Challenge Taiwan 2017 (April 29th) – Seedings

Update April 15th: Callum Millard has announced that he’ll be racing IM Texas instead of Challenge Taiwan.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2013	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:16:21	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:23:15
2014	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:23:44	Britta Martin (NZL)	09:02:23
2016	Fredrik Croneborg (SWE)	08:30:28	Shiao-yu Li (TWN)	09:40:05

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:51:56	04:33:57	02:59:10	08:30:28
2	Dylan McNeice	NZL	00:45:35	04:35:19	03:21:31	08:48:37
3	Patrick Evoe	USA	00:54:22	04:28:55	03:26:35	08:55:56

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:01:07	05:00:43	03:31:31	09:40:05
2	Jessica Fleming	AUS	01:00:50	05:03:33	03:38:22	09:48:48
3	Kathryn Haesner	NZL	00:57:07	05:14:49	03:31:04	09:49:33

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:16:21	Dylan McNeice	2013-05-04
Swim	overall	00:45:35	Dylan McNeice	2016-05-07
Bike	overall	04:26:56	Jason Shortis	2014-04-19
Run	overall	02:52:33	Fredrik Croneborg	2013-05-04
Total	female	09:02:23	Britta Martin	2014-04-19
Swim	female	00:53:23	Hillary Biscay	2014-04-19
Bike	female	04:54:37	Britta Martin	2014-04-19
Run	female	03:04:16	Britta Martin	2014-04-19

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Taiwan is 09:38.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Taiwan

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2013	12:08	-04:03	15:08	04:14	14	12:08	-04:03	15:08	04:14
2014	20:48	-00:25	12:17	-02:01	17 of 22	16:28	-02:14	13:42	01:06
2016	-04:02	-00:20	06:09	-12:27	12	09:38	-01:36	11:11	-03:25

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 5% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:23:47	08:37:44	00:52:57	04:31:30	02:54:20	85% +3% -12% (11)	59
2	Callum Millward *	NZL	08:23:53	08:34:52	00:50:14	04:31:11	02:57:28	41% +0% -59% (6)	45
3	Dougal Allan	NZL	08:24:16	08:35:08	00:59:03	04:18:06	03:02:07	81% +8% -10% (8)	48
4	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	08:35:20	08:49:53	00:52:40	04:43:39	02:54:01	48% +0% -52% (6)	97
5	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:39:05	08:45:09	00:52:37	04:35:58	03:05:29	63% +6% -31% (21)	85
6	Denis Sketako	SLO	08:40:41	08:59:26	00:55:54	04:33:24	03:06:22	51% +49% -0% (3)	133
7	Guy Crawford	NZL	08:52:16	09:15:10	00:50:15	04:29:59	03:27:02	46% +24% -30% (13)	180
8	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:57:26	09:18:31	00:57:58	04:43:46	03:10:42	64% +1% -35% (97)	191
9	Frederic Garcia	FRA	09:08:59	09:27:20	01:01:22	04:53:04	03:09:33	52% +0% -48% (4)	(217)
10	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	09:20:06	09:32:28	01:05:37	04:56:17	03:13:12	51% +29% -20% (7)	229
11	Valentin Zasypkin	RUS	10:21:47	10:44:55	01:14:19	05:18:12	03:44:16	9% +48% -43% (6)	289
12	Josef Svoboda	CZE	11:14:57	11:48:13	01:18:31	05:39:49	04:11:37	44% +22% -34% (15)	296
	Christian Altstadt	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 3% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	Kathryn Haesner	NZL	09:38:38	10:30:26	00:58:53	05:12:04	03:22:41	25% +36% -39% (3)	(128)
2	Verena Walter	GER	09:39:57	09:51:14	01:01:52	05:04:23	03:28:42	53% +36% -11% (7)	65
3	Lucie Reed	CZE	09:43:00	09:52:51	00:54:18	05:15:51	03:27:51	64% +0% -36% (27)	67
4	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	09:43:58	10:12:26	00:56:45	05:10:22	03:31:51	25% +6% -69% (28)	(102)
5	Alyssa Godesky	USA	09:55:34	10:10:02	01:02:55	05:19:32	03:28:07	63% +28% -10% (16)	95
	Alise Selsmark	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Fredrik Croneborg: 46% (1-1)
• Dougal Allan: 34% (2-1)
• Callum Millward: 14% (6-1)
• Ritchie Nicholls: 2% (40-1)
• Denis Sketako: 2% (44-1)
• Courtney Ogden: 2% (63-1)

Female Race Participants

• Kathryn Haesner: 39% (2-1)
• Verena Walter: 29% (2-1)
• Lucie Reed: 14% (6-1)
• Kate Bevilaqua: 10% (9-1)
• Alyssa Godesky: 8% (12-1)