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Ironman UK 2018 – Analyzing Results

IMUK LogoCourse Conditions 

This year’s bike course was shortened by about 27km (or 17 miles) because wildfires made parts of the planned course unusable or dangerous. This resulted in bike times about 45 minutes quicker than normal.The swim was four minutes slower (non-wetsuit?) with a “normal” run, resulting in overall times about 40 minutes quicker than in previous years, making expected times hard to reliably calculate, so the “difference to expected” should be considered more of an indication.  

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Joe Skipper GBR 00:56:35 04:08:30 02:45:56 07:55:34 -07:58 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Marc Duelsen GER 00:56:00 04:06:21 02:56:19 08:02:54 -10:02 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Fabian Rahn GER 01:05:30 04:15:17 02:53:17 08:18:23 -03:37 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Henry Irvine GBR 00:58:19 04:08:35 03:08:20 08:19:50 n/a US$ 2,500 960
5 Simon Cochrane NZL 00:53:09 04:27:11 02:56:36 08:21:16 -07:30 US$ 1,500 720
6 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 00:57:06 04:19:23 03:06:23 08:28:03 04:03 US$ 1,000 540
7 Fraser Cartmell GBR 00:55:59 04:18:44 03:17:00 08:36:24 -09:42   405
8 Domenico Passuello ITA 01:01:56 04:22:39 03:16:16 08:46:19 26:16   305
9 Eneko Elosegui ESP 01:05:21 04:31:26 03:19:55 09:02:46 -08:42   230
  Will Clarke GBR 00:53:36 04:28:57   DNF      
  Brian Fogarty GBR 01:25:26 05:33:16   DNF      
  Balazs Csoke HUN 00:50:57     DNF      
  Arnaud Guilloux FRA 00:54:00     DNF      
  Andreas Niedrig GER 00:55:13     DNF      

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Lucy Gossage GBR 01:02:26 04:28:40 03:14:26 08:51:18 -03:43 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Camilla Lindholm Borg SWE 01:29:15 04:38:47 03:10:45 09:24:15 05:53 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Angela Naeth CAN 01:04:53 04:36:01 03:46:33 09:33:48 07:09 US$ 3,000 1280

Kona Qualifying

Here’s the athletes that have improved their Kona slot chances in Bolton:

  • Safe: Joe Skipper (Lucy Gossage was already safe before the race)
  • Close (but probably not enough): Camilla Lindholm, Simon Cochrane

The other athletes that scored well are still too far behind the projected cutoffs to have a realistic chance for a slot without racing again.

Ironman Switzerland 2018 (July 29th) – Seedings

IMSUI_LogoUpdate July 24th: Removed a few athletes who have withdrawn (Andi Böcherer, Ruedi Wild, Andreas Giglmayr, Mitchell Kibby, and Barbara Riveros)

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Christoph Mauch (SUI) 08:21:48 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:10:51
2006 Stefan Riesen (SUI) 08:16:50 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:24:18
2007 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:24:58 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:20:40
2008 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:16:05 Sibylle Matter (SUI) 09:30:12
2009 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:20:00 Sibylle Matter (SUI) 09:14:35
2010 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:12:40 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:00:04
2011 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:19:51 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:03:26
2012 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:17:13 Erika Csomor (HUN) 09:20:16
2013 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:33:39 Anja Beranek (GER) 09:21:31
2014 Boris Stein (GER) 08:33:02 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 09:13:30
2015 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:21:19 Beth McKenzie (USA) 09:21:05
2016 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:17:04 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:51:50
2017 Nick Kastelein (AUS) 08:13:28 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 09:23:02

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Nick Kastelein AUS 00:48:18 04:31:13 02:50:24 08:13:28
2 Ruedi Wild SUI 00:48:43 04:38:52 02:49:21 08:20:37
3 Jan van Berkel SUI 00:48:45 04:36:42 02:58:01 08:26:51

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Celine Schaerer SUI 00:51:45 05:11:00 03:15:36 09:23:02
2 Tine Holst DEN 01:05:52 05:11:05 03:16:50 09:37:44
3 Martina Kunz SUI 01:02:05 05:09:58 03:23:40 09:40:08

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:12:40 Ronnie Schildknecht 2010-07-25
Swim overall 00:45:29 Benjamin Sanson 2005-07-15
Bike overall 04:23:58 Stefan Riesen 2006-07-02
Run overall 02:41:58 Clemente Alonso McKernan 2011-07-10
Total female 08:51:50 Daniela Ryf 2016-07-24
Swim female 00:51:23 Celine Schaerer 2014-07-27
Bike female 04:43:53 Karin Thuerig 2010-07-25
Run female 03:00:27 Kristin Moeller 2014-07-27

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Switzerland is 05:46.

