:05	38 of 53	20:50	01:44	13:42	05:24
2018	19:03	01:40	12:46	04:37	31 of 39	20:42	01:44	13:38	05:21
2019	12:56	-02:17	11:20	03:54	46 of 50	20:11	01:28	13:28	05:15
2021	29:13	-00:51	32:27	-02:23	42 of 49	20:45	01:20	14:38	04:48
2022	14:07	-02:36	15:43	01:00	40 of 55	19:48	01:13	13:37	04:59
2023	22:46	00:44	18:11	03:51	45 of 55	19:59	01:11	13:53	04:55
2024	27:49	00:53	20:14	06:43	68 of 79	20:25	01:10	14:14	05:01

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 160.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 22% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Sam Laidlow (AQ)	FRA	07:41:58	08:02:55	00:46:05	04:00:00	04:51:04	02:50:54	45% +18% -37% (12)
2	6	Daniel Baekkegard (KQ)	DEN	07:43:29	08:06:40	00:45:50	04:10:27	05:01:17	02:42:12	22% +26% -52% (12)
3	4	Jan Stratmann (KQ)	GER	07:44:04	08:08:01	00:45:38	04:10:38	05:01:15	02:42:49	60% +40% -0% (3)
4	15	Jonas Schomburg (KQ)	GER	07:44:19	08:11:03	00:44:56	04:10:28	05:00:24	02:43:55	47% +0% -53% (2)
5	16	Joe Skipper (KQ)	GBR	07:44:22	08:09:45	00:50:41	04:08:54	05:04:35	02:39:47	54% +0% -45% (45)
6	2	Thomas Bishop	GBR	07:44:27	08:16:05	00:46:00	04:09:38	05:00:38	02:43:49	60% +0% -40% (2)
7	12	Jack Moody (KQ)	NZL	07:45:00	08:14:34	00:48:37	04:12:23	05:06:01	02:38:59	16% +72% -12% (5)
8	8	Bart Aernouts (KQ)	BEL	07:45:57	08:08:31	00:51:49	04:08:42	05:05:30	02:40:27	64% +18% -18% (27)
9	11	Matt Hanson (KQ)	USA	07:47:43	08:05:21	00:49:43	04:17:46	05:12:30	02:35:13	81% +1% -18% (32)
10	24	Mathias Petersen (KQ)	DEN	07:50:16	08:07:30	00:47:11	04:14:56	05:07:08	02:43:08	79% +0% -21% (17)
11	14	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:53:28	08:17:47	00:45:39	04:14:10	05:04:49	02:48:39	68% +3% -29% (19)
12	18	Finn Große-Freese (KQ)	GER	07:54:02	08:13:37	00:46:34	04:15:52	05:07:26	02:46:36	100% +0% -0% (5)
13	36	Tristan Olij	NED	07:54:09	08:16:51	00:49:29	04:13:29	05:07:57	02:46:12	66% +8% -26% (7)
14	27	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	07:55:28	08:17:18	00:45:22	04:19:31	05:09:53	02:45:35	81% +0% -19% (4)
15	28	Florian Angert	GER	07:57:16	08:16:57	00:46:30	04:15:33	05:07:03	02:50:13	61% +0% -39% (11)
16	34	Felix Hentschel	GER	07:57:28	08:26:00	00:52:26	04:19:32	05:16:58	02:40:30	46% +28% -26% (6)
17	10	Andreas Dreitz (KQ)	GER	07:57:35	08:20:18	00:49:08	04:15:56	05:10:03	02:47:32	69% +0% -31% (18)
18	25	Filipe Azevedo (KQ)	POR	07:58:04	08:24:03	00:46:19	04:17:23	05:08:43	02:49:21	46% +14% -40% (5)
19	30	Thor Bendix Madsen	DEN	07:58:37	08:27:17	00:48:52	04:11:06	05:04:57	02:53:40	44% +0% -56% (5)
20	40	Martin Ulloa	CHI	08:00:03	08:31:29	00:46:28	04:11:53	05:03:21	02:56:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21	39	Christian Stoerzer	GER	08:00:56	08:28:06	00:54:07	04:19:19	05:18:26	02:42:30	100% +0% -0% (4)
22	19	Maurice Clavel	GER	08:03:17	08:23:05	00:45:49	04:13:52	05:04:40	02:58:37	60% +9% -31% (10)
23	32	Tomasz Szala	POL	08:03:28	08:24:51	00:49:38	04:17:54	05:12:32	02:50:56	59% +0% -41% (4)
24	56	Sebastian Norberg	SWE	08:04:23	08:28:32	00:54:33	04:17:33	05:17:05	02:47:18	87% +11% -2% (11)
25	33	Joao Ferreira	POR	08:06:56	08:44:50	00:47:52	04:22:04	05:14:56	02:52:00	25% +26% -49% (10)
26	20	Zack Cooper	GBR	08:07:25	08:39:13	00:57:58	04:16:35	05:19:33	02:47:52	26% +42% -32% (3)
