Update Nov 19th: Shortly after the start list was released, there were a few cancellations. So far Doug MacLean, Rachel Joyce, Melanie McQuaid and Molly Roohi confirmed that they won’t be racing. Since the original release on Tuesday, Ironman has updated the start list, also removing Ivan Rana.
Update Nov 26th: According to the latest version of the start list there are some more DNS: Amanda Stevens, Carrie Lester, and Tami Ritchie on the female side, and Gilbert Arangure, Scott Defilippis, Thomas Gerlach, Luis Alejandro Lombana Pena, Jonathan Rodriguez Barney, and Juan Carlos Zuniga on the male side.
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2009 | Rutger Beke (BEL) | 08:18:40 | Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) | 09:06:58 |
| 2010 | Andy Potts (USA) | 08:15:57 | Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) | 09:07:08 |
| 2011 | Michael Lovato (USA) | 08:23:52 | Simone Braendli (SUI) | 09:14:08 |
| 2012 | Ivan Rana (ESP) | 08:15:07 | Mary Beth Ellis (USA) | 09:15:38 |
| 2013 | Michael Weiss (AUT) | 07:55:23 | Rachel Joyce (GBR) | 08:52:28 |
| 2014 | Michael Weiss (AUT) | 08:12:16 | Nicola Spirig (SWI) | 09:14:07 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Michael Weiss | AUT | 00:50:28 | 04:22:20 | 02:55:22 | 08:12:16 |
| 2 | Matt Chrabot | USA | 00:44:27 | 04:44:28 | 02:57:02 | 08:29:50 |
| 3 | Clemente Alonso McKernan | ESP | 00:44:25 | 04:44:43 | 02:56:41 | 08:30:17 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Nicola Spirig | SWI | 00:47:12 | 05:15:03 | 03:06:19 | 09:14:07 |
| 2 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 00:49:08 | 05:11:02 | 03:13:08 | 09:17:30 |
| 3 | Kelly Williamson | USA | 00:49:24 | 05:33:53 | 02:57:02 | 09:24:41 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 08:12:16 | Michael Weiss | 2014-11-30 |
| Swim | overall | 00:41:48 | John Kenny | 2009-11-29 |
| Bike | overall | 04:19:17 | Michael Lovato | 2011-11-27 |
| Run | overall | 02:44:05 | Ivan Rana | 2012-11-25 |
| Total | female | 09:06:58 | Yvonne Van Vlerken | 2009-11-29 |
| Swim | female | 00:46:39 | Bree Wee | 2009-11-29 |
| Bike | female | 04:45:20 | Simone Braendli | 2011-11-27 |
| Run | female | 02:57:02 | Kelly Williamson | 2014-11-30 |
The 2013 race had a shortened swim, therefore the times are not eligible for course records.
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Cozumel is 06:12.
Race Adjustments for IM Cozumel
Based on the wind, conditions in Cozumel can change quite a lot, impacting both the swim (such as 2012) and the bike (such as 2014).
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Athletes | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2009 | 09:23 | 06:57 | 01:41 | -00:40 | 27 | 09:23 | 06:57 | 01:41 | -00:40 |
| 2010 | 07:36 | 00:56 | 13:27 | -04:56 | 30 | 08:29 | 03:56 | 07:34 | -02:48 |
| 2011 | 11:05 | 01:42 | 12:44 | 02:13 | 40 | 09:21 | 03:12 | 09:17 | -01:08 |
| 2012 | 05:27 | -04:03 | 07:10 | -00:20 | 55 | 08:23 | 01:23 | 08:46 | -00:56 |
| 2014 | -02:31 | 03:18 | -01:24 | -00:06 | 31 | 06:12 | 01:46 | 06:44 | -00:46 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Cozumel is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$, paying 10 deep.