Race Adjustments for IM Switzerland

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 -06:34 01:11 03:25 -09:12 42 -06:34 01:11 03:25 -09:12
2006 13:38 01:59 06:01 02:44 35 03:32 01:35 04:43 -03:14
2007 19:39 -00:21 12:47 01:55 35 08:54 00:56 07:24 -01:31
2008 12:22 00:12 03:08 02:39 30 of 40 09:46 00:45 06:20 -00:29
2009 16:32 -00:11 08:33 04:06 37 11:07 00:34 06:47 00:26
2010 08:54 -00:32 06:45 03:19 30 of 38 10:45 00:23 06:47 00:55
2011 10:56 -01:55 02:05 06:03 20 10:47 00:03 06:06 01:39
2012 08:20 -02:34 03:50 01:39 31 10:28 -00:16 05:49 01:39
2013 -08:16 -04:44 03:28 -06:20 38 08:23 -00:46 05:34 00:46
2014 -02:13 -03:17 06:06 -01:38 28 of 36 07:20 -01:01 05:37 00:32
2015 -03:55 -02:25 01:59 -04:06 24 of 38 06:18 -01:09 05:17 00:06
2016 02:18 -03:20 06:56 -01:03 30 of 46 05:58 -01:20 05:25 00:01
2017 03:15 -00:10 05:34 00:33 22 of 27 05:46 -01:14 05:26 00:03

