Unofficial KPR & 2016 Pro Kona Slot Allocation for July Cutoff
Here is my calculation of the KPR at the end of July, deciding 40 male and 28 female slots (in addition to the Automatic Qualifiers). My results are unofficial, the official results will be posted on the Ironman website at http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/triathlon-rankings/points-system.aspx (but as far as I can tell shows the same data). I do not count AQs and athletes that haven’t validated my rankings, therefore it is a bit easier to determine the Top 40 male and Top 28 females. I will update this post with new information regarding declined slots and rolldown. For now, the athletes with a rank in brackets (e.g. “(42)”) are outside of the July slots. I will update this post with information about slot declines and rolldowns.
There is another cutoff in August, adding another 10 male and 7 female slots. Once the field has been completed, I will work on this year’s version of the Kona Rating Report, looking at the field and each athlete’s chances for a good result. The free report will be released in time before the Kona race, you can already pre-order your copy.
Update July 28th: The first rolldown has happened: Carrie Lester is now marked as a qualifier as well. It’s unclear who has declined her slot, I have marked the female qualifiers without a “Q” on the Ironman site with a question mark. (So even though Carrie is still ranked 29th in my table, she did get a slot.) So far there is no indication for a rolldown on the men’s side.
Update July 29th: It is now clear that the slot that rolled down to Carrie was declined by Michelle Bremer. I’ve added a “D” to her name and adjusted the other ranks accordingly.
Update August 2nd: All male slots have been sorted. One slot rolled down to Jens Petersen-Bach, as far as I can tell Matt Trautmann had to decline his slot. All other slots have been accepted.
Update August 3rd: One more slot rolled on the female side, Emma Balham declined and Jodie Robertson accepted the roll-down slot. All July slots on the female side are finalized as well.
Update August 3rd: Just when everything seemed clear, Beth Gerdes declined her slot (details on her blog), and another slot rolled down to Dimity-Lee Duke.
Male KPR Rankings
| Rank | Name | Points | Races |
| AQ | Frodeno, Jan | 13350 | 2+2 |
| AQ | Kienle, Sebastian | 12440 | 2+3 (3825/640) |
| AQ | McMahon, Brent | 10615 | 3