27	46	Ben Akin	GBR	08:11:16	08:40:42	00:53:56	04:24:58	05:23:54	02:47:22	42% +0% -58% (2)
28	26	Kieran Storch	AUS	08:12:52	08:45:09	00:51:57	04:27:49	05:24:46	02:48:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
29	17	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:13:09	08:41:55	00:44:51	04:20:03	05:09:54	03:03:15	49% +0% -51% (15)
30	42	Corentin Chouvelon	FRA	08:14:20	08:41:57	00:53:44	04:32:27	05:31:11	02:43:09	100% +0% -0% (3)
31	48	Timo Schaffeld	GER	08:17:47	08:40:01	00:53:25	04:26:01	05:24:26	02:53:21	83% +0% -17% (4)
32	68	Amaury Dehez	FRA	08:18:54	08:47:16	00:56:44	04:29:40	05:31:23	02:47:31	22% +78% -0% (3)
33	55	Jean-Claude Besse	SUI	08:21:23	08:52:15	00:50:41	04:30:33	05:26:15	02:55:08	26% +15% -60% (8)
34	58	Kevin Portmann	FRA	08:24:15	08:46:19	00:54:51	04:26:25	05:26:16	02:57:59	60% +13% -27% (9)
35	22	Christopher Dels	GER	08:24:23	08:55:58	00:54:39	04:31:47	05:31:26	02:52:57	68% +0% -32% (8)
36	44	Garrick Loewen	CAN	08:28:00	08:56:10	00:50:06	04:33:20	05:28:27	02:59:33	54% +0% -46% (4)
37	53	Stephan Benedikt	AUT	08:30:00	08:54:31	00:55:34	04:29:36	05:30:11	02:59:49	90% +10% -0% (8)
38	49	Nicolas Quenette	CAN	08:30:39	09:11:11	00:50:56	04:28:47	05:24:43	03:05:56	38% +62% -0% (2)
39	59	Christoffer Heick	DEN	08:31:17	09:02:03	00:54:12	04:19:42	05:18:54	03:12:23	100% +0% -0% (2)
40	47	Toby Nisbet	GBR	08:36:21	09:03:45	00:52:09	04:36:48	05:33:57	03:02:24	100% +0% -0% (2)
41	35	Nicholas Chase	USA	08:36:25	09:03:43	00:50:31	04:28:46	05:24:17	03:12:08	21% +34% -45% (15)
42	54	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:39:12	09:05:48	00:55:30	04:30:12	05:30:42	03:08:30	49% +33% -18% (4)
43	67	Matthias Tuerk	GER	08:41:49	09:17:23	00:56:10	04:30:37	05:31:47	03:10:02	44% +0% -56% (4)
44	45	Herbert Enzinger	GER	08:43:09	09:18:48	00:54:10	04:28:24	05:27:34	03:15:35	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
45	61	Jordan Bryden	CAN	08:44:53	09:21:04	00:50:44	04:34:38	05:30:22	03:14:31	26% +31% -43% (14)
46	38	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:01:21	09:39:33	01:08:31	04:48:22	06:01:53	02:59:28	40% +60% -0% (2)
47	57	Adam Goulet	USA	09:28:09	10:05:21	01:11:27	04:44:57	06:01:24	03:26:45	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	3	Frederic Funk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	5	Vincent Luis	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	7	Henri Schoeman	ZAF	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	9	Aaron Royle	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	13	Martin Schulz	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	21	Lukas Stengel	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	23	Jannik Stoll	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	29	Jonathan Guisolan	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	31	Miguel Mattox	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	41	Arne Leiss	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	43	Niels Vanhove	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	45	Bogdan Kovalenko	KAZ	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	50	Jesse Hinrichs	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	52	Matthieu Bolzer	