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Challenge Roth (July 1st) – Seedings

TitlePage Roth Report ThumbIf you want to know a lot more details about Challenge Roth, its history, the courses and the strengths and weaknesses for each Pro athlete (plus interviews with the main contenders), download my “2018 Roth Rating Report“.

Race Day

Here is some information on race day and some late updates.

First of all, here’s how you can follow the race on Sunday, July 1st:

  1. Through the Challenge Roth homepage (https://www.challenge-roth.com) , you will be able to access live streams in German and English. The streams will start at 8:30 am CEDT, two hours after the start of the race.
  2. There will be text updates on Twitter and on the Challenge Roth homepage.
  3. For those who are able to receive Germany TV, there is going to be a summary of the race on Bayern3 from 15:30 to 16:00. This will also be available on the Live Stream with German and English commentary.

I will be commentating in the English live stream and I hope that a lot of readers will join me. If you’re watching the race, please let me know through email (contact info in the right-hand sidebar) or Twitter (@ThRadde) where you are watching from and send me any questions you may have!

Here’s a list of when things are expected to happen on race day (all times CEST, times in brackets are estimates):

  • 6:30 am Male Pro Start
  • 6:33 am Female Pro Start
  • 6:45 am
 to 8:05 am Age Group Wave Starts 
(19 waves of up to 200 athletes)
  • (7:16 am) First Male in T1
  • (7:19 am) First Female in T1
  • (11:31 am) First Male out of T2
  • (12:11 pm) First Female out of T2
  • (2:16 pm) Male Winner
  • (3:16 pm) Female Winner

Roth is on Central European Summer Time, 2 hours behind UTC. Here are conversions to a few other time zones:

  • +8 hours: Melbourne (AEST), race starts at 2:30 pm
  • -1 hour: United Kingdom (BST), race starts at 5:30 am
  • -6 hours: US East Coast (EDT), race starts at 0:30 am
  • -9 hours: US West Coast (PDT), race starts at 9:30 pm on Saturday evening

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:58:45 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:14:06
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:00:52 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:01:17
2007 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:54:23 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:55
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:09:34 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:45:48
2009 Michael Goehner (GER) 07:55:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:31:59
2010 Rasmus Henning (DEN) 07:52:36 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:19:13
2011 Andreas Raelert (GER) 07:41:33 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:18:13
2012 James Cunnama (ZAF) 07:59:59 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 08:45:04
2013 Dirk Bockel (LUX) 07:52:01 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 08:40:35
2014 Timo Bracht (GER) 07:56:00 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:38:53
2015 Nils Frommhold (GER) 07:51:28 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:50:53
2016 Jan Frodeno (GER) 07:35:39 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:22:04
2017 Bart Aernouts (BEL) 07:59:07 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:40:03

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:52:55 04:19:02 02:44:10 07:59:07
2 Joe Skipper GBR 00:53:07 04:19:53 02:46:44 08:03:00
3 Maurice Clavel GER 00:48:29 04:16:42 02:56:30 08:04:53

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:52:34 04:37:34 03:06:46 08:40:03
2 Laura Siddall GBR 00:58:16 04:44:59 03:05:40 08:51:38
3 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 00:58:15 04:45:51 03:20:09 09:07:40

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:35:39 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Swim overall 00:43:35 Michael Pruefert 1997-07-13
Bike overall 04:08:07 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Run overall 02:36:49 Luc Van Lierde 1997-07-13
Total female 08:18:13 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10
Swim female 00:47:27 Ute Mueckel 2005-06-24
Bike female 04:31:29 Daniela Ryf 2016-07-17
Run female 02:44:35 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 20:51.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Roth

