Ironman New Zealand 2025 (March 1st) – Seedings

Updates:

• Braden Currie announced that he won’t be racing IM NZ this year.
• Ironman have updated their startlist, Cam Wurf is no longer listed. 
• Pieter Heemeryck was taken out by a car on his training ride and has broken his collarbone.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
1999	Timothy DeBoom (USA)	08:32:41	Melissa Spooner (CAN)	09:20:14
2000	Thomas Hellriegel (GER)	08:22:46	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:28:14
2001	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:24:28	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:36:17
2002	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:32:54	Karyn Ballance (NZL)	09:27:33
2003	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:22:05	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:17:56
2004	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:30:30	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:22:24
2005	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:20:15	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:30:14
2006	Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST)	03:31:05	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	04:10:32
2007	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:26:33	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:20:02
2008	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:24:49	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:16:00
2009	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:18:05	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:18:26
2010	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:21:52	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:14:35
2011	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:31:07	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	09:28:24
2012	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	03:55:03	Meredith Kessler (USA)	04:22:46
2013	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	08:15:35	Meredith Kessler (USA)	09:17:10
2014	Marko Albert (EST)	08:17:33	Meredith Kessler (USA)	09:08:46
2015	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:22:13	Meredith Kessler (USA)	09:05:45
2016	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:07:58	Meredith Kessler (USA)	08:56:08
2017	Braden Currie (NZL)	08:20:58	Jocelyn McCauley (USA)	09:09:47
2018	Terenzo Bozzone (NZL)	07:59:56	Laura Siddall (GBR)	09:00:44
2019	Mike Phillips (NZL)	08:05:08	Jocelyn McCauley (USA)	08:53:10
2020	Joe Skipper (GBR)	07:54:17	Teresa Adam (NZL)	08:40:29
2021	Braden Currie (NZL)	07:57:12	Hannah Berry (NZL)	09:01:49
2023	Mike Phillips (NZL)	07:56:04	Els Visser (NED)	09:05:43
2024	Steven McKenna (AUS)	08:01:13	Chelsea Sodaro (USA)	08:40:07

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Steven McKenna	AUS	00:52:09	04:20:40	02:43:31	08:01:13
2	Niek Heldoorn	NED	00:52:09	04:20:41	02:46:02	08:03:46
3	Ben Hamilton	NZL	00:54:26	04:21:34	02:47:00	08:08:13

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Chelsea Sodaro	USA	00:55:55	04:48:54	02:49:59	08:40:07
2	Els Visser	NED	01:01:11	04:47:46	03:03:29	08:57:34
3	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	00:55:51	04:46:04	03:11:10	08:58:23

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:54:17	Joe Skipper	2020-03-07
Swim	overall	00:44:26	Dylan McNeice	2015-03-07
Bike	overall	04:12:07	Andrew Starykowicz	2019-03-02
Run	overall	02:40:04	Mike Phillips	2019-03-02
Total	female	08:40:07	Chelsea Sodaro	2024-03-02
Swim	female	00:46:30	Monica Byrn	2005-05-03
Bike	female	04:36:11	Teresa Adam	2020-03-07
Run	female	02:49:59	Chelsea Sodaro	2024-03-02

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM New Zealand is 07:46.

Race Adjustments for IM New Zealand

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	31:31	-01:28	-06:29	39:28	38	31:31	-01:28	-06:29	39:28
2007	13:54	02:18	05:44	05:53	24	13:54	02:18	05:44	05:53
2008	11:35	02:17	05:10	04:09	36	12:45	02:17	05:27	05:01
2009	10:19	00:45	06:19	03:15	38	11:56	01:47	05:44	04:26
2010	09:23	01:42	03:24	04:18	22	11:18	01:45	05:09	04:24
2011	-04:07	00:18	-01:15	-03:11	24	08:13	01:28	03:52	02:53
2013	00:00	00:45	01:05	-01:50	24	06:51	01:21	03:24	02:06
2014	05:40	01:30	01:16	02:55	31 of 41	06:41	01:22	03:06	02:13
2015	05:53	01:05	01:24	03:24	22 of 27	06:35	01:20	02:53	02:22
2016	06:05	01:26	04:25	00:15	37 of 49	06:31	01:21	03:03	02:08
2017	-04:07	-03:00	-01:21	00:13	27 of 40	05:27	00:55	02:37	01:56
2018	09:43	00:34	06:59	02:12	28 of 34	05:51	00:53	03:00	01:58
2019	04:16	-00:08	00:12	04:12	25 of 28	05:43	00:48	02:46	02:09
2020	08:51	-00:12	08:11	00:53	27 of 30	05:57	00:43	03:11	02:03
2021	11:05	00:41	08:31	01:53	11	06:19	00:43	03:34	02:02
2023	06:16	-00:26	05:47	00:55	20 of 21	06:19	00:38	03:43	01:58
2024	05:46	-03:58	06:51	02:53	25 of 28	07:46	00:15	03:20	04:11

