Updates:
- April 26th: There were a few athletes missing at the Pro Meeting. Some have confirmed previous withdrawals (these athletes are crossed out), some might still check in later (these have a question mark next to their names).
If all of the athletes that signed in are going to start the race (and only those), it would mean that there are 26 male and 14 female Pros. This would result in 4 male and 2 female Kona slots. (For the slot assignment to change, at least six male Pros would have to not start – quite unlikely.) - April 22th: A few more withdrawals on the latest start list (Clemente Alonso and Reece Barclay).
- April 13th: Both Jan van Berkel (focuses on IM Switzerland in July) and Kristy Jahn (currently focused on running) won’t be racing in Texas.
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2011 | Eneko Llanos (ESP) | 08:08:20 | Catriona Morrison (GBR) | 08:57:51 |
| 2012 | Jordan Rapp (USA) | 08:10:44 | Mary Beth Ellis (USA) | 08:54:58 |
| 2013 | Paul Amey (GBR) | 08:25:06 | Rachel Joyce (GBR) | 08:49:14 |
| 2014 | Bevan Docherty (NZL) | 08:09:37 | Kelly Williamson (USA) | 08:54:42 |
| 2015 | Matt Hanson (USA) | 08:07:03 | Angela Naeth (CAN) | 08:55:19 |
| 2016 | Patrick Lange (GER) | 07:13:13 | Julia Gajer (GER) | 08:11:01 |
| 2017 | Matt Hanson (USA) | 07:52:44 | Jodie Robertson (USA) | 08:56:32 |
| 2018 | Matt Hanson (USA) | 07:39:25 | Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) | 08:31:05 |
Last Race Results
You can find the full results from last year’s race here and a longer discussion of the validity of the performances here.
Male Top 3
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Matt Hanson | USA | 00:52:31 | 04:07:27 | 02:34:39 | 07:39:25 |
| 2 | Ivan Tutukin | RUS | 00:49:30 | 04:10:21 | 02:35:19 | 07:39:57 |
| 3 | Will Clarke | GBR | 00:49:49 | 04:09:58 | 02:40:43 | 07:45:22 |
Female Top 3
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Melissa Hauschildt | AUS | 00:59:07 | 04:29:55 | 02:57:07 | 08:31:05 |
| 2 | Jodie Robertson | USA | 01:00:42 | 04:27:30 | 03:08:52 | 08:43:16 |
| 3 | Lesley Smith | USA | 00:57:50 | 04:39:56 | 02:58:47 | 08:43:51 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 07:52:44 | Matt Hanson | 2017-04-22 |
| Swim | overall | 00:46:20 | John Flanagan | 2011-05-21 |
| Bike | overall | 04:01:14 | Andrew Starykowicz | 2017-04-22 |
| Run | overall | 02:41:38 | Matt Hanson | 2014-05-17 |
| Total | female | 08:49:14 | Rachel Joyce | 2013-05-18 |
| Swim | female | 00:48:52 | Lauren Brandon | 2017-04-22 |
| Bike | female | 04:40:39 | Corinne Abraham | 2015-05-16 |
| Run | female | 02:51:46 | Caitlin Snow | 2012-05-19 |
As noted above, I don’t consider last year’s results eligible for course records. Otherwise Matt Hanson would “improve” on his overall and run records (to 7:39:25 and 2:34:39) and Andrew Starykowicz on his bike record (to 3:54:59). We’d also have new course records on the female side: Lauren Brandon would still have the swim record (but with a 48:19), the bike record would go to Jen Annett (4:25:10) and the overall course record would be by Mel Hauschildt (8:31:05).
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Texas is 15:30.
