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Fastest Times & Best Performances 2018 – Part 1: Swim

This is the first part of a series of posts looking back at 2018 long-distance racing. It lists the best swims using two different measures:

  • Time: This is the actual time an athlete took to complete the leg.
  • Performance: Because of course conditions, comparing the actual time is not always meaningful. As part of my analysis I calculate a “Normalized Time” that as much as possible takes out the impact of the course into the time.

TOP 10 Swim Times of 2018

Rank Name Actual Time Race
1 Jesper Svensson 00:43:47 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
2 Marcus Vinicius Fernandes 00:43:50 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
3 Luiz Francisco Paiva Ferreira 00:43:51 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
4 Ivan Rana 00:43:59 IM Cozumel on 2018-11-18
5 Lukasz Wojt 00:44:31 IM Austria on 2018-07-01
6 Igor Amorelli 00:44:45 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
7 Lukasz Wojt 00:45:29 IM Italy on 2018-09-22
8 Guillem Rojas 00:45:34 IM Barcelona on 2018-10-07
9 Mark Bowstead 00:45:47 IM Australia on 2018-05-06
10 Dylan McNeice 00:45:53 IM New Zealand on 2018-03-03

TOP 10 Swim Times of 2018

Rank Name Actual Time Race
1 Lucy Charles 00:46:48 Challenge Roth on 2018-07-01
2 Haley Chura 00:47:29 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
3 Lucy Charles 00:47:32 IM South Africa on 2018-04-15
4 Lucy Charles 00:48:14 IM Hawaii on 2018-10-13
Lauren Brandon (00:48:19) IM Texas on 2018-04-28
5 Lauren Brandon 00:48:39 IM Cairns on 2018-06-10
6 Kelsey Withrow 00:48:41 IM Cozumel on 2018-11-18
7 Kelsey Withrow 00:48:42 IM Australia on 2018-05-06
8 Teresa Adam 00:49:32 IM New Zealand on 2018-03-03
9 Teresa Adam 00:50:41 IM Cairns on 2018-06-10
10 Lauren Brandon 00:50:41 IM Mont Tremblant on 2018-08-19

TOP 10 Swim Performances of 2018

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Josh Amberger 00:45:19 00:46:53 IM Germany on 2018-07-08
2 Lukasz Wojt 00:45:25 00:44:31 IM Austria on 2018-07-01
3 Guillem Rojas 00:46:04 00:45:34 IM Barcelona on 2018-10-07
4 Lukasz Wojt 00:46:05 00:45:29 IM Italy on 2018-09-22
5 Marko Albert 00:46:09 00:46:12 IM Tallinn on 2018-08-04
6 Carlos Lopez Diaz 00:46:12 00:46:10 Challenge Madrid on 2018-09-23
7 Pablo Dapena Gonzalez 00:46:15 00:46:13 Challenge Madrid on 2018-09-23
8 Josh Amberger 00:46:32 00:46:24 IM South Africa on 2018-04-15
9 Jesper Svensson 00:46:36 00:43:47 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
10 Marcus Vinicius Fernandes 00:46:40 00:43:50 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27

TOP 10 Swim Performances of 2018

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
Lauren Brandon (00:47:26) (00:48:19) IM Texas on 2018-04-28
1 Lucy Charles 00:47:34 00:48:14 IM Hawaii on 2018-10-13
2 Lucy Charles 00:47:40 00:47:32 IM South Africa on 2018-04-15
3 Lucy Charles 00:48:24 00:46:48 Challenge Roth on 2018-07-01
4 Lauren Brandon 00:48:47 00:50:41 IM Mont Tremblant on 2018-08-19
5 Lauren Brandon 00:48:59 00:48:39 IM Cairns on 2018-06-10
6 Haley Chura 00:49:01 00:52:05 IM Netherlands on 2018-08-05
7 Haley Chura 00:50:33 00:47:29 IM Brasil on 2018-05-27
8 Teresa Adam 00:50:40 00:49:32 IM New Zealand on 2018-03-03
9 Teresa Adam 00:51:02 00:50:41 IM Cairns on 2018-06-10
10 Teresa Adam 00:51:17 00:52:00 IM Hawaii on 2018-10-13

Related posts:

  1. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2019 – Part 3: Run
  2. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2019 – Part 2: Bike
  3. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2019 – Part 1: Swim
  4. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2018 – Part 4: Overall
  5. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2018 – Part 3: Run
  6. Fastest Times & Best Performances 2018 – Part 2: Bike
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