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Challenge Roth 2026 – Seedings

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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
2025 Sam Laidlow (FRA) 07:29:35 Laura Philipp (GER) 08:18:18

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sam Laidlow FRA 00:46:34 04:03:11 02:37:19 07:29:35
2 Jonas Schomburg GER 00:46:19 04:02:48 02:40:01 07:31:24
3 Jan Stratmann GER 00:46:36 04:07:58 02:40:52 07:37:59

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Laura Philipp GER 00:58:15 04:33:27 02:43:17 08:18:18
2 Grace Thek AUS 00:54:05 04:46:51 02:53:32 08:37:39
3 Alanis Siffert SUI 00:52:31 04:41:42 03:04:30 08:41:41

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 02:28:03 Matt Hanson 2025-07-06
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 20:10.

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
2025 15:42 -01:31 15:11 02:02 70 of 85 20:10 01:02 14:17 04:52

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 29% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Kristian Blummenfelt (KQ) NOR 07:25:49 07:45:09 00:46:03 04:03:48 04:54:51 02:30:58 51% +15% -34% (8)
2 2 Jonas Schomburg (KQ) GER 07:28:47 07:50:48 00:44:29 04:03:16 04:52:45 02:36:02 100% +0% -0% (4)
3 23 Sam Laidlow (KQ) FRA 07:29:58 07:53:15 00:45:28 04:00:33 04:51:01 02:38:57 64% +20% -16% (16)
4 6 Menno Koolhaas (KQ) NED 07:33:05 07:52:32 00:45:21 04:08:34 04:58:55 02:34:10 47% +36% -16% (6)
5 5 Patrick Lange (KQ) GER 07:34:26 07:51:25 00:46:52 04:12:15 05:04:07 02:30:19 72% +1% -27% (19)
6 4 Frederic Funk GER 07:38:21 08:12:18 00:47:31 04:05:47 04:58:18 02:40:03 60% +0% -40% (3)
7 7 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 07:38:33 07:56:36 00:46:56 04:02:24 04:54:19 02:44:14 86% +2% -12% (25)
8 9 Arthur Horseau (KQ) FRA 07:42:18 08:06:33 00:52:00 04:08:20 05:05:19 02:36:59 37% +5% -58% (11)
9 8 Will Draper GBR 07:46:30 08:16:49 00:50:20 04:09:25 05:04:45 02:41:45 72% +0% -28% (2)
10 12 Tristan Olij (KQ) NED 07:47:19 08:06:40 00:49:12 04:11:07 05:05:18 02:42:01 72% +3% -25% (11)
11 11 Zack Cooper GBR 07:48:00 08:25:05 00:55:04 04:09:17 05:09:21 02:38:39 18% +31% -51% (9)
12 14 Denis Chevrot FRA 07:50:02 08:20:04 00:46:55 04:16:13 05:08:08 02:41:54 19% +3% -77% (34)
13 24 Milan Brons NED 07:58:09 08:20:28 00:49:20 04:14:39 05:08:58 02:49:11 69% +7% -25% (18)
14 10 Andreas Dreitz GER 07:58:30 08:19:54 00:49:36 04:15:00 05:09:36 02:48:54 72% +0% -28% (21)
15 33 Ben Hoffman USA 08:00:20 08:20:15 00:49:08 04:20:15 05:14:23 02:45:57 51% +2% -47% (30)
16 19 Clement Grandy FRA 08:07:10 08:38:50 00:53:49 04:18:55 05:17:44 02:49:26 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17 13 Dieter Comhair BEL 08:09:23 08:42:29 00:52:29 04:21:07 05:18:35 02:50:48 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
18 26 Morten Schmidt GER 08:14:37 08:49:09 00:46:56 04:17:38 05:09:33 03:05:04 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
19 22 Olaf Van Den Bergh NED 08:14:55 08:37:31 01:00:00 04:21:29 05:26:29 02:48:26 100% +0% -0% (3)
20 16 Nicholas Chase USA 08:15:18 08:59:14 00:50:34 04:22:17 05:17:50 02:57:28 12% +36% -52% (17)
21 20 Patrick Cometta SUI 08:24:32 08:49:59 00:51:57 04:23:25 05:20:21 03:04:11 100% +0% -0% (3)
22 25 Pascal Franken NED 08:29:16 09:03:41 00:55:25 04:23:59 05:24:24 03:04:52 58% +0% -42% (3)
23 27 Jesse Van Hulst NED 08:29:37 09:05:04 00:53:47 04:21:18 05:20:05 03:09:32 16% +28% -56% (4)