Race Adjustments for IM Texas
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Finishers | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2011 | 11:41 | -02:25 | 17:43 | -03:37 | 41 | 11:41 | -02:25 | 17:43 | -03:37 |
| 2012 | 14:01 | -01:15 | 13:04 | 02:13 | 27 | 12:51 | -01:50 | 15:24 | -00:42 |
| 2013 | 07:02 | -02:12 | 11:26 | -02:12 | 30 of 46 | 10:55 | -01:58 | 14:05 | -01:12 |
| 2014 | 17:00 | 00:27 | 14:38 | 01:55 | 44 of 55 | 12:26 | -01:21 | 14:13 | -00:25 |
| 2015 | 09:29 | -01:44 | 17:12 | -05:58 | 33 of 52 | 11:50 | -01:26 | 14:49 | -01:32 |
| 2017 | 18:46 | -01:34 | 17:56 | 02:25 | 42 of 56 | 13:00 | -01:27 | 15:20 | -00:53 |
| (2018) | 30:35 | -01:51 | 31:35 | 00:51 | 54 of 62 | 15:30 | -01:31 | 17:39 | -00:38 |
Estimated Time Plan
The following table shows the time plan for the race start and the estimated times for the first athlete in the transition zones or across the finish line. The estimates are based on the start time and my time estimates, these times can change based on how fast or slow the race ends up:
| What | Est. Racetime | Est. Local Time |
| Male Pro Start | 06:25 | |
| Female Pro Start (tentative) |
06:30 | |
| Age Group Start | 06:40 | |
| First Male in T1 | 00:48:56 | 07:13 |
| First Female in T1 | 00:54:43 | 07:24 |
| First Male in T2 | 04:57:43 | 11:22 |
| First Female in T2 | 05:29:34 | 11:59 |
| Male Winner | 07:57:30 | 2:22pm |
| Female Winner | 08:28:42 | 2:58pm |
The Woodlands is on Central Daylight Time, 5 hours ahead of UTC. Here are the conversions to a few other time zones:
- + 15 hours: Melbourne (AEST), race starts 9:25pm
- +6 hours: United Kingdom (BST), race starts at 12:25pm
- +7 hours: Central Europe (CEST), race starts at 1:25pm
- +1 hour: US East Coast (EDT), race starts at 7:25am
- -2 hours: US West Coast (PDT), race starts at 4:25am
The race will be available on Ironman NOW through Facebook Watch.
Kona slots and Prize Money
IM Texas has 2m+2f +2u Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$, paying 10 deep. With the current number of Pros (37 males and 17 females), it’s most likely that both “floating slots” will get assigned to the male Pros, but that will be decided based on the number of Pros starting the race.
Male Race Participants
The strength of the field is 56% of a typical Kona field.
| # | Bib | Name | Nat | Expected | Rating | ESwim | EBike | ET2 | ERun | Consistency | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Patrik Nilsson | SWE | 07:57:30 | 08:20:04 | 00:48:56 | 04:16:10 | 05:10:06 | 02:47:24 | 36% +15% -49% (12) | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | Matt Hanson (KQ) | USA | 07:58:11 | 08:28:12 | 00:52:41 | 04:18:17 | 05:15:58 | 02:42:13 | 19% +25% -56% (14) | 40 |
| 3 | 3 | Will Clarke | GBR | 08:02:20 | 08:32:21 | 00:49:43 | 04:21:35 | 05:16:18 | 02:46:02 | 20% +32% -48% (8) | 59 |
| 4 | 8 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 08:03:11 | 08:25:45 | 00:53:17 | 04:14:50 | 05:13:07 | 02:50:04 | 63% +8% -29% (23) | 32 |
| 5 | 7 | Michael Weiss (KQ) | AUT | 08:04:39 | 08:23:08 | 00:55:43 | 04:09:46 | 05:10:29 | 02:54:10 | 91% +2% -7% (25) | 25 |
| 7 | 40 | Andrew Starykowicz (KQ) | USA | 08:07:36 | 08:30:08 | 00:49:54 | 04:02:50 | 04:57:43 | 03:09:53 | 10% +51% -38% (12) | 50 |
