I’ve had a lot of fun following the Kona race through Twitter and updating my “Live Predictions” at kona.trirating.com. (It’s still up with the final results, so you can sort and analyze the results.) Rather than recount the exciting races (other sites will do a much better job than I can), I’ve decided to offer some additional insight by quickly doing my usual race analysis, noting where athletes went quicker (green) or slower (red) than expected by their previous results. For some fun, I’ve done a twitter roundup of the women’s race and the men’s race.
Race Conditions
The conditions in Kona were relatively fast. Kona has a course rating of -4:51, with the adjustments floating between -2 and -12 minutes. This year, the adjustment was 00:36, more than 10 minutes quicker as last year and even a bit faster than in 2011 when the it took course records to win both the men’s and women’s races.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL | 00:51:02 | 04:25:35 | 02:51:18 | 08:12:29 | -12:10 |
| 2 | Luke McKenzie | AUS | 00:51:17 | 04:22:25 | 02:57:20 | 08:15:19 | -25:48 |
| 3 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 00:54:13 | 04:22:33 | 02:58:35 | 08:19:24 | -03:06 |
| 4 | James Cunnama | ZAF | 00:51:13 | 04:34:21 | 02:52:37 | 08:21:46 | -12:50 |
| 5 | Timothy O’Donnell | USA | 00:51:04 | 04:35:37 | 02:51:07 | 08:22:25 | -10:40 |
| 6 | Ivan Rana | ESP | 00:51:06 | 04:40:34 | 02:47:54 | 08:23:43 | -09:48 |
| 7 | Tyler Butterfield | BMU | 00:51:24 | 04:30:10 | 02:58:22 | 08:24:09 | -06:09 |
| 8 | Bart Aernouts | BEL | 00:57:26 | 04:39:46 | 02:44:03 | 08:25:38 | 03:51 |
| 9 | Timo Bracht | GER | 00:51:21 | 04:34:46 | 02:56:07 | 08:26:32 | 05:25 |
| 10 | Faris Al-Sultan | GER | 00:51:19 | 04:29:56 | 03:05:46 | 08:31:13 | 07:43 |
| 11 | Eneko Llanos | ESP | 00:51:28 | 04:34:44 | 03:01:49 | 08:32:04 | 13:42 |
| 12 | Cyril Viennot | FRA | 00:54:13 | 04:38:15 | 02:56:47 | 08:33:12 | -03:10 |
| 13 | Igor Amorelli | BRA | 00:51:02 | 04:35:16 | 03:04:11 | 08:34:59 | -05:46 |
| 14 | Christian Ritter | GER | 00:51:08 | 04:44:33 | 02:55:39 | 08:35:23 | -07:47 |
| 15 | Ben Hoffman | USA | 00:51:12 | 04:40:29 | 03:00:28 | 08:36:25 | 01:15 |
| 16 | Marko Albert | EST | 00:51:02 | 04:43:40 | 02:58:43 | 08:37:44 | -01:10 |
| 17 | Paul Amey | GBR | 00:54:10 | 04:45:43 | 02:55:17 | 08:39:20 | -04:19 |
| 18 | Matthew Russell | USA | 01:04:12 | 04:38:25 | 02:52:58 | 08:39:59 | -14:08 |
| 19 | Andrew Starykowicz | USA | 00:51:07 | 04:21:50 | 03:25:34 | 08:43:00 | 18:58 |
| 20 | TJ Tollakson | USA | 00:53:41 | 04:38:00 | 03:07:24 | 08:43:56 | 05:24 |
| 21 | Craig Alexander | AUS | 00:51:14 | 04:40:35 | 03:07:49 | 08:43:59 | 28:20 |
| 22 | Brandon Marsh | USA | 00:50:51 | 04:40:54 | 03:08:31 | 08:45:11 | -06:12 |
| 23 | Jimmy Johnsen | DEN | 00:53:04 | 04:53:29 | 02:56:55 | 08:47:45 | 06:23 |
| 24 | Daniel Halksworth | GBR | 00:51:06 | 04:48:34 | 03:05:27 | 08:49:33 | 03:02 |
| 25 | Per Bittner | GER | 00:54:12 | 04:50:08 | 03:05:08 | 08:53:38 | 14:22 |
| 26 | Stefan Schmid | GER | 00:57:31 | 04:50:16 | 03:01:17 | 08:53:56 | 08:33 |
| 27 | David Plese | SVN | 00:57:50 | 04:56:34 | 03:01:49 | 09:00:59 | 23:10 |
| 28 | Chris Legh | AUS | 01:00:02 | 04:49:51 | 03:07:43 | 09:01:42 | -16:49 |
| 29 | Dominik Berger | AUT | 00:51:33 | 04:53:41 | 03:11:59 | 09:01:50 | 02:01 |