Male Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Weiss | AUT | 08:16:07 | 08:32:04 | 00:52:22 | 04:20:56 | 02:57:49 | 25 |
| 3 | 7 | Tyler Butterfield | BMU | 08:19:59 | 08:27:45 | 00:47:10 | 04:29:23 | 02:58:26 | 14 |
| 4 | 35 | Patrik Nilsson | SWE | 08:20:53 | 08:33:03 | 00:47:36 | 04:31:44 | 02:56:33 | 27 |
| 5 | 19 | Alessandro Degasperi | ITA | 08:27:35 | 08:33:55 | 00:50:33 | 04:40:05 | 02:51:57 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | Matt Hanson | USA | 08:28:21 | 08:47:41 | 00:52:32 | 04:42:11 | 02:48:38 | 73 |
| 7 | 41 | Stefan Schmid | GER | 08:30:23 | 08:40:43 | 00:51:33 | 04:34:45 | 02:59:05 | 51 |
| 8 | 8 | Justin Daerr | USA | 08:35:59 | 08:45:00 | 00:51:06 | 04:39:55 | 02:59:58 | 65 |
| 9 | 9 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA | 08:36:00 | 08:54:20 | 00:51:38 | 04:41:08 | 02:58:14 | 104 |
| 10 | 5 | Trevor Wurtele | CAN | 08:37:05 | 08:46:48 | 00:52:01 | 04:37:03 | 03:03:02 | 71 |
| 11 | 11 | Barrett Brandon | USA | 08:39:31 | 08:56:14 | 00:47:14 | 04:47:22 | 02:59:55 | (115) |
| 12 | 42 | Jonathan Shearon | USA | 08:40:31 | 08:54:20 | 00:51:51 | 04:37:18 | 03:06:22 | 104 |
| 13 | 6 | Matthew Russell | USA | 08:42:07 | 08:55:37 | 00:56:00 | 04:39:14 | 03:01:53 | 112 |
| 14 | 3 | Chris McDonald | AUS | 08:42:10 | 08:51:01 | 00:51:56 | 04:39:30 | 03:05:44 | 85 |
| 16 | 43 | Raul Tejada | GTM | 08:50:25 | 09:10:05 | 00:51:45 | 04:45:50 | 03:07:49 | (176) |
| 17 | 33 | Matic Modic | SLO | 08:50:33 | 09:04:30 | 00:53:31 | 04:44:45 | 03:07:17 | 147 |
| 19 | 30 | Andrey Lyatskiy | RUS | 08:52:12 | 09:00:53 | 00:47:08 | 04:47:58 | 03:12:06 | 128 |
| 20 | 38 | Vincent Riess | AUT | 08:58:01 | 09:18:37 | 00:53:20 | 04:59:50 | 02:59:51 | (217) |
| 21 | 25 | Nicolas Hemet | FRA | 09:01:10 | 09:14:40 | 00:54:37 | 04:45:09 | 03:16:24 | 196 |
| 22 | 16 | Matthew Curbeau | USA | 09:03:12 | 09:15:46 | 00:54:12 | 04:45:33 | 03:18:27 | 202 |
| 23 | 39 | Ivan Risti | ITA | 09:05:00 | 09:11:42 | 00:47:45 | 04:56:19 | 03:15:55 | 184 |
| 24 | 14 | Greg Close | USA | 09:08:09 | 09:16:50 | 00:56:05 | 04:56:56 | 03:10:08 | 206 |
| 25 | 32 | Felipe De Oliveira Manente | BRA | 09:09:59 | 09:27:26 | 00:51:41 | 04:59:55 | 03:13:24 | 243 |
| 26 | 22 | Raul Furtado | BRA | 09:10:03 | 09:30:16 | 00:52:00 | 04:44:14 | 03:28:49 | 257 |
| 28 | 28 | Frederic Limousin | FRA | 09:19:37 | 09:37:30 | 00:52:56 | 04:57:40 | 03:24:01 | (292) |
| 29 | 24 | Oliver Gonzalez | MEX | 09:34:58 | 09:52:20 | 00:49:56 | 05:24:59 | 03:15:04 | (341) |
| 30 | 47 | Gilian Oriet | SUI | 09:40:23 | 09:59:22 | 00:56:05 | 05:04:05 | 03:35:12 | (364) |
| 31 | 27 | Peter Kotland | CZE | 09:43:19 | 09:57:08 | 00:57:17 | 05:02:42 | 03:38:20 | 357 |
| 32 | 36 | Sergio Quezada | MEX | 09:49:16 | 10:17:37 | 00:49:33 | 05:07:09 | 03:47:34 | (420) |
| 33 | 45 | Richard Wygand | BRA | 10:09:27 | 10:34:23 | 01:04:01 | 05:16:08 | 03:44:18 | (465) |
| 34 | 17 | Rod De Kanel | FRA | 10:22:44 | 10:42:38 | 00:51:16 | 05:10:37 | 04:15:51 | (474) |
| 35 | 15 | Luca Cozza | ITA | 10:40:49 | 11:01:17 | 00:57:56 | 05:15:36 | 04:22:16 | (482) |
