Challenge Taiwan 2019 (April 27) – Seedings

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
2017	Fredrik Croneborg (SWE)	08:03:21	Verena Walter (GER)	09:25:51
2018	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:16:56	Julia Grant (NZL)	09:38:31

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Dylan McNeice	NZL	00:48:34	04:21:32	03:01:10	08:16:56
2	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:52:03	04:27:16	02:57:16	08:22:11
3	Luke Bell	AUS	00:48:39	04:21:34	03:12:28	08:28:18

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Julia Grant	NZL	01:01:44	05:05:57	03:24:16	09:38:31
2	Alyssa Godesky	USA	01:01:41	05:05:47	03:35:42	09:49:54
3	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:08:25	05:11:19	03:39:36	10:07:18

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:03:21	Fredrik Croneborg	2017-04-30
Swim	overall	00:45:35	Dylan McNeice	2016-05-07
Bike	overall	04:13:27	Guy Crawford	2017-04-30
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	04:52:43	Verena Walter	2017-04-30
Run	female	03:04:16	Britta Martin	2014-04-19

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Taiwan is 11:03.

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	-04:23	13:20	03:11	14	12:08	-04:23	13:20	03:11
2014	20:48	00:46	17:59	02:04	17 of 22	16:28	-01:47	15:39	02:36
2016	-04:02	-00:03	07:27	-11:26	12	09:37	-01:13	12:55	-02:05
2017	14:33	01:49	15:18	-02:33	15 of 16	10:51	-00:28	13:31	-02:11
2018	11:49	-01:55	20:05	-06:20	8 of 9	11:03	-00:45	14:49	-03:01

Prize Money

Challenge Taiwan has a total prize purse of 30.000 US$, paying 5 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Cameron Brown	NZL	08:18:22	08:35:25	00:52:37	04:28:24	05:26:01	02:52:21	54% +4% -42% (39)	64
2	2	Michael Raelert	GER	08:26:23	08:54:08	00:48:45	04:30:19	05:24:03	03:02:20	31% +0% -69% (4)	(134)
3	3	Romain Guillaume	FRA	08:28:36	08:43:24	00:49:32	04:23:08	05:17:40	03:10:56	39% +3% -58% (37)	95
4	5	Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan	ESP	08:30:46	08:47:27	00:54:54	04:23:07	05:23:01	03:07:45	24% +14% -62% (6)	106
5	4	Per Van Vlerken	GER	08:32:16	08:43:02	00:50:18	04:28:39	05:23:56	03:08:20	56% +4% -40% (28)	93
6	6	Shen-Yen Hsieh	TWN	08:55:00	09:19:56	00:50:47	04:40:45	05:36:32	03:18:28	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(208)
7	7	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:58:56	09:18:25	00:57:28	04:42:38	05:45:06	03:13:50	72% +1% -27% (100)	(207)
8	8	Tomas Racek	CZE	11:05:11	11:46:38	01:03:24	05:26:41	06:35:05	04:30:06	19% +20% -61% (4)	(274)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 1% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	9	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:15:19	09:24:10	01:04:36	05:00:54	06:10:30	03:04:49	88% +2% -10% (26)	26
2	10	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:31:00	09:48:11	00:56:44	04:56:28	05:58:13	03:32:47	28% +4% -69% (14)	63
3	11	Julia Grant	NZL	09:44:35	10:11:55	01:00:53	05:13:18	06:19:11	03:25:24	64% +23% -13% (10)	98
4	12	Shannon Chapman	AUS	10:32:55	11:02:25	01:08:07	05:26:50	06:39:57	03:52:58	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(135)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Cameron Brown: 45% (1-1)
• Romain Guillaume: 18% (4-1)
• Per Van Vlerken: 18% (5-1)
• Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan: 13% (7-1)
• Petr Vabrousek: 4% (24-1)

Female Race Participants

• Lisa Roberts: 81% (1-1)
• Julia Grant: 10% (9-1)
• Carolin Lehrieder: 7% (14-1)