| 30 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 01:04:08 | 04:47:55 | 03:03:18 | 09:01:52 | -00:04 |
| 31 | Luke Bell | AUS | 00:51:17 | 04:40:23 | 03:30:40 | 09:06:39 | 21:44 |
| 32 | Pete Jacobs | AUS | 00:50:56 | 04:40:53 | 03:30:40 | 09:06:39 | 24:15 |
| 33 | Balazs Csoke | HUN | 00:51:13 | 04:58:43 | 03:19:39 | 09:14:20 | 15:18 |
| 34 | Horst Reichel | GER | 00:53:43 | 04:45:49 | 03:30:01 | 09:14:30 | 22:03 |
| 35 | Axel Zeebroek | BEL | 00:51:11 | 04:47:30 | 03:31:31 | 09:15:16 | 29:02 |
| 36 | Ben Cotter | CAN | 01:00:20 | 04:48:59 | 03:22:12 | 09:15:45 | 05:06 |
| 37 | Ian Mikelson | USA | 00:54:10 | 05:03:44 | 03:16:57 | 09:19:13 | 24:41 |
| 38 | Petr Vabrousek | CZE | 01:03:56 | 04:53:20 | 03:18:28 | 09:22:39 | 26:19 |
| 39 | Thomas Gerlach | USA | 01:00:02 | 04:49:53 | 03:33:26 | 09:28:02 | 33:44 |
| 40 | Bert Jammaer | BEL | 00:51:15 | 04:40:26 | 04:04:48 | 09:40:39 | 54:17 |
| 41 | Maxim Kriat | UKR | 00:53:43 | 04:50:53 | 04:57:38 | 10:47:31 | 14:02 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | 00:58:50 | 04:58:20 | 02:50:38 | 08:52:14 | -18:27 |
| 2 | Rachel Joyce | GBR | 00:54:09 | 04:55:25 | 03:03:37 | 08:57:28 | -17:54 |
| 3 | Liz Blatchford | GBR | 00:54:07 | 04:57:40 | 03:03:23 | 09:03:35 | -17:16 |
| 4 | Yvonne Van Vlerken | NED | 01:01:57 | 04:54:38 | 03:03:25 | 09:04:34 | -08:33 |
| 5 | Caroline Steffen | SUI | 00:54:10 | 04:57:50 | 03:11:55 | 09:09:09 | -02:49 |
| 6 | Caitlin Snow | USA | 00:58:47 | 05:08:05 | 02:58:53 | 09:10:12 | -23:11 |
| 7 | Meredith Kessler | USA | 00:54:06 | 04:55:13 | 03:16:35 | 09:10:19 | -17:49 |
| 8 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 00:54:12 | 04:55:53 | 03:16:31 | 09:11:13 | -18:58 |
| 9 | Gina Crawford | NZL | 00:54:14 | 05:04:17 | 03:11:18 | 09:14:47 | -10:37 |
| 10 | Linsey Corbin | USA | 00:59:11 | 05:07:50 | 03:04:54 | 09:17:22 | -05:40 |
| 11 | Amanda Stevens | USA | 00:54:06 | 05:00:32 | 03:18:48 | 09:17:57 | -22:25 |
| 12 | Leanda Cave | GBR | 00:54:04 | 04:58:54 | 03:27:38 | 09:25:07 | -00:18 |
| 13 | Jessie Donavan | USA | 01:12:46 | 04:59:38 | 03:08:03 | 09:25:16 | -08:21 |
| 14 | Natascha Badmann | SUI | 01:06:41 | 04:59:54 | 03:16:29 | 09:27:57 | 01:48 |
| 15 | Kristin Moeller | GER | 01:13:05 | 05:09:54 | 03:04:18 | 09:31:41 | -03:15 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 01:01:55 | 05:14:02 | 03:12:36 | 09:32:54 | -02:47 |
| 17 | Amy Marsh | USA | 00:54:15 | 05:02:11 | 03:34:16 | 09:35:29 | 03:05 |
| 18 | Rebecca Hoschke | AUS | 01:06:45 | 05:08:37 | 03:15:21 | 09:35:52 | -07:53 |
| 19 | Sofie Goos | BEL | 00:58:56 | 05:12:06 | 03:20:59 | 09:36:38 | -01:52 |
| 20 | Jennie Hansen | USA | 01:06:36 | 05:08:53 | 03:16:52 | 09:37:29 | 02:46 |
| 21 | Britta Martin | NZL | 01:06:11 | 05:09:50 | 03:19:03 | 09:39:46 | 03:01 |
| 22 | Kim Schwabenbauer | USA | 01:06:02 | 05:15:28 | 03:17:44 | 09:45:08 | 10:28 |
| 23 | Ashley Clifford | USA | 00:59:05 | 05:18:48 | 03:26:48 | 09:49:49 | 10:41 |
| 24 | Haley Chura | USA | 00:53:55 | 05:29:44 | 03:26:42 | 09:55:00 | 17:19 |
| 25 | Mirjam Weerd | NED | 00:58:54 | 05:18:33 | 03:35:15 | 10:00:17 | 23:36 |
| 26 | Anna Ross | NZL | 01:06:12 | 05:16:53 | 03:32:12 | 10:00:28 | 16:02 |
| 27 | Eva Nystroem | SWE | 01:13:08 | 05:12:07 | 03:31:45 | 10:02:20 | 28:01 |
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