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Switzerland is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 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 Overall
1 32 Andi Boecherer GER 08:04:17 08:17:30 00:48:14 04:18:58 05:12:12 02:52:05 34% +26% -41% (16) (8)
2 38 Mike Phillips NZL 08:16:42 08:32:25 00:50:31 04:27:18 05:22:50 02:53:52 45% +23% -32% (4) 60
3 1 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 08:17:49 08:27:27 00:53:30 04:29:45 05:28:16 02:49:33 67% +0% -33% (35) 34
4 4 Ruedi Wild SUI 08:18:13 08:23:16 00:49:30 04:34:58 05:29:28 02:48:45 82% +10% -8% (7) 21
5 2 Jan van Berkel SUI 08:21:17 08:27:58 00:49:37 04:32:31 05:27:08 02:54:09 58% +27% -14% (18) 36
6 3 Cameron Wurf AUS 08:22:25 08:27:35 00:51:35 04:17:06 05:13:41 03:08:44 69% +24% -7% (13) 35
7 5 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 08:25:04 08:53:54 00:48:25 04:25:57 05:19:21 03:05:43 10% +0% -90% (3) (133)
8 30 David Plese SLO 08:25:11 08:29:22 00:54:00 04:33:46 05:32:46 02:52:25 84% +5% -11% (26) 44
9 8 Johann Ackermann * GER 08:27:40 08:38:32 00:49:16 04:28:12 05:22:28 03:05:12 80% +0% -20% (11) 83
10 37 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 08:28:04 08:34:58 00:49:22 04:37:01 05:31:23 02:56:41 89% +0% -11% (16) 65
11 28 Miquel Blanchart Tinto * ESP 08:30:39 08:35:19 00:50:27 04:44:34 05:40:01 02:50:38 89% +2% -9% (20) 68
12 7 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 08:33:20 08:48:33 00:53:56 04:36:51 05:35:47 02:57:33 71% +29% -0% (12) 106
13 40 Philipp Koutny SUI 08:34:22 08:46:18 00:51:59 04:34:31 05:31:29 03:02:53 64% +0% -36% (9) 98
14 27 Daniil Sapunov UKR 08:37:13 08:50:03 00:49:24 04:42:10 05:36:34 03:00:39 73% +6% -21% (11) 112
15 10 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:37:31 08:48:56 00:53:27 04:42:20 05:40:46 02:56:45 25% +13% -61% (30) 107
16 36 Sven Riederer SUI 08:46:22 09:10:53 00:50:22 04:33:30 05:28:52 03:17:30 41% +0% -59% (2) (193)
17 31 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 08:46:39 09:01:03 00:52:33 04:35:04 05:32:37 03:14:02 48% +16% -36% (17) 159
18 35 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:47:12 08:54:50 00:53:09 04:42:14 05:40:23 03:06:49 64% +0% -36% (17) 136
19 14 Felipe Santos BRA 08:48:53 09:06:12 00:49:02 04:49:57 05:43:59 03:04:54 38% +62% -0% (2) (175)
20 24 Simon Schwarz GER 08:52:17 09:11:34 00:54:54 04:47:26 05:47:20 03:04:57 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (194)
21 39 Mitchell Kibby AUS 08:56:14 09:15:40 00:49:48 04:56:10 05:50:58 03:05:16 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (203)
22 26 Balazs Csoke HUN 08:56:25 09:05:10 00:49:04 04:53:33 05:47:37 03:08:48 41% +6% -53% (30) 172
23 23 Julian Mutterer GER 08:56:50 09:07:57 00:53:20 04:52:34 05:50:54 03:05:56 47% +0% -53% (4) 181
24 25 Alexander Chikin RUS 08:57:40 09:10:35 00:56:20 04:42:59 05:44:20 03:13:20 100% +0% -0% (2) (191)
25 6 Mike Schifferle SUI 08:59:05 09:19:47 01:01:14 04:45:57 05:52:10 03:06:55 78% +6% -16% (74) 207
26 19 Julian Beuchert GER 08:59:32 09:19:05 00:50:44 04:50:27 05:46:11 03:13:21 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (206)
27 11 Urs Mueller SUI 09:01:11 09:21:38 00:53:59 04:41:31 05:40:30 03:20:41 38% +16% -45% (8) 218
28 33 Bekim Christensen DEN 09:13:41 09:26:06 01:03:06 04:45:43 05:53:49 03:19:52 25% +24% -51% (6) 233
29 18 Marco Iseli SUI 09:15:04 09:29:20 00:56:28 04:55:30 05:56:58 03:18:06 75% +25% -0% (4) (240)
30 41 Oliver Gonzalez Miranda MEX 09:20:54 09:31:01 00:52:19 05:12:45 06:10:04 03:10:50 100% +0% -0% (7) 242
31 17 Freddy Lampret ZAF 09:32:30 10:03:05 00:55:32 04:55:48 05:56:20 03:36:10 31% +6% -64% (15) 278
32 16 Lukas Polan CZE 09:37:44 09:53:51 01:03:08 05:08:45 06:16:53 03:20:51 50% +13% -36% (17) 273
33 13 Cyril Pochon FRA 10:16:08 10:32:08 00:57:13 05:15:35 06:17:49 03:58:19 78% +0% -22% (3) (292)
34 34 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:10:47 11:59:59 01:13:48 05:30:37 06:49:24 04:21:23 35% +20% -45% (47) 302
12 Daniel Besse SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
15 Anthony Cadario FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
20 Romain Garcin FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n/a)
21 Jean-Claude Besse SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
22 Davide Rossetti ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 13% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 70 Kaisa Sali FIN 09:00:32 09:04:32 00:57:49 04:56:07 05:58:56 03:01:36 100% +0% -0% (7) 2
2 52 Annabel Luxford AUS 09:18:41 09:30:55 00:52:38 04:58:51 05:56:29 03:22:12 66% +0% -34% (8) 38
3 64 Lisa Roberts USA 09:21:01 09:25:49 01:04:56 05:09:12 06:19:07 03:01:54 83% +3% -15% (23) 29
4 63 Sara Svensk * SWE 09:21:21 09:33:21 00:59:03 05:02:36 06:06:40 03:14:41 47% +30% -23% (4) 41
5 69 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:26:58 09:42:31 01:01:53 05:13:07 06:20:00 03:06:58 74% +3% -23% (11) 56
6 9 Nikki Bartlett GBR 09:30:38 09:37:37 01:01:33 05:05:20 06:11:53 03:18:45 78% +0% -22% (5) 48
7 65 Melanie Burke NZL 09:33:00 09:41:20 01:04:22 05:07:54 06:17:16 03:15:44 63% +32% -4% (13) 55
8 53 Martina Kunz SUI 09:38:09 09:54:21 01:03:11 05:08:57 06:17:07 03:21:02 70% +0% -30% (4) 81
9 68 Jenny Schulz GER 09:42:51 10:05:17 01:03:25 05:25:47 06:34:12 03:08:39 12% +77% -11% (3) (101)
10 71 Pamela Tastets CHI 09:42:51 09:53:22 00:58:38 05:14:34 06:18:13 03:24:38 100% +0% -0% (4) 78
11 55 Skye Moench USA 09:46:19 10:05:07 00:58:58 05:11:28 06:15:26 03:30:53 21% +48% -32% (3) 100
12 57 Corina Hengartner SUI 09:47:17 10:02:58 01:03:20 05:16:12 06:24:31 03:22:46 51% +24% -26% (8) 95
13 54 Regula Rohrbach SUI 09:50:27 09:59:42 00:59:53 05:05:23 06:10:16 03:40:11 60% +7% -33% (13) 88
14 58 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:56:24 10:21:18 01:11:31 05:19:50 06:36:21 03:20:03 46% +15% -39% (11) 127
15 56 Anne Basso FRA 10:02:48 10:21:00 00:58:43 05:24:49 06:28:32 03:34:16 48% +4% -48% (20) 126
16 61 Carla Van Rooijen NED 10:10:22 10:27:36 01:16:16 05:23:38 06:44:55 03:25:27 63% +9% -27% (9) 136
59 Nina Derron SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
60 Karen Schultheiss SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
62 Irene Coletto ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
66 Federica De Nicola ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
67 Barbara Riveros CHI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Andi Boecherer: 53% (1-1)
  • Ronnie Schildknecht: 11% (8-1)
  • Ruedi Wild: 11% (8-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 8% (11-1)
  • Mike Phillips: 8% (12-1)
  • Jan van Berkel: 7% (13-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Kaisa Sali: 77% (1-1)
  • Lisa Roberts: 9% (10-1)
  • Annabel Luxford: 6% (15-1)
  • Sara Svensk: 3% (30-1)