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25 28 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25
2006 18:53 01:44 08:33 04:19 41 21:04 01:30 10:54 06:52
2007 29:57 01:18 12:15 08:14 35 24:02 01:26 11:21 07:19
2008 25:59 02:33 09:07 08:30 40 24:31 01:43 10:48 07:37
2009 29:11 02:32 17:28 05:18 43 25:27 01:52 12:08 07:09
2010 20:31 01:04 06:51 04:27 43 24:38 01:44 11:15 06:42
2011 24:18 02:05 17:28 05:32 38 24:35 01:47 12:08 06:32
2012 14:09 02:41 06:42 04:12 50 23:17 01:54 11:28 06:15
2013 22:46 01:01 15:15 04:13 41 23:13 01:48 11:53 06:01
2014 08:34 00:24 14:38 -02:43 37 21:46 01:40 12:09 05:09
2015 19:22 01:35 12:35 04:24 44 of 56 21:32 01:39 12:12 05:05
2016 19:24 01:23 17:02 02:43 39 of 43 21:22 01:38 12:36 04:53
2017 14:36 00:27 16:10 02:41 38 of 53 20:51 01:32 12:52 04:43

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 200.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male 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 1 Sebastian Kienle GER 07:46:17 08:06:07 00:49:05 04:07:17 05:01:22 02:44:55 99% +0% -1% (15) 2
2 3 Andreas Dreitz GER 07:53:53 08:25:19 00:47:45 04:12:39 05:05:24 02:48:29 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (27)
3 4 James Cunnama ZAF 07:55:07 08:20:37 00:47:05 04:16:02 05:08:06 02:47:01 45% +35% -19% (26) 14
4 2 Joe Skipper GBR 07:59:20 08:25:41 00:51:19 04:19:40 05:15:59 02:43:21 62% +13% -25% (20) 28
5 98 David Dellow AUS 08:03:47 08:29:15 00:46:39 04:23:39 05:15:18 02:48:29 58% +1% -41% (19) (41)
6 99 Ivan Rana ESP 08:05:55 08:25:42 00:46:37 04:29:39 05:21:16 02:44:39 84% +3% -14% (15) 29
7 5 Cameron Wurf * AUS 08:06:47 08:29:21 00:48:45 04:07:39 05:04:24 03:05:23 60% +31% -9% (11) 43
8 7 Jesse Thomas USA 08:09:51 08:27:09 00:49:53 04:23:24 05:18:17 02:51:34 100% +0% -0% (5) 33
9 14 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:10:08 08:39:13 00:47:52 04:21:57 05:14:49 02:55:19 49% +0% -51% (5) 79
10 11 Jan Raphael GER 08:15:33 08:40:07 00:48:59 04:30:13 05:24:12 02:51:21 81% +0% -19% (29) 81
11 13 Lukas Kraemer GER 08:17:06 08:44:48 00:53:07 04:34:02 05:32:09 02:44:57 100% +0% -0% (2) (91)
12 8 Roman Deisenhofer GER 08:17:38 08:51:23 00:50:19 04:23:20 05:18:40 02:58:58 51% +49% -0% (9) 117
13 10 Markus Hoermann GER 08:18:19 08:52:42 00:51:05 04:26:56 05:23:01 02:55:18 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (125)
14 12 Sebastian Neef GER 08:19:33 08:56:10 00:50:12 04:21:42 05:16:54 03:02:39 24% +39% -37% (3) (139)
15 9 Michael Goehner GER 08:20:07 08:55:37 00:51:45 04:29:32 05:26:17 02:53:50 58% +2% -41% (20) (137)
16 6 Luke Bell AUS 08:24:07 08:43:11 00:46:39 04:28:55 05:20:34 03:03:33 41% +7% -52% (34) 88
17 33 Luis Henrique Ohde BRA 08:25:14 08:48:19 00:47:45 04:35:03 05:27:48 02:57:26 100% +0% -0% (4) 105
18 18 Christian Altstadt GER 08:26:42 09:00:24 00:50:47 04:29:59 05:25:46 03:00:56 59% +0% -41% (3) (153)
19 17 Marc Unger GER 08:27:43 09:18:57 00:50:33 04:26:07 05:21:39 03:06:04 46% +54% -0% (2) (209)