| 9 | 4 | Matthew Russell | USA | 08:10:10 | 08:29:32 | 00:55:22 | 04:15:43 | 05:16:06 | 02:54:04 | 43% +29% -28% (48) | 48 |
| 10 | 11 | David Plese | SLO | 08:11:58 | 08:26:56 | 00:54:10 | 04:18:13 | 05:17:23 | 02:54:35 | 88% +4% -8% (28) | 34 |
| 11 | 6 | Kyle Buckingham | ZAF | 08:14:16 | 08:27:33 | 00:50:49 | 04:20:46 | 05:16:36 | 02:57:40 | 66% +6% -28% (18) | 38 |
| 12 | 31 | Philipp Koutny ? | SUI | 08:17:22 | 08:35:30 | 00:51:44 | 04:21:41 | 05:18:24 | 02:58:58 | 41% +25% -34% (12) | 65 |
| 13 | 19 | Gergo Badar | HUN | 08:18:37 | 08:46:18 | 00:53:42 | 04:31:42 | 05:30:24 | 02:48:13 | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (102) |
| 14 | 28 | Nicholas Granet | FRA | 08:19:27 | 08:58:59 | 00:49:57 | 04:26:47 | 05:21:45 | 02:57:42 | 24% +76% -0% (2) | (148) |
| 15 | 17 | Jonathan Shearon ? | USA | 08:24:09 | 08:45:57 | 00:55:43 | 04:22:04 | 05:22:46 | 03:01:23 | 68% +14% -19% (23) | 101 |
| 16 | 18 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA | 08:26:30 | 08:54:13 | 00:53:45 | 04:30:16 | 05:29:01 | 02:57:29 | 24% +13% -63% (30) | 134 |
| 17 | 16 | Pedro Gomes ? | POR | 08:28:51 | 08:55:50 | 00:53:37 | 04:32:31 | 05:31:08 | 02:57:43 | 45% +0% -55% (34) | 140 |
| 18 | 38 | Alexander Schilling | GER | 08:29:08 | 08:47:47 | 00:49:38 | 04:29:17 | 05:23:55 | 03:05:13 | 100% +0% -0% (3) | (108) |
| 19 | 39 | Raul Tejada | GTM | 08:32:06 | 08:56:45 | 00:54:18 | 04:33:38 | 05:32:57 | 02:59:09 | 100% +0% -0% (2) | (143) |
| 21 | 29 | David Hanko | HUN | 08:33:21 | 09:02:21 | 00:50:19 | 04:34:40 | 05:29:59 | 03:03:22 | 47% +53% -0% (2) | (160) |
| 22 | 25 | Clay Emge | USA | 08:33:50 | 09:17:00 | 00:56:08 | 04:35:41 | 05:36:49 | 02:57:01 | 31% +0% -69% (3) | (203) |
| 23 | 23 | Gregory Close ? | USA | 08:34:01 | 09:13:31 | 00:58:52 | 04:28:04 | 05:31:55 | 03:02:06 | 12% +22% -66% (13) | (192) |
| 24 | 35 | Sebastian Najmowicz | POL | 08:34:44 | 08:57:46 | 00:50:19 | 04:32:09 | 05:27:28 | 03:07:16 | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (146) |
| 25 | 30 | Allan Hovda | NOR | 08:44:14 | 09:11:55 | 00:59:39 | 04:32:38 | 05:37:17 | 03:06:57 | 69% +31% -0% (7) | 185 |
| 26 | 21 | Blake Becker | USA | 08:45:13 | 09:11:59 | 00:58:46 | 04:34:19 | 05:38:05 | 03:07:08 | 1% +61% -38% (23) | 187 |
| 27 | 32 | Colin Laughery | USA | 08:47:47 | 09:21:47 | 00:56:39 | 04:34:14 | 05:35:53 | 03:11:54 | 59% +22% -19% (10) | (216) |
| 29 | 15 | Balazs Csoke | HUN | 08:49:44 | 09:11:20 | 00:49:30 | 04:42:49 | 05:37:19 | 03:12:25 | 56% +5% -39% (32) | 184 |
| 30 | 36 | Ohad Sinai | ISR | 09:32:01 | 10:00:19 | 01:03:02 | 04:50:37 | 05:58:39 | 03:33:22 | 49% +51% -0% (3) | 258 |
| 14 | Mauricio Mendez Cruz | MEX | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 22 | Alexander Berggren ? | SWE | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 24 | Pete Dyson ? | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (1 IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 26 | Martin Fredriksson ? | SWE | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 27 | Pablo Gomez | COL | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 33 | Yorlliry Moreno | VEN | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 37 | Sam Proctor | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Female Race Participants
The strength of the field is 19% of a typical Kona field.