Kona Qualifying

There is a couple of athletes on the start lists that are already safe for Kona: Cameron Wurf, Ruedi Wild, Kaisa Sali, and Lisa Roberts. At least some of them will still toe the line in Zürich.

A number of other athletes look for points to secure their slot, here is what they’ll need to get above the projected cutoffs:

  • Just finish: Annabel Luxford
  • 7th or better: Melanie Burke
  • 6th or better: Mike Phillips, Jan van Berkel, Philipp Koutny
  • 4th or better: Jeremy Jurkiewicz, Ronnie Schildknecht, Sara Svensk
  • 2nd or better: David Plese, Miguel Blanchard
  • Win: Johann Ackermann, Sven Riederer

The final slot allocation will be getting close with the last few races, with the results above the athletes at least have a chance (even if not a guarantee) for a slot. For more details, check my blog post analyzing July qualifying.

Ironman Canada (Whistler) 2018 (July 29th) – Seedings

IMWhistler_LogoPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2013 Trevor Wurtele (CAN) 08:39:33 Uli Bromme (USA) 09:28:13
2014 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:16:10 Bree Wee (USA) 09:46:58
2015 Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 08:49:46 Danielle Mack (USA) 09:46:19
2016 Andy Potts (USA) 08:20:23
2017 Linsey Corbin (USA) 09:17:12

Last Year’s TOP 3

Here are the links to the results analysis from last year (WPRO-only) and to analysis for the male race in 2016.

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Linsey Corbin USA 00:56:04 05:08:52 03:08:12 09:17:12
2 Jen Annett CAN 00:58:32 05:08:31 03:14:48 09:24:55
3 Rachel McBride CAN 00:51:21 05:06:41 03:25:46 09:27:15

Male Race Results (2016)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Andy Potts USA 00:47:03 04:31:07 02:58:19 08:20:23
2 Pedro Gomes POR 00:49:52 04:40:55 02:53:18 08:27:31
3 Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:49:50 04:41:17 02:55:53 08:30:25

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:16:10 Marino Vanhoenacker 2014-07-27
Swim overall 00:47:03 Andy Potts 2016-07-24
Bike overall 04:31:07 Andy Potts 2016-07-24
Run overall 02:40:34 Jeff Symonds 2014-07-27
Total female 09:17:12 Linsey Corbin 2017-07-30
Swim female 00:51:21 Rachel McBride 2017-07-30
Bike female 05:06:41 Rachel McBride 2017-07-30
Run female 03:06:53 Uli Bromme 2013-08-25

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Canada is – 02:39.