20 20 Patrick Jaberg SUI 08:28:47 08:54:38 00:52:29 04:32:20 05:29:49 02:58:58 83% +16% -1% (21) 133
21 97 Sven Riederer SUI 08:31:31 09:05:26 00:47:50 04:26:13 05:19:03 03:12:28 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (170)
22 15 Fraser Cartmell GBR 08:34:09 09:01:39 00:48:14 04:35:24 05:28:38 03:05:31 24% +6% -69% (12) 159
23 21 Niclas Bock GER 08:36:11 09:21:29 00:50:20 04:29:42 05:25:02 03:11:09 10% +0% -90% (3) (220)
24 47 Bryan McCrystal * IRL 08:37:42 09:10:18 00:57:45 04:26:06 05:28:50 03:08:52 49% +14% -36% (5) 187
25 48 Thomas Naasz NED 08:48:57 09:21:12 00:54:22 04:46:12 05:45:34 03:03:23 79% +21% -0% (7) 218
26 30 Tjardo Visser NED 08:51:45 09:16:13 00:50:24 04:51:39 05:47:03 03:04:42 48% +52% -0% (3) 205
27 16 Douglas MacLean USA 08:56:23 09:21:32 00:56:59 04:51:19 05:53:18 03:03:05 98% +2% -0% (18) 221
28 23 Young Hwan Oh KOR 08:59:40 09:28:24 01:00:09 04:48:34 05:53:43 03:05:57 73% +16% -11% (10) 238
29 25 Alfred Rahm GER 09:22:50 10:01:37 01:01:47 04:57:16 06:04:02 03:18:48 41% +0% -59% (20) 281
30 46 Marcus Woellner GER 09:23:53 10:02:47 00:48:11 04:31:21 05:24:32 03:59:21 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (282)
31 22 Charles Martin FRA 09:56:28 10:29:53 00:51:40 05:04:05 06:00:45 03:55:43 48% +0% -52% (2) (295)
19 Sebastian Mahr GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
24 Rick Steffen GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Reece Barclay GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Bruno Pasqualini ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
32 Paul Schuster GER 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 19% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 101 Lucy Charles GBR 08:43:12 09:07:40 00:46:10 04:47:33 05:38:43 03:04:29 50% +50% -0% (4) 5
2 104 Kaisa Sali FIN 08:44:40 09:05:35 00:54:24 04:49:08 05:48:32 02:56:08 100% +0% -0% (6) 2
3 102 Laura Siddall GBR 08:51:53 09:19:23 00:55:34 04:46:29 05:47:03 03:04:50 74% +23% -3% (15) 14
4 103 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 08:52:04 09:20:25 00:55:40 04:44:28 05:45:08 03:06:56 73% +0% -27% (34) 16
5 107 Daniela Saemmler GER 09:01:40 09:25:56 00:53:18 04:49:12 05:47:30 03:14:10 61% +21% -18% (11) 29
6 109 Sofie Goos BEL 09:13:30 09:39:30 00:56:39 05:00:24 06:02:03 03:11:27 61% +9% -29% (27) 55
7 113 Sarissa De Vries NED 09:13:44 09:48:15 00:51:45 04:52:06 05:48:51 03:24:53 48% +52% -0% (3) 68
8 111 Alicia Kaye USA 09:18:58 09:45:31 00:50:17 05:02:43 05:58:00 03:20:58 28% +20% -52% (5) 61
9 132 Bianca Steurer AUT 09:26:05 09:48:25 00:56:34 05:05:51 06:07:25 03:18:40 92% +8% -0% (8) 70
10 110 Lucie Zelenkova CZE 09:26:40 09:53:35 00:51:19 05:13:00 06:09:18 03:17:22 74% +0% -26% (29) 79
11 114 Olga Kowalska POL 09:44:32 10:17:58 01:02:50 05:18:37 06:26:27 03:18:05 100% +0% -0% (2) (120)
116 Karen Steurs BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

I’ve also written a number of more detailed posts about the chances for most of the main contenders, check out the links below.