| # | Bib | Name | Nat | Expected | Rating | ESwim | EBike | ET2 | ERun | Consistency | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | Daniela Ryf (AQ) | SUI | 08:28:42 | 08:35:25 | 00:54:43 | 04:29:51 | 05:29:34 | 02:59:08 | 76% +18% -6% (14) | 1 |
| 2 | 46 | Jocelyn McCauley (KQ) | USA | 08:58:45 | 09:21:47 | 00:55:16 | 04:47:38 | 05:47:53 | 03:10:52 | 23% +39% -38% (12) | 21 |
| 3 | 49 | Lesley Smith | USA | 09:01:40 | 09:22:28 | 00:57:54 | 04:55:37 | 05:58:31 | 03:03:09 | 62% +0% -38% (3) | 23 |
| 5 | 48 | Kimberley Morrison | GBR | 09:07:49 | 09:31:28 | 00:56:04 | 04:39:39 | 05:40:43 | 03:27:06 | 100% +0% -0% (2) | 43 |
| 6 | 54 | Dimity-Lee Duke | AUS | 09:20:30 | 09:36:29 | 01:01:22 | 04:54:40 | 06:01:02 | 03:19:28 | 74% +6% -20% (17) | 47 |
| 7 | 47 | Jennie Hansen | USA | 09:25:17 | 09:46:16 | 01:05:28 | 04:59:59 | 06:10:27 | 03:14:50 | 77% +0% -23% (14) | 60 |
| 8 | 53 | Natasha Van der Merwe | USA | 09:35:16 | 10:05:47 | 01:04:59 | 04:59:49 | 06:09:49 | 03:25:27 | 38% +49% -13% (13) | 91 |
| 9 | 58 | Jessica Jones | USA | 09:39:11 | 10:04:36 | 00:58:22 | 05:06:12 | 06:09:34 | 03:29:37 | 100% +0% -0% (2) | (89) |
| 10 | 60 | Ashley Paulson ? | USA | 09:43:37 | 10:08:31 | 01:14:54 | 05:12:04 | 06:31:58 | 03:11:39 | 82% +11% -8% (10) | 94 |
| 11 | 61 | Caroline St-Pierre | CAN | 09:49:43 | 10:10:21 | 00:59:12 | 05:20:07 | 06:24:19 | 03:25:24 | 88% +0% -12% (6) | 98 |
| 12 | 56 | Anne Basso | FRA | 09:52:25 | 10:21:04 | 00:59:12 | 05:11:53 | 06:16:05 | 03:36:20 | 36% +3% -61% (21) | 114 |
| 13 | 55 | Palmira Alvarez | MEX | 09:59:37 | 10:24:16 | 01:10:40 | 05:07:12 | 06:22:52 | 03:36:45 | 89% +11% -0% (7) | 117 |
| 50 | Jeanni Seymour | ZAF | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 57 | Hilary Fenton | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 59 | Sarah Karpinski | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
- Matt Hanson: 40% (1-1)
- Patrik Nilsson: 11% (8-1)
- Joe Skipper: 11% (8-1)
- Michael Weiss: 8% (11-1)
- Jan van Berkel: 8% (11-1)
- Andrew Starykowicz: 7% (13-1)
- Will Clarke: 7% (14-1)
- Matthew Russell: 6% (15-1)
Female Race Participants
- Daniela Ryf: 81% (1-1)
- Jocelyn McCauley: 8% (12-1)
- Lesley Smith: 5% (20-1)
- Kirsty Jahn: 4% (26-1)
- Kimberley Morrison: 2% (39-1)