Race Adjustments for IM Canada

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2013 02:06 00:21 00:15 -00:40 24 02:06 00:21 00:15 -00:40
2014 01:11 00:26 -02:26 -02:27 15 of 17 01:39 00:24 -01:06 -01:33
2015 -18:46 00:28 -13:17 -04:09 23 of 33 -05:10 00:25 -05:10 -02:25
2016 02:15 01:27 04:12 04:59 12 of 15 -03:18 00:40 -02:49 -00:34
2017 -00:03 01:27 -00:24 00:06 13 of 17 -02:39 00:50 -02:20 -00:26

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Canada is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 4 Brent McMahon CAN 08:18:13 08:14:27 00:47:20 04:37:31 05:29:51 02:48:22 70% +0% -30% (12) 6
2 1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 08:24:03 08:21:40 00:49:27 04:36:02 05:30:29 02:53:34 73% +5% -22% (30) 19
3 6 Jeff Symonds CAN 08:31:05 08:29:39 00:49:47 04:49:39 05:44:27 02:46:38 61% +0% -39% (11) 45
4 3 Matthew Russell USA 08:32:48 08:28:48 00:53:55 04:38:36 05:37:31 02:55:17 47% +27% -26% (45) 41
5 7 Callum Millward NZL 08:35:21 08:34:36 00:48:39 04:44:01 05:37:39 02:57:42 81% +0% -19% (11) 64
6 8 Paul Matthews AUS 08:35:50 08:30:56 00:47:01 04:42:53 05:34:54 03:00:56 39% +0% -61% (16) 52
7 9 Mark Bowstead NZL 08:39:06 08:39:25 00:48:28 04:42:15 05:35:44 03:03:22 84% +0% -16% (6) 85
8 2 Trevor Wurtele CAN 08:39:17 08:43:00 00:50:51 04:43:02 05:38:52 03:00:25 55% +12% -33% (19) (90)
9 14 Stephen Kilshaw CAN 08:41:27 09:02:05 00:52:26 04:45:04 05:42:30 02:58:57 12% +32% -56% (13) 166
10 5 Pedro Gomes POR 08:42:59 08:45:51 00:51:00 04:49:54 05:45:54 02:57:05 56% +1% -44% (32) 94
11 10 Sam Long USA 08:51:27 08:53:52 00:54:42 04:41:53 05:41:35 03:09:52 83% +0% -17% (6) 132
12 15 Tripp Hipple USA 08:57:39 09:06:35 00:51:59 04:46:48 05:43:47 03:13:52 51% +0% -49% (5) 175
13 16 Nathan Killam CAN 09:02:28 09:17:39 00:53:59 05:02:33 06:01:33 03:00:55 59% +41% -0% (4) (206)
14 20 Christopher Bagg USA 09:03:44 09:40:25 00:53:15 04:54:43 05:52:57 03:10:47 3% +13% -84% (16) (259)
15 19 Adam Feigh USA 09:15:17 09:26:29 00:53:51 04:52:45 05:51:37 03:23:40 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (235)
16 21 Nicholas Chase USA 09:28:49 09:35:06 00:52:04 05:01:28 05:58:33 03:30:16 57% +0% -43% (4) (253)
17 11 Justin Metzler USA 09:31:58 09:43:30 00:48:44 04:57:15 05:51:00 03:40:58 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (265)
18 18 Ivan Dominguez USA 10:16:25 10:28:51 00:54:28 05:17:21 06:16:49 03:59:36 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (291)
12 Kennett Peterson USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n/a)
17 Andrew Talansky USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Marino Vanhoenacker: 46% (1-1)
  • Brent McMahon: 30% (2-1)
  • Matthew Russell: 13% (7-1)
  • Jeff Symonds: 5% (20-1)
  • Callum Millward: 3% (28-1)

Kona Qualifying

Here are the athletes looking for a Kona slot and what they’ll need to secure a July slot:

  • Brent McMahon: already safe
  • Marino Vanhoenacker: 14th (but unclear if he’s going to accept a slot)
  • Callum Millward: 5th or better
  • Mark Bowstead: podium

Ironman Germany 2018 – Analyzing Results

IMFrankfurtLogoCourse Conditions

This year’s IM Germany was very slow (adjustment of 2:21 with a course rating of 14:27), it’s probably because of a bike course that was announced to be around 185k. The bike times are roughly eight minutes slower than the previous bike course rating for Frankfurt, so that seems about right (5k in eight minutes corresponds to an average speed of 37,5 km/h or a bike split of 4:48h).