Male Race Participants

Female Race Participants

Ironman Boulder 2018 – Analyzing Results

IMBoulderCourse Conditions

A lot was said before the race about the heat in Boulder and how that will make racing really hard. But this didn’t affect the Pro race, this year’s adjustment of 7:52 was about 12 minutes quicker than last year. Part of this is from good conditions, another part from the changes in the bike and run course. As is typical for the course in Boulder, the bike was really fast but the run really slow (only two sub-3 runs – in the whole Pro field!).

We also saw a few course records: Angela Naeth set a new bike course record (her 4:39:04 was ten minutes quicker than the old record from Heather Jackson). On the male side, we have a new overall course record by winner Chris Leiferman (8:07:55, more than five minutes faster than Tim O’Donnell last year) and a new bike course record by Sam Long (his 4:09 was 15 minutes quicker than TO’s old record).

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Chris Leiferman USA 00:54:34 04:09:55 02:59:02 08:07:55 -01:38 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Joe Gambles AUS 00:49:55 04:17:40 03:00:46 08:13:16 -07:55 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Patrick Mckeon USA 00:54:37 04:21:55 02:58:42 08:20:48 -05:10 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Kevin Collington USA 00:49:50 04:23:41 03:08:33 08:26:16 01:58 US$ 2,500 960
5 Sam Long USA 00:55:11 04:09:49 03:20:54 08:29:56 -14:50 US$ 1,500 720
6 Jonathan Shearon USA 00:54:40 04:13:26 03:20:55 08:34:31 01:16 US$ 1,000 540
7 Justin Daerr USA 00:54:31 04:28:04 03:11:27 08:39:30 05:20 405
8 Steve Mantell USA 00:54:40 04:33:38 03:04:52 08:40:11 n/a 305
9 AJ Baucco USA 00:53:24 04:39:42 03:22:44 09:00:49 03:12 230
10 Douglas MacLean USA 01:01:58 04:42:17 03:13:47 09:04:20 -05:05 170
11 Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:54:37 04:50:51 03:13:42 09:04:53 31:32 120
12 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:02:01 04:32:07 03:31:30 09:13:18 07:35 85
13 Justin Metzler USA 00:49:52 04:32:55 03:50:51 09:18:13 n/a 60
14 Chris McDonald AUS 00:55:13 04:50:18 04:20:30 10:11:23 1:31:32 40
15 Jonathan Fecik USA 00:58:04 04:42:05 04:42:09 10:28:44 1:08:37 30
16 Brian Folts USA 01:03:00 05:01:13 04:44:20 10:55:44 n/a 20
17 Steven Zawaski USA 00:54:31 04:30:09 05:40:49 11:10:56 1:49:36 15
Kennett Peterson USA 00:54:32 04:21:41 DNF
Colin Laughery USA 00:59:08 04:33:29 DNF
Robbie Wade IRL 00:55:52 04:37:45 DNF
Chris Schroeder USA 00:54:30 DNF
Paul Ambrose AUS 00:54:31 DNF
Rob Chalfant USA 00:59:09 DNF
Jason Pohl CAN 01:03:34 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Kirsty Jahn CAN 01:00:25 04:47:31 03:21:59 09:16:12 04:41 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Katy Evans USA 00:54:29 04:55:18 03:24:41 09:19:20 -04:37 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Dede Griesbauer USA 00:54:34 04:44:21 03:51:25 09:36:55 -02:03 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Erin Green USA 01:00:29 05:06:22 03:35:44 09:49:18 -13:56 US$ 2,500 960
5 Kimberly Goodell USA 01:03:45 05:01:26 03:42:16 09:52:51 -11:23 US$ 1,500 720
6 Angela Naeth CAN 01:00:23 04:39:04 04:10:01 09:55:18 41:44 US$ 1,000 540
7 Sarah Jarvis GER 01:00:20 05:05:01 03:48:35 09:59:45 -04:31 405
8 Ashley Paulson USA 01:14:08 05:14:58 03:26:30 10:01:42 09:35 305
9 Palmira Alvarez MEX 01:13:36 05:05:36 03:52:22 10:17:19 10:29 230
10 Emma-Kate Lidbury GBR 00:58:34 04:58:16 04:15:16 10:21:20 53:03 170
11 Monica Folts USA 01:13:34 05:28:21 04:32:01 11:21:41 n/a 120
Amanda Wendorff USA 00:58:38 04:46:42 DNF
Anne Basso FRA 01:04:37 05:17:05 DNF
Adelaide Perr USA 01:04:25 DNF
Uli Bromme USA 01:05:33 DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