| 12 | Vinicius Canhedo | BRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 13 | Eduardo Chong | MEX | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 20 | Matteo Fontana | ITA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 21 | Jorge Luis Fuentes | MEX | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 26 | Tyler Jordan | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 34 | Jeremy Morel | FRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 37 | Jason Reinhardt | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 44 | Jorge Vazquez | MEX | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
Female Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Exp. Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 2 | 55 | Leanda Cave | GBR | 09:12:56 | 09:27:39 | 00:49:32 | 05:03:13 | 03:15:11 | 22 |
| 3 | 60 | Camilla Pedersen | DEN | 09:15:51 | 09:17:58 | 00:50:00 | 05:00:14 | 03:20:38 | 11 |
| 4 | 59 | Corinne Abraham | GBR | 09:17:47 | 09:23:43 | 00:57:53 | 05:03:05 | 03:11:49 | 17 |
| 7 | 57 | Heather Wurtele | CAN | 09:26:46 | 09:35:57 | 00:53:30 | 05:06:37 | 03:21:39 | 38 |
| 8 | 66 | Danielle Mack | USA | 09:27:51 | 09:45:27 | 01:00:52 | 05:06:21 | 03:15:38 | 51 |
| 9 | 64 | Celine Schaerer | SUI | 09:28:44 | 09:36:20 | 00:47:40 | 05:10:04 | 03:25:59 | 39 |
| 11 | 67 | Dede Griesbauer | USA | 09:37:00 | 09:50:53 | 00:51:07 | 05:07:41 | 03:33:13 | 68 |
| 12 | 65 | Emma Kate Lidbury | GBR | 09:38:33 | 09:57:02 | 00:52:44 | 05:14:11 | 03:26:37 | (82) |
| 13 | 86 | Karen Thibodeau | CAN | 09:43:46 | 09:53:09 | 00:52:31 | 05:21:32 | 03:24:44 | 73 |
| 14 | 78 | Carolin Lehrieder | GER | 09:49:29 | 10:03:08 | 00:55:07 | 05:27:00 | 03:22:22 | 91 |
| 15 | 81 | Karina Ottosen | DEN | 09:51:22 | 10:10:20 | 00:56:54 | 05:18:35 | 03:30:53 | 108 |
| 16 | 74 | Monique Grossrieder | SUI | 09:54:12 | 10:07:48 | 01:02:42 | 05:21:39 | 03:24:51 | (104) |
| 17 | 70 | Brooke Brown | CAN | 09:54:26 | 10:13:01 | 01:02:19 | 05:18:06 | 03:29:02 | (116) |
| 18 | 73 | Katharina Grohmann | GER | 09:55:32 | 10:06:21 | 01:08:48 | 05:19:40 | 03:22:03 | 99 |
| 19 | 69 | Anne Basso | FRA | 09:57:01 | 10:15:51 | 00:57:06 | 05:23:22 | 03:31:33 | 122 |
| 20 | 84 | Maggie Rusch | USA | 10:05:15 | 10:18:49 | 00:59:52 | 05:22:24 | 03:37:58 | 130 |
| 23 | 72 | Caroline Gregory | USA | 10:08:49 | 10:29:11 | 00:54:09 | 05:38:07 | 03:31:34 | 161 |
| 24 | 76 | Marina Jurjevic | AUS | 10:08:49 | 10:40:54 | 01:02:43 | 05:08:16 | 03:52:49 | (173) |
| 25 | 71 | Kate Bruck | USA | 10:13:22 | 10:23:49 | 01:02:01 | 05:36:42 | 03:29:40 | 145 |
| 26 | 75 | Helena Herrero Gomez | ESP | 10:16:48 | 10:24:55 | 00:59:12 | 05:47:58 | 03:24:39 | 151 |
| 27 | 85 | Erin Spitler | USA | 10:28:44 | 10:33:50 | 01:03:57 | 05:21:40 | 03:58:07 | 168 |
| 28 | 68 | Christine Avelar | USA | 10:35:32 | 10:55:50 | 00:53:26 | 05:32:58 | 04:04:09 | (179) |
| 29 | 80 | Carla Moreno | BRA | 10:53:22 | 11:21:00 | 00:54:27 | 06:07:48 | 03:46:07 | (183) |
