This is a preliminary analysis that will be updated once I have the full results and splits.
Course Conditions
IM Lake Placid is a pretty slow course and this year it was probably even harder. An adjustment of -20:33 is the slowest we have ever seen on this course. This was mainly due to an extremely slow run, the run adjustment of -10:09 is reflected by the fastest run that was only 2:56:30 by Joe Gambles. The performance of the day was Matt Russell’s 4:27:27 bike split: It was more than ten minutes quicker than any other finisher’s bike split and broke one of the longest standing course records, Steve Larson’s 4:33 from 2001.
Kona Qualifying
IM Lake Placid 2019 has two Kona slots, these go to
- Joe Gambles
and - Mark Duelsen.
(Winner Matt Russell already secured his Kona slot at IM Frankfurt.)
Official slot allocation (and a rolldown in case one of those two declines his slot) will be on Monday.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Matthew Russell | USA | 00:56:42 | 04:27:27 | 02:58:56 | 08:27:57 | -17:29 | US$ 15,000 |
| 2 | Joe Gambles | AUS | 00:53:10 | 04:38:19 | 02:56:30 | 08:33:26 | -10:50 | US$ 7,500 |
| 3 | Marc Duelsen | GER | 00:56:41 | 04:35:56 | 02:59:21 | 08:37:01 | -11:59 | US$ 5,000 |
| 4 | Brent McMahon | CAN | 00:49:58 | 04:41:10 | 03:02:48 | 08:38:14 | 03:09 | US$ 3,250 |
| 5 | James Capparell | USA | 00:49:52 | 04:46:50 | 02:58:54 | 08:41:04 | -37:01 | US$ 2,750 |
| 6 | Tim Rea | AUS | 00:53:02 | 04:36:14 | 03:07:32 | 08:42:18 | n/a | US$ 2,000 |
| 7 | Tripp Hipple | USA | 00:53:55 | 04:38:33 | 03:05:50 | 08:44:08 | -23:04 | US$ 1,500 |
| 8 | Pedro Gomes | POR | 00:56:30 | 04:54:58 | 02:57:38 | 08:54:19 | -14:27 | US$ 1,250 |
| 9 | Jesse Vondracek | USA | 00:53:07 | 04:48:19 | 03:20:05 | 09:06:53 | -12:00 | US$ 1,000 |
| 10 | Brad Williams | USA | 00:57:28 | 04:55:30 | 03:15:00 | 09:14:02 | -42:31 | US$ 750 |
| 11 | Balazs Csoke | HUN | 00:49:53 | 05:13:23 | 03:20:43 | 09:29:44 | -03:03 | |
| 12 | Jimmy Sosinski | USA | 01:12:02 | 05:00:32 | 03:16:06 | 09:34:09 | n/a | |
| 13 | Colin Laughery | USA | 00:58:52 | 05:10:32 | 03:17:57 | 09:35:20 | 05:56 | |
| 14 | Todd Burns | USA | 00:57:26 | 05:14:30 | 03:32:00 | 09:52:29 | n/a | |
| 15 | Douglas MacLean | USA | 01:02:36 | 05:24:04 | 03:22:09 | 10:01:01 | 21:33 | |
| 16 | Lewis Elliot | USA | 00:57:23 | 05:03:26 | 03:58:06 | 10:05:47 | 17:11 | |
| 17 | Steve Rosinski | USA | 01:01:34 | 05:09:58 | 03:56:50 | 10:16:58 | 16:34 | |
| 18 | Andrew Talansky | USA | 00:56:41 | 04:41:10 | 04:36:18 | 10:20:20 | 1:04:29 | |
| 19 | Jake Saunders | USA | 01:01:34 | 05:03:42 | 04:32:04 | 10:45:42 | n/a | |
| 20 | Sacha Cavelier | CAN | 01:02:27 | 05:23:40 | 04:18:13 | 10:55:55 | 16:47 | |
| 21 | Max Biessmann | USA | 00:53:02 | 05:14:10 | 04:43:38 | 10:56:44 | 35:00 | |
| 22 | Yann Rocheteau | FRA | 01:03:26 | 05:18:21 | 04:58:23 | 11:27:00 | 1:33:00 | |
| Sam Long | USA | 00:57:18 | 04:32:03 | DNF | ||||
| Igor Amorelli | BRA | 00:49:56 | 04:39:31 | DNF | ||||
| Derek Kidwell | USA | 00:53:14 | 05:01:11 | DNF | ||||
| Gregory Close | USA | 01:01:00 | 04:55:55 | DNF | ||||
| Scott Bradley | USA | 01:04:05 | 04:53:34 | DNF | ||||
| Thiago Vinhal | BRA | 00:53:06 | 07:08:43 | DNF | ||||
| Adam Feigh | USA | 00:59:34 | 10:36:38 | DNF | ||||
| Michael Hoffman | USA | 00:52:48 | DNF |