Here’s a look at category changes in Kona qualifying by athletes racing in Boulder:

  • Safe: Kirsty Jahn, Kevin Collington
  • Close (but more points needed): Job Gambles, Chris Leiferman, Patrick McKeon

Ironman Germany 2018 (July 8th) – Entry List

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Patrick Lange GER 9140 1+2 (8000/500)
Josh Amberger AUS 4380 2+1
Patrik Nilsson SWE 3825 1+0
Tyler Butterfield BMU 1830 1+1
Jan Frodeno GER 1735 1+2 (235/750)
Philipp Koutny SUI 1730 3+1 (170/400)
David Plese SLO 1530 2+2 (385/35)
Andi Boecherer GER 1390 0+2 (0/640)
Mark Bowstead NZL 1280 1+0
Marc Duelsen GER 1050 1+1
Nick Kastelein AUS 885 0+2 (0/345)
Gregory Close USA 720 1+0
Zsombor Deak ROM 705 1+2 (540/25)
Urs Mueller SUI 575 2+0
Peru Alfaro ESP 515 1+0
Christian Brader GER 250 1+1
Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 235 2+1
Alexander Chikin RUS 170 1+1
Felix Hentschel GER 149 0+2 (0/9)
Markus Liebelt GER 135 0+1
Pavel Simko SVK 135 1+1
Lucas Amirault FRA 124 1+2 (85/9)
Philipp Mock GER 100 0+2 (0/35)
David Berthou FRA 50 0+1
Marek Nemcik SVK 50 3+1 (2/5)
Simon Schwarz GER 30 0+1
Olivier Esser BEL 8 1+0
Lukas Polan CZE 6 0+2 (0/1)
Dominique Wymmersch Gallego ESP 2 0+1
Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 0 0+0
Aleksander Kochetkov LTU 0 0+0
Wouter Monchy BEL 0 0+0
Andreas Niedrig GER 0 0+0
Andreas Raelert GER 0 0+0
Imanol Sagarzazu ESP 0 0+0

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Daniela Ryf SUI 12085 1+2 (8000/1085)
Sarah Crowley AUS 6480 1+0
Mareen Hufe GER 4775 3+0 (540/0)
Rachel McBride CAN 3795 2+2 (405/435)
Jodie Robertson USA 3580 1+1
Sarah True USA 3270 0+2 (0/1085)
Laura Philipp GER 3180 0+2 (0/750)
Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 2660 2+2 (340/320)
Bruna Mahn BRA 2655 2+2 (540/400)
Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 2485 3+1 (385/180)
Sara Svensk SWE 2410 1+1
Anne Haug GER 2025 0+2 (0/750)
Katharina Grohmann GER 2020 2+1
Angela Naeth CAN 1425 0+2 (0/640)
Eva Wutti AUT 1165 0+2 (0/540)
Celine Schaerer SUI 980 1+1
Ewa Bugdol POL 945 2+0
Skye Moench USA 590 1+2 (170/180)
Steph Corker CAN 165 1+1
Helena Herrero Gomez ESP 120 1+0
Kristin Lie NOR 0 0+0

Ironman Cairns 2018 – Analyzing Results

IMCairnsLogoCourse Conditions

The racing in Cairns was fast and furious across the board, and the conditions favored quick times especially on the bike (even though no new bike course records were set). An adjustment of 13:54 is the fastest I have seen on this course. 