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM New Zealand has 4m+4f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	10	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	07:57:07	08:18:11	00:47:16	04:23:44	05:16:00	02:41:07	8% +19% -73% (14)
2	6	Joe Skipper	GBR	07:58:09	08:10:47	00:51:10	04:19:42	05:15:51	02:42:18	57% +0% -42% (43)
3	4	Braden Currie	NZL	07:59:13	08:07:27	00:46:39	04:25:08	05:16:47	02:42:26	67% +1% -32% (23)
4	2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	07:59:50	08:06:03	00:50:40	04:16:09	05:11:50	02:48:00	84% +10% -6% (37)
5	1	Mike Phillips	NZL	08:01:52	08:10:07	00:49:18	04:20:41	05:15:00	02:46:52	77% +10% -13% (19)
6	5	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	08:03:15	08:18:13	00:49:07	04:22:45	05:16:52	02:46:23	37% +39% -24% (16)
7	25	Mikel Ugarte Ramos	ESP	08:06:20	08:21:12	00:49:31	04:25:58	05:20:29	02:45:51	51% +49% -0% (5)
8	9	Jack Moody	NZL	08:07:25	08:23:34	00:50:35	04:30:43	05:26:17	02:41:08	28% +51% -21% (4)
9	8	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	08:08:50	08:16:33	00:49:26	04:29:41	05:24:07	02:44:43	65% +9% -26% (40)
10	7	Benjamin Hill	AUS	08:09:27	08:23:03	00:52:49	04:22:33	05:20:22	02:49:05	80% +20% -0% (4)
11	3	Ben Hamilton	NZL	08:11:39	08:30:42	00:50:38	04:26:59	05:22:37	02:49:02	-0% +67% -33% (3)
12	22	Lukas Stahl	GER	08:13:32	08:29:00	00:53:10	04:28:09	05:26:18	02:47:14	24% +0% -76% (4)
13	26	Pim Van Diemen	NED	08:14:39	08:25:57	00:50:27	04:24:51	05:20:18	02:54:21	79% +0% -21% (5)
14	21	Colin Szuch	USA	08:16:48	08:32:52	00:52:43	04:29:38	05:27:22	02:49:26	86% +0% -14% (4)
15	19	Louis Richard	FRA	08:26:32	08:46:52	01:04:28	04:34:40	05:44:08	02:42:24	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	17	Matt Kerr	NZL	08:28:11	08:48:18	00:50:56	04:36:44	05:32:40	02:55:31	68% +0% -32% (4)
17	18	Kevin Portmann	FRA	08:31:32	08:43:44	00:56:00	04:36:14	05:37:15	02:54:17	24% +24% -52% (8)
18	16	Scott Harpham	NZL	08:34:20	09:17:34	00:56:48	04:33:36	05:35:24	02:58:56	20% +30% -51% (4)
19	15	Liam Duval	AUS	08:42:19	08:54:39	00:58:47	04:38:50	05:42:36	02:59:43	100% +0% -0% (4)
20	20	John Thelwell	GBR	08:49:19	09:11:09	00:55:25	04:39:22	05:39:47	03:09:32	69% +0% -31% (3)
21	14	Nathan Dortmann	FRA	08:54:59	09:06:54	00:55:13	04:50:27	05:50:39	03:04:20	45% +0% -55% (5)
22	24	Mike Tong	NZL	08:59:31	09:23:44	00:55:39	04:49:38	05:50:16	03:09:15	30% +28% -42% (6)
23	23	Kyle Tremayne	AUS	09:01:24	09:23:09	00:55:26	05:01:21	06:01:46	02:59:38	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24	11	Brett Clifford	NZL	09:03:19	09:22:03	00:58:02	05:00:58	06:04:00	02:59:19	100% +0% -0% (2)
25	12	Jason Christie	NZL	09:12:40	09:33:17	01:05:11	04:37:32	05:47:43	03:24:57	39% +61% -0% (4)
	13	Rhys Corbishley	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Benjamin Zorgnotti	FPO	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 6% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	12	Alanis Siffert	SUI	08:53:07	09:14:32	00:52:06	04:58:52	05:55:57	02:57:10	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
2	2	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	08:54:12	09:09:43	00:52:17	04:48:26	05:45:43	03:08:29	50% +12% -37% (27)
3	1	Fenella Langridge	GBR	08:57:12	09:05:43	00:50:25	04:52:55	05:48:21	03:08:51	80% +5% -14% (11)
4	3	Regan Hollioake (KQ)	AUS	08:59:22	09:12:58	00:51:59	04:56:16	05:53:14	03:06:08	100% +0% -0% (5)
5	6	Nina Derron	SUI	09:21:56	09:38:35	00:55:28	05:06:56	06:07:24	03:14:32	64% +17% -19% (12)
6	5	Kate Gillespie-Jones	AUS	09:25:32	09:34:44	01:00:52	05:01:23	06:07:15	03:18:17	100% +0% -0% (5)
7	4	Danyella Eberle	AUS	09:40:04	09:51:37	01:04:13	05:12:41	06:21:54	03:18:10	100% +0% -0% (3)
8	10	Christine Massey	USA	09:50:19	10:14:02	01:01:53	05:22:23	06:29:16	03:21:03	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
9	7	Sarah Karpinski	USA	10:22:16	10:42:11	01:08:59	05:43:20	06:57:20	03:24:56	68% +6% -27% (15)
	8	Gabrielle Lumkes	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	9	Fiona Gallagher	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	11	Skye Wallace	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Pieter Heemeryck: 19% (4-1)
• Mike Phillips: 18% (4-1)
• Joe Skipper: 17% (5-1)
• Braden Currie: 17% (5-1)
• Jack Moody: 16% (5-1)
• Cameron Wurf: 7% (13-1)
• Tim Van Berkel: 2% (42-1)
• Arnaud Guilloux: 2% (48-1)

Female Race Participants

• Jocelyn McCauley: 42% (1-1)
• Regan Hollioake: 25% (3-1)
• Fenella Langridge: 20% (4-1)
• Alanis Siffert: 11% (8-1)