Even so, we’ve seen a couple of new course records – mainly on the female side. Daniela Ryf made a huge improvement on her own course record from three years ago (8:51:00), mainly with a new bike course record (4:40:55 – beating the old course record set by Natascha Badmann in 2014 by four minutes even with the long course!). We’ve also seen new run course records by Jan Frodeno and Sarah True. Sarah also posted the fastest marathon by an IM rookie.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Jan Frodeno GER 00:48:42 04:28:36 02:39:06 08:00:58 -07:04 US$ 30,000 4000
2 Patrik Nilsson SWE 00:48:46 04:28:45 02:46:02 08:08:15 -00:53 US$ 15,000 3400
3 Patrick Lange GER 00:48:43 04:29:01 02:47:15 08:09:26 09:18 US$ 8,000 2890
4 Nick Kastelein AUS 00:48:43 04:32:44 02:52:33 08:18:45 01:27 US$ 6,500 2455
5 Josh Amberger AUS 00:46:53 04:29:53 03:04:40 08:26:16 -02:14 US$ 5,000 2090
6 Philipp Koutny SUI 00:52:50 04:34:33 02:59:29 08:32:13 -08:06 US$ 3,500 1670
7 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:49:34 04:33:30 03:02:53 08:38:58 -03:06 US$ 2,500 1335
8 Mark Bowstead NZL 00:52:50 04:44:31 02:57:58 08:40:31 11:28 US$ 2,000 1070
9 David Berthou FRA 00:55:35 04:49:31 02:57:37 08:48:13 -34:07 US$ 1,500 855
10 Philipp Mock GER 01:00:48 04:35:52 03:06:04 08:48:42 -15:57 US$ 1,000 685
11 Lucas Amirault FRA 00:55:43 04:49:47 02:59:14 08:51:14 -06:27   515
12 Damien Collins AUS 00:56:18 04:58:03 03:00:19 09:01:03 n/a   385
13 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 00:55:44 04:58:38 03:06:03 09:06:51 13:25   290
14 Christian Brader GER 01:00:30 05:02:26 03:03:59 09:12:15 27:49   215
15 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:13:00 06:18:28 05:03:54 12:45:01 1:05:12   160
  Wouter Monchy BEL 00:52:56 04:56:06   DNF      
  Felix Hentschel GER 00:57:44 04:53:11   DNF      
  Frederic Limousin FRA 00:56:21 05:00:01   DNF      
  Andi Boecherer GER 00:49:33     DNF      
  Urs Mueller SUI 00:55:41     DNF      
  Gregory Close USA 01:01:08     DNF      

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:53:11 04:40:55 02:58:53 08:38:44 -08:37 US$ 30,000 4000
2 Sarah True USA 00:53:09 05:10:56 02:54:58 09:05:19 n/a US$ 15,000 3400
3 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:55:35 05:05:37 03:04:36 09:11:31 -03:18 US$ 8,000 2890
4 Anne Haug GER 00:56:28 05:08:08 03:04:32 09:14:06 n/a US$ 6,500 2455
5 Katja Konschak GER 00:55:28 05:28:31 03:05:52 09:36:11 -05:40 US$ 5,000 2090
6 Rachel McBride CAN 00:55:31 05:13:32 03:26:45 09:42:11 12:44 US$ 3,500 1670
7 Skye Moench USA 00:58:48 05:14:01 03:23:29 09:42:26 -40:52 US$ 2,500 1335
8 Bruna Mahn BRA 01:00:51 05:24:33 03:11:32 09:43:14 -02:56 US$ 2,000 1070
9 Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 00:59:57 05:31:53 03:06:17 09:44:22 01:09 US$ 1,500 855
10 Marta Bernardi ITA 01:00:59 05:26:29 03:22:12 09:55:33 25:14 US$ 1,000 685
  Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 01:03:35 05:27:29   DNF      
  Ewa Bugdol POL 00:55:30 05:36:36   DNF      
  Steph Corker CAN 01:00:56     DNF      