| 30 | 79 | Maria Lopez | USA | 11:27:08 | 11:49:05 | 01:08:58 | 05:44:04 | 04:29:06 | (183) |
| 77 | Jennifer Kryzanowski | CAN | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 87 | Amanda Wendorff | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
Cozumel doesn’t have a clear male favorite: Michael Weiss, Ivan Rana and Tyler Butterfield are very close in their abilities, but Ivan and Tyler have raced in Kona and may not be in the best position for a great race. (After placing 12th in Kona a third place in Cozumel should already take care of qualifying for Ivan, and Tyler only needs a validation race after his 5th place for a 2016 slot.) Patrik Nilsson declined his Kona slot to race (and win!) his home Ironman race in Sweden, he has had great results in fall 2014 with winning IM Malaysia and placing second in Western Australia. If Matt Hanson recovers in time from his Kona injuries when he crashed early in the bike, he will look to deliver a similar performance to his Texas win from earlier in the year. At least five strong contenders – next to impossible to predict who will end up on top even without taking other Ironman winners such as Alessandro Degasperi, Justin Daerr, Trevor Wurtele, Matt Russell or Chris McDonald into account.
- Michael Weiss: 23% (3-1)
- Ivan Rana: 22% (4-1)
- Tyler Butterfield: 21% (4-1)
- Patrik Nilsson: 15% (6-1)
- Matt Hanson: 8% (11-1)
- Stefan Schmid: 6% (16-1)
- Justin Daerr: 2% (40-1)
Female Race Participants
There is a clear statistical front-runner in the women’s race: Rachel Joyce is looking to validate her Kona slot after her great second place in Kona. But (Rachel Joyce has announced she won’t be racing, obviously that significantly changes the odds of the other athletes.) I would put Kona 2012 Champion Leanda Cave on a similar level to Rachel, especially considering that Leanda will be very motivated after her crash in Kona (and subsequent DNF) – and the last time they raced each other over the long distance at IM Texas earlier this year, Leanda finished ahead of Rachel. Carrie Lester has been in great shape this year (2nd in Roth, winning at IM Chattanooga), and a podium result in Cozumel would put her in a great position for Kona qualifying. Corinne Abraham (had to decline her Kona slot with an injury) and Camilla Pedersen (8th in Kona) are two more strong racers. Amanda Stevens has just raced IM Arizona, I don’t expect her to start in Cozumel as well. There are a number of other athletes to watch in the race: Heather Wurtele (can she finally break through with a good IM marathon?), Danielle Mack (winner of IM Boulder and IM Canada), Celine Schaerer (currently the best IM swimmer, looking for a good IM race after changing coaches), Dede Griesbauer (wants to have another shot at racing well in Kona) – a long list of athletes that will be competing for the ten money slots.
Rachel Joyce: 54% (1-1)- Leanda Cave:
19% (4-1)40% (2-1) Carrie Lester: 9% (10-1) 19% (4-1)- Corinne Abraham:
7% (13-1)13% (7-1) Amanda Stevens: 5% (20-1) 11% (8-1)- Camilla Pedersen:
3% (32-1)11% (8-1)