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Ironman Australia 2018 (May 5th) – Seedings

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  • May 2nd: Els Visser posted on Instagram that she won’t be racing but plans to race Challenge Heilbronn (May 19th).

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:25:44 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:13:20
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:20:42 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:19:44
2007 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:21:49 Rebekah Keat (AUS) 09:12:59
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:31:32 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:03:54
2009 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:24:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:57:10
2010 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:23:54 Carrie Lester (AUS) 09:23:46
2011 Pete Jacobs (AUS) 08:29:28 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 09:29:54
2012 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:17:38 Michelle Gailey (AUS) 09:34:57
2013 Luke Bell (AUS) 08:30:23 Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 09:34:55
2014 Elliot Holtham (CAN) 08:35:18 Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 09:28:43
2015 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:35:53 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:38:24
2016 Tim Reed (AUS) 08:16:34 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:13:34
2017 David Dellow (AUS) 08:15:36 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:16:39
2018 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:14:37 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:05:58

Last Race’s TOP 3

You can find the full results and analysis from last year’s race here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 00:45:57 04:30:55 02:54:12 08:14:37
2 Luke McKenzie AUS 00:46:46 04:33:55 02:53:13 08:18:10
3 Mark Bowstead NZL 00:45:47 04:29:08 03:07:18 08:26:25

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Laura Siddall GBR 00:55:48 04:56:12 03:10:21 09:05:58
2 Melanie Burke NZL 01:00:14 05:10:45 03:14:33 09:29:49
3 Kelsey Withrow USA 00:48:42 05:27:09 03:23:11 09:44:59

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:14:37 Marino Vanhoenacker 2018-05-06
Swim overall 00:43:47 Josh Amberger 2016-05-01
Swim overall 00:43:47 Clayton Fettell 2016-05-01
Bike overall 04:27:51 Dougal Allan 2016-05-01
Run overall 02:47:20 Tim Van Berkel 2012-04-29
Total female 08:57:10 Chrissie Wellington 2009-04-05
Swim female 00:48:42 Kelsey Withrow 2018-05-06
Swim female 00:48:42 Melissa Ashton 2006-05-11
Bike female 04:56:12 Laura Siddall 2018-05-06
Run female 03:01:06 Lisa Bentley 2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 07:03.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08 30 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08
2007 06:51 02:46 00:22 03:44 36 06:33 03:02 -00:24 03:56
2008 03:29 00:50 00:59 01:40 24 05:32 02:18 00:04 03:11
2009 05:55 01:02 01:24 03:30 28 05:37 01:59 00:24 03:15
2010 11:09 05:45 06:08 -00:45 18 06:44 02:44 01:33 02:27
2011 06:25 02:35 00:29 03:21 14 06:41 02:43 01:22 02:36
2012 10:08 03:03 01:27 05:38 9 07:10 02:46 01:23 03:02
2013 12:57 02:29 02:23 08:05 9 07:54 02:44 01:30 03:40
2014 12:29 04:13 -01:46 10:03 15 of 17 08:24 02:53 01:09 04:23
2015 -00:46 03:26 -01:44 -02:29 18 of 24 07:29 02:57 00:51 03:42
2016 -00:50 01:34 -01:02 -01:23 23 of 29 06:44 02:49 00:41 03:14
2017 08:36 01:07 03:52 03:37 14 of 15 06:53 02:41 00:57 03:16
2018 08:58 03:05 04:37 01:16 17 of 21 07:03 02:43 01:13 03:07

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Australia has 1m+1f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 24% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 4 Tim Van Berkel AUS 08:13:44 08:26:28 00:46:01 04:35:48 05:26:49 02:46:55 89% +6% -5% (26) 33
2 2 Cameron Wurf (KQ) AUS 08:15:47 08:23:08 00:48:21 04:20:45 05:14:06 03:01:41 79% +16% -5% (17) 25
3 1 Tim Reed AUS 08:19:14 08:28:20 00:46:22 04:34:06 05:25:27 02:53:47 81% +8% -11% (10) 42
4 5 Denis Chevrot FRA 08:25:20 08:31:59 00:45:25 04:40:56 05:31:21 02:53:59 79% +2% -19% (17) 57
5 6 Clayton Fettell AUS 08:27:32 08:47:30 00:43:21 04:31:44 05:20:04 03:07:28 47% +7% -46% (13) (107)
6 3 Mark Bowstead NZL 08:29:20 08:41:17 00:46:13 04:35:51 05:27:03 03:02:17 74% +0% -26% (8) 86
7 7 Luke Bell AUS 08:34:12 08:43:11 00:45:35 04:41:08 05:31:43 03:02:29 41% +7% -52% (34) (94)
8 8 Simon Cochrane NZL 08:39:09 08:48:23 00:47:06 04:47:52 05:39:58 02:59:11 72% +16% -12% (25) 110
9 10 Clint Kimmins AUS 08:51:49 09:09:26 00:50:34 04:49:00 05:44:34 03:07:15 100% +0% -0% (2) (179)
10 12 Lucas Amirault FRA 08:55:10 09:07:43 00:51:04 04:54:07 05:50:11 03:04:59 100% +0% -0% (3) 174
11 9 Sacha Cavelier CAN 09:55:31 10:22:27 00:58:11 05:14:51 06:18:02 03:37:29 27% +46% -27% (5) 266
11 Matt Franklin NZL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
14 James Davy AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
15 Justin Wendemuth AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 9% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 21 Caroline Steffen (KQ) SUI 08:58:33 09:06:33 00:49:59 04:57:45 05:52:44 03:05:49 95% +5% -0% (21) 6
2 20 Laura Siddall GBR 09:08:05 09:16:15 00:55:11 05:00:41 06:00:51 03:07:14 84% +14% -2% (19) 14
3 22 Melanie Burke NZL 09:31:19 09:40:11 01:02:27 05:09:39 06:17:07 03:14:12 81% +16% -2% (16) 53
4 24 Els Visser NED 09:36:34 09:49:39 00:54:48 05:06:26 06:06:13 03:30:21 76% +24% -0% (4) 68
5 23 Kelsey Withrow USA 09:50:12 10:11:29 00:49:39 05:30:55 06:25:33 03:24:39 100% +0% -0% (2) (97)
6 25 Jessica Mitchell AUS 09:55:45 10:12:07 01:00:21 05:25:43 06:31:04 03:24:41 69% +15% -15% (9) 100
7 26 Karen Toulmin NZL 10:36:44 11:01:24 01:02:54 05:59:02 07:06:56 03:29:48 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (135)
27 Krystle Hockley AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Tim Van Berkel: 53% (1-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 26% (3-1)
  • Tim Reed: 12% (8-1)
  • Denis Chevrot: 6% (14-1)
  • Clayton Fettell: 2% (45-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Caroline Steffen: 84% (1-1)
  • Laura Siddall: 14% (6-1)
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