There were a number of new course records: Winners Teresa Adam and Braden Currie set new overall records (improving the times set by Sarah Crowley and Josh Amberger just one year ago). Lauren Brandon claimed another swim course record, and there were also run course records by Beth McKenzie (first sub-3 run in Cairns) and Braden Currie (with the first sub-2:40). 

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Braden Currie NZL 00:46:45 04:24:52 02:39:59 07:54:58 -22:33 US$ 30,000 4000
2 Javier Gomez ESP 00:46:41 04:25:08 02:41:02 07:56:38 n/a US$ 15,000 3400
3 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 00:48:43 04:22:30 02:45:59 08:00:06 -06:26 US$ 8,000 2890
4 Timothy O’Donnell USA 00:46:42 04:24:58 02:46:00 08:00:54 -08:50 US$ 6,500 2455
5 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:48:46 04:22:17 02:52:59 08:07:25 -14:09 US$ 5,000 2090
6 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 00:48:52 04:22:47 02:57:31 08:12:38 -02:57 US$ 3,500 1670
7 Tim Van Berkel AUS 00:48:47 04:25:38 02:57:28 08:15:11 07:04 US$ 2,500 1335
8 Tim Reed AUS 00:48:49 04:22:46 03:02:46 08:17:48 -00:12 US$ 2,000 1070
9 David Plese SLO 00:55:02 04:26:51 02:51:36 08:18:35 01:24 US$ 1,500 855
10 Callum Millward NZL 00:48:53 04:35:56 02:51:34 08:19:51 -01:42 US$ 1,000 685
11 Daniil Sapunov UKR 00:48:51 04:38:15 03:09:51 08:40:43 11:00   515
12 Balazs Csoke HUN 00:48:50 04:50:34 03:04:22 08:48:02 -07:38   385
13 Casey Munro AUS 00:46:48 04:49:20 03:07:59 08:48:18 14:44   290
14 Jason Hall NZL 00:53:04 05:01:34 02:58:14 08:57:04 n/a   215
15 David Mainwaring AUS 00:53:07 04:58:36 03:33:02 09:28:54 n/a   160
16 Lachlan Kerin AUS 00:48:42 04:42:20 04:08:58 09:45:32 41:23   120
17 Ryan Palazzi AUS 00:53:01 04:55:04 04:26:54 10:19:24 1:05:32   90
  Clayton Fettell AUS 00:46:42 04:34:33   DNF      
  Bryce McMaster NZL 00:55:59 05:50:57   DNF      
  Luke McKenzie AUS 00:48:46     DNF      
  Mike Phillips NZL 00:52:35     DNF      
  Blake Kappler AUS 00:54:39     DNF      
  Leigh Stabryla AUS 01:03:16     DNF      

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Teresa Adam NZL 00:50:41 04:50:12 03:08:44 08:53:16 -08:25 US$ 30,000 4000
2 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 01:01:05 04:50:30 03:03:19 08:59:17 09:23 US$ 15,000 3400
3 Beth McKenzie USA 01:01:38 05:01:26 02:55:23 09:03:10 -10:54 US$ 8,000 2890
4 Gurutze Frades Larralde ESP 01:01:36 05:01:34 03:02:58 09:09:52 -15:41 US$ 6,500 2455
5 Melanie Burke NZL 01:01:39 04:56:49 03:10:06 09:12:31 -21:27 US$ 5,000 2090
6 Asa Lundstroem SWE 01:01:35 05:01:46 03:12:05 09:18:57 06:19 US$ 3,500 1670
7 Lauren Brandon USA 00:48:39 04:57:38 03:30:21 09:20:28 -01:39 US$ 2,500 1335
8 Amanda Wilson AUS 01:01:13 05:14:03 03:21:10 09:40:51 n/a US$ 2,000 1070
9 Sue Huse CAN 01:06:41 05:35:10 03:20:05 10:06:48 44:46 US$ 1,500 855
  Anja Beranek GER 00:55:51 05:01:12   DNF      

Kona Qualifying

Here’s the athletes that have significantly improved their chances for a July slot:

  • Automatic Qualifiers: Teresa Adam, Braden Currie, Mirinda Carfrae (Kona winner, now validated)
  • Safe: Gurutze Frades, Javier Gomez, Tim O’Donnell
  • Bubble (might be enough): Tim Reed, Callum Millard, Denis Chevrot (all of them already have four races in their total, so it’ll be hard for them to improve without doing another Ironman)
  • Close (more points needed): Melanie Burke, Asa Lundstroem

In addition to these, Terenzo Bozzone, Tim Van Berkel, and Kyle Buckingham already had secured their slots before Cairns.