Kona Qualifying

As a Regional Championship, IM Germany is a P-4000 race and a lot of athletes were able to improve their positions for a Kona slot:

  • Daniela Ryf, Jan Frodeno and Patrick Lange validated their AQ slots as Kona winners (and Daniela and Jan also claimed the AQ slots for Frankfurt).
  • Sarah Crowley, Sarah True, Rachel McBride, Patrik Nilsson are now “safe” for a July slot.
    (Josh Amberger was already safe before Frankfurt.)
  • Anne Haug and Nick Kastelein have moved up “into the bubble” – but it’s unlikely their points will be enough for a slot. At this point they are among the final points slots (Anne #26 of 28, Nick in the last men’s slot) but both have a few unvalidated athletes in front of them.
  • Katja Konschak, Marta Bernardi, Bruna Mahn and Saleta Castro are “close” but will need more points. The same applies to Philip Koutny, Ty Butterfield and Mark Bowstead on the male side.

Ironman Lake Placid 2018 (July 22nd) – Seedings

IMLakePlacidPrevious Winners

Ironman Lake Placid is one of the “single-gender” Pro races, this year it will be contested among the female Pros.

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Heather Fuhr (USA) 09:45:06
2006 Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 08:38:18
2007 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:40:20
2008 Francisco Pontano (ARG) 08:43:32 Caitlin Snow (USA) 09:51:00
2009 Maik Twelsiek (GER) 08:36:37 Tereza Macel (CZE) 09:29:36
2010 Ben Hoffman (USA) 08:39:34 Amy Marsh (USA) 09:27:30
2011 TJ Tollakson (USA) 08:25:15 Heather Wurtele (CAN) 09:19:03
2012 Andy Potts (USA) 08:25:07 Jessie Donavan (USA) 09:47:39
2013 Andy Potts (USA) 08:43:29 Jennie Hansen (USA) 09:35:06
2014 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 08:38:43 Amber Ferreira (USA) 09:31:28
2016 Heather Jackson (USA) 09:09:42
2017 Brent McMahon (CAN) 08:13:53

Last Year’s TOP 3

Here are the links to last year’s race results and the 2016 race results when there was a WPRO-only race.

Male Race Results (2017)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Brent McMahon CAN 00:50:12 04:35:25 02:43:39 08:13:53
2 Andy Potts USA 00:50:10 04:36:00 03:05:50 08:37:46
3 Justin Daerr USA 00:55:54 04:50:00 02:54:46 08:45:40

Female Race Results (2016)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Heather Jackson USA 01:00:22 04:57:36 03:07:00 09:09:42
2 Annah Watkinson ZAF 00:59:41 05:21:17 03:18:45 09:45:00
3 Alicia Kaye USA 00:54:25 05:24:38 03:28:39 09:53:31

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:13:53 Brent McMahon 2017-07-23
Swim overall 00:45:01 Andy Potts 2012-07-22
Bike overall 04:33:23 Steve Larsen 2001-07-29
Run overall 02:43:39 Brent McMahon 2017-07-23
Total female 09:09:42 Heather Jackson 2016-07-24
Swim female 00:50:48 Tereza Macel 2009-07-26
Bike female 04:57:36 Heather Jackson 2016-07-24
Run female 02:57:05 Caitlin Snow 2009-07-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Lake Placid is – 02:07.

Race Adjustments for IM Lake Placid

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 -01:26 02:29 -08:54 03:46 21 -01:26 02:29 -08:54 03:46
2006 -07:39 01:06 -10:06 -05:06 29 -04:32 01:47 -09:30 -00:40
2007 -02:27 01:36 -09:51 -00:11 18 -03:51 01:43 -09:37 -00:30
2008 03:44 01:01 -02:36 01:09 38 -01:57 01:33 -07:52 -00:05
2009 -01:29 00:31 -05:59 -01:44 39 -01:51 01:21 -07:29 -00:25
2010 04:37 -02:29 -01:06 01:40 44 -00:47 00:42 -06:26 -00:04
2011 02:23 -02:22 -02:50 01:52 24 -00:20 00:16 -05:55 00:12
2012 -02:11 00:51 -04:56 -00:24 16 -00:34 00:20 -05:47 00:08
2013 -01:18 00:45 -03:27 00:50 32 -00:39 00:23 -05:32 00:13
2014 -06:04 -01:34 -02:55 02:04 24 of 29 -01:11 00:11 -05:16 00:24
2016 -05:25 -01:32 -01:41 -02:56 10 of 12 -01:34 00:02 -04:57 00:06
2017 -08:09 -02:05 -01:46 00:55 18 of 20 -02:07 -00:09 -04:41 00:10