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	60	Vincent Groeßer	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	62	Pascal Franken	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	63	Raphael Junghans	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	64	Tobias Meckl	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	65	Jules Rau	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	101	Laura Philipp (KQ)	GER	08:14:41	08:33:51	00:53:51	04:32:03	05:30:54	02:43:47	82% +18% -0% (11)
2	102	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	08:38:04	09:07:41	00:55:43	04:39:56	05:40:39	02:57:25	51% +30% -19% (15)
3	108	Justine Mathieux (KQ)	FRA	08:50:38	09:12:52	00:54:30	04:46:02	05:45:32	03:05:06	56% +6% -38% (7)
4	109	Merle Brunnee (KQ)	GER	08:50:41	09:08:52	01:02:10	04:42:34	05:49:44	03:00:57	100% +0% -0% (3)
5	106	Alanis Siffert	SUI	08:50:44	09:28:17	00:50:35	04:54:26	05:50:00	03:00:44	44% +0% -56% (2)
6	105	Laura Siddall	GBR	08:51:02	09:16:09	00:57:40	04:43:34	05:46:13	03:04:49	82% +2% -16% (29)
7	112	Jana Uderstadt (KQ)	GER	08:54:04	09:23:01	00:57:39	04:46:22	05:49:02	03:05:02	46% +42% -12% (5)
8	113	Katharina Wolff	GER	08:58:49	09:25:09	00:56:46	04:52:09	05:53:56	03:04:53	36% +43% -21% (10)
9	111	Nina Derron (KQ)	SUI	08:59:40	09:25:15	00:53:38	04:49:50	05:48:28	03:11:12	52% +33% -15% (13)
10	115	Stephanie Wunderle	GER	09:09:37	09:49:03	01:05:08	04:41:31	05:51:39	03:17:58	55% +0% -45% (3)
11	107	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:10:43	09:57:20	00:52:35	04:48:53	05:46:27	03:24:16	13% +5% -83% (24)
12	126	Angela Naeth	CAN	09:16:50	09:45:30	01:00:29	04:51:38	05:57:08	03:19:42	48% +3% -49% (30)
13	118	Laura Kessler	SUI	09:20:36	09:55:02	01:11:24	04:50:18	06:06:42	03:13:54	60% +0% -40% (3)
14	117	Lisa-Maria Dornauer	AUT	09:22:49	10:02:52	00:57:47	04:54:15	05:57:03	03:25:46	15% +36% -49% (4)
15	116	Danielle Fauteux	CAN	09:27:10	09:53:25	01:01:03	05:02:12	06:08:15	03:18:55	76% +0% -24% (4)
16	119	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:28:00	10:01:30	00:59:10	04:48:01	05:52:12	03:35:48	59% +11% -29% (10)
17	121	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:28:47	10:00:43	01:02:08	05:00:45	06:07:53	03:20:54	65% +15% -19% (29)
18	122	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	09:29:59	10:09:16	01:01:23	05:08:01	06:14:23	03:15:36	56% +0% -44% (6)
19	125	Emely Ravn	DEN	09:37:20	10:15:08	01:03:22	04:53:08	06:01:29	03:35:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20	124	Tara Rooney	USA	10:03:41	10:58:10	01:06:47	05:24:49	06:36:37	03:27:04	30% +33% -37% (3)
	104	Grace Thek	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	114	Caterina Mariani	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	123	Kayla Pokorny	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	127	Nelly Rassmann	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Bart Aernouts: 20% (4-1)
• Jan Stratmann: 15% (6-1)
• Joe Skipper: 14% (6-1)
• Denis Chevrot: 13% (7-1)
• Sam Laidlow: 12% (7-1)
• Pieter Heemeryck: 10% (9-1)
• Jack Moody: 6% (16-1)
• Thomas Bishop: 4% (24-1)
• Dylan Magnien: 3% (35-1)
• Jesper Svensson: 2% (49-1)

Female Race Participants

• Laura Philipp: 84% (1-1)
• Nikki Bartlett: 6% (17-1)
• Laura Siddall: 2% (46-1)