Challenge Roth 2018 (July 1st) – Entry List

TitlePage Roth Report ThumbI’m working on a Rating Report for this year’s race. It’s going to be the best resource to look forward to Challenge Roth and to follow the Pro races on-site or via the Challenge live stream. The Report is going to be a 60+-page PDF with information about the race, all Professional participants and their chances on July 1st. You can already pre-order it here (or by clicking on the image on the right) so you’ll receive it as soon as it is released.

Male Race Participants

Bib Name Nation Previous Results
1 Sebastian Kienle GER 2 finishes out of 2 Challenge Roth starts
2 Joe Skipper GBR 2 finishes out of 2 Challenge Roth starts
3 Andreas Dreitz GER first start at Challenge Roth
4 James Cunnama ZAF 4 finishes out of 4 Challenge Roth starts, 1 win (2012)
5 Cameron Wurf AUS first start at Challenge Roth
6 Luke Bell AUS first start at Challenge Roth
7 Jesse Thomas USA first start at Challenge Roth
8 Roman Deisenhofer GER 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
9 Michael Goehner GER 3 finishes out of 3 Challenge Roth starts, 1 win (2009)
10 Markus Hoermann GER 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
11 Jan Raphael GER 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
12 Sebastian Neef GER 0 finishes out of 1 Challenge Roth start
13 Lukas Kraemer GER first start at Challenge Roth
14 Evert Scheltinga NED first start at Challenge Roth
15 Fraser Cartmell GBR first start at Challenge Roth
16 Douglas MacLean USA first start at Challenge Roth
17 Marc Unger GER first start at Challenge Roth
18 Christian Altstadt GER first start at Challenge Roth
19 Sebastian Mahr GER first start at Challenge Roth
20 Patrick Jaberg SUI first start at Challenge Roth
21 Niclas Bock GER first start at Challenge Roth
22 Charles Martin FRA first start at Challenge Roth
23 Young Hwan Oh KOR 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
24 Rick Steffen GER first start at Challenge Roth
25 Alfred Rahm GER 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
27 Reece Barclay GBR first start at Challenge Roth
28 Bruno Pasqualini ITA first start at Challenge Roth
30 Tjardo Visser NED 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
32 Paul Schuster GER first start at Challenge Roth
33 Luis Henrique Ohde BRA first start at Challenge Roth
46 Marcus Woellner GER 1 finish out of 1 Challenge Roth start
47 Bryan McCrystal IRL first start at Challenge Roth
48 Thomas Naasz NED 4 finishes out of 4 Challenge Roth starts
97 Sven Riederer SUI first start at Challenge Roth

Female Race Participants

Bib Name Nation Previous Results
101 Lucy Charles GBR first start at Challenge Roth
102 Laura Siddall GBR 2 finishes out of 2 Challenge Roth starts
103 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 7 finishes out of 7 Challenge Roth starts, 3 wins (2007, 2008, 2015)
104 Kaisa Sali FIN first start at Challenge Roth
107 Daniela Saemmler GER 2 finishes out of 2 Challenge Roth starts
109 Sofie Goos BEL first start at Challenge Roth
110 Lucie Zelenkova CZE 2 finishes out of 2 Challenge Roth starts
111 Alicia Kaye USA first start at Challenge Roth
113 Sarissa De Vries NED first start at Challenge Roth
114 Olga Kowalska POL first start at Challenge Roth
116 Karen Steurs BEL first start at Challenge Roth
132 Bianca Steurer AUT first start at Challenge Roth
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