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Lake Placid is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

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

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Heather Jackson USA 09:07:52 09:06:45 00:57:41 05:01:19 06:04:00 03:03:52 77% +16% -7% (8) 5
2 3 Jodie Robertson USA 09:21:18 09:21:08 01:00:20 05:06:33 06:11:52 03:09:26 40% +16% -43% (5) 20
3 2 Sarah Piampiano USA 09:24:45 09:21:18 01:02:18 05:11:12 06:18:31 03:06:14 80% +7% -14% (22) 21
4 7 Jen Annett CAN 09:26:01 09:34:16 01:01:20 05:02:04 06:08:24 03:17:37 47% +47% -6% (8) 43
5 6 Angela Naeth * CAN 09:35:59 09:51:46 00:59:06 05:04:34 06:08:40 03:27:19 9% +16% -75% (7) 76
6 9 Jennie Hansen USA 09:40:29 09:47:22 01:03:28 05:20:54 06:29:22 03:11:07 56% +0% -44% (12) 65
7 14 Darbi Roberts USA 09:41:53 09:49:33 00:54:24 05:22:36 06:22:00 03:19:53 26% +19% -55% (11) 71
8 8 Amber Ferreira USA 09:43:23 09:59:31 00:56:13 05:20:50 06:22:03 03:21:20 31% +11% -58% (19) 87
9 10 Nicole Valentine USA 09:58:41 10:03:37 01:01:23 05:34:16 06:40:39 03:18:02 67% +33% -0% (6) 96
10 4 Kelsey Withrow USA 10:00:01 10:12:43 00:51:41 05:38:28 06:35:09 03:24:52 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (116)
11 11 Ashley Paulson USA 10:04:17 10:08:27 01:12:36 05:36:45 06:54:20 03:09:57 66% +12% -23% (10) 102
12 12 Robyn Hardage CAN 10:06:29 10:09:34 01:02:33 05:31:57 06:39:29 03:27:00 100% +0% -0% (3) 106
13 18 Caroline St-Pierre CAN 10:10:12 10:10:51 00:56:50 05:44:56 06:46:45 03:23:27 83% +0% -17% (5) 109
14 20 Amanda Wendorff USA 10:12:03 10:19:23 00:59:46 05:18:35 06:23:22 03:48:41 59% +0% -41% (5) 124
15 23 Kelly O’Mara USA 10:12:30 10:31:43 00:58:25 05:40:36 06:44:01 03:28:29 48% +0% -52% (2) (140)
16 15 Maggie Rusch USA 10:13:49 10:22:21 01:03:50 05:33:20 06:42:10 03:31:39 67% +9% -24% (7) 127
17 25 Rachel Jastrebsky USA 10:14:29 10:17:19 01:01:15 05:34:56 06:41:11 03:33:18 41% +32% -27% (7) (122)
18 21 Caroline Martineau CAN 10:33:13 10:59:18 01:03:40 05:41:43 06:50:22 03:42:51 46% +12% -43% (10) 156
19 17 Carly Johann USA 10:44:28 10:58:06 01:01:05 05:33:52 06:39:57 04:04:31 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (156)
20 24 Amy Vantassel USA 10:47:53 10:56:03 01:05:05 06:07:48 07:17:53 03:30:00 51% +0% -49% (4) (154)
5 Sarah True USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
16 Lenny Ramsey NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
19 Valerie Belanger CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
22 Elizabeth Nyitray USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
26 Cindy Dubois CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

  • Heather Jackson: 72% (1-1)
  • Jodie Robertson: 11% (8-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 9% (10-1)
  • Jen Annett: 5% (18-1)

Kona Qualifying Situation

Here’s what position the athletes looking for a Kona slot will need to finish at:

  • Just Finish: Heather Jackson
  • Top 10: Jodie Robertson
  • Top 3: Sarah True
  • 2nd: Jen Annett
  • Win: Kelsey Withrow

Sarah Piampiano is already safe for a slot.

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