24 17 Sam Musgrove AUS 08:32:32 09:05:50 00:50:28 04:20:35 05:16:03 03:16:29 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
25 15 Paulin Philippe FRA 08:35:57 09:10:41 00:47:54 04:29:19 05:22:13 03:13:44 28% +0% -72% (3)
26 18 Giel Meesen NED 08:42:58 09:16:57 00:52:12 04:15:55 05:13:06 03:29:52 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27 28 Herbert Enzinger GER 08:43:24 09:18:48 00:54:18 04:28:21 05:27:39 03:15:45 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
28 35 Michael Boult AUS 08:58:36 09:28:01 00:48:04 05:00:45 05:53:49 03:04:47 100% +0% -0% (2)
29 34 Jan Hoeing GER 09:01:37 09:39:33 01:08:42 04:48:18 06:02:00 02:59:37 40% +60% -0% (2)
  3 GER Rico Bogen n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  30 Hao Miao CHN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  31 Lewis Eccleston GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  32 Cameron Wilson AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  36 Jakob Heeß GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  37 Frederik Wester DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 29% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 102 Kat Matthews (KQ) GBR 08:14:35 08:40:28 00:53:05 04:31:31 05:29:36 02:44:59 58% +16% -26% (16)
2 101 Laura Philipp (KQ) GER 08:15:26 08:35:21 00:54:35 04:32:56 05:32:31 02:42:55 91% +9% -0% (14)
3 107 Daisy Davies (KQ) GBR 08:34:49 09:02:54 00:51:17 04:34:59 05:31:17 03:03:32 100% +0% -0% (2)
4 105 Fenella Langridge (KQ) GBR 08:40:47 09:08:12 00:49:34 04:43:30 05:38:05 03:02:42 68% +2% -29% (15)
5 103 Alanis Siffert SUI 08:42:20 09:17:45 00:50:17 04:43:57 05:39:15 03:03:05 51% +27% -22% (4)
6 106 Daniela Bleymehl (KQ) GER 08:44:52 09:08:58 00:55:59 04:37:20 05:38:18 03:06:34 70% +1% -29% (25)
7 109 Anna Pabinger (KQ) AUT 08:50:22 09:19:35 01:05:43 04:46:25 05:57:09 02:53:13 68% +0% -32% (3)
8 112 Jeanne Collonge FRA 08:58:31 09:29:52 00:57:42 04:49:54 05:52:36 03:05:55 60% +12% -28% (23)
9 108 Chloe Hartnett AUS 08:59:29 09:24:14 00:52:02 04:50:21 05:47:23 03:12:06 100% +0% -0% (3)
10 110 Gabrielle Lumkes (KQ) USA 09:00:32 09:19:17 00:53:39 04:50:22 05:49:01 03:11:31 86% +0% -14% (6)
11 116 Rosie Wild (KQ) GBR 09:06:58 09:36:15 01:08:12 04:44:24 05:57:36 03:09:22 74% +26% -0% (5)
12 111 Lisa-Maria Dornauer AUT 09:08:05 09:47:28 00:55:52 04:50:50 05:51:41 03:16:24 7% +68% -24% (5)
13 113 Katie Remond AUS 09:19:23 09:43:06 01:00:04 05:03:54 06:08:57 03:10:26 70% +11% -19% (6)
14 117 Steffie Le Benezic ESP 09:35:51 10:07:32 01:07:01 05:16:43 06:28:44 03:07:07 100% +0% -0% (2)
15 121 Morena Stevens NED 09:37:17 10:14:47 00:59:41 05:15:04 06:19:45 03:17:32 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16 120 Carolina Laurentiu ESP 10:57:39 11:38:53 01:13:56 05:23:55 06:42:51 04:14:48 100% +0% -0% (2)
  104 Caroline Pohle GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  115 Jasmine Brown AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  122 Ewelina Wolos POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  123 Denise Hiemann GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Sam Laidlow: 34% (2-1)
  • Kristian Blummenfelt: 31% (2-1)
  • Menno Koolhaas: 16% (5-1)
  • Jonas Schomburg: 11% (8-1)
  • Patrick Lange: 5% (18-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Laura Philipp: 53% (1-1)
  • Kat Matthews: 44% (1-1)
  • Daisy Davies: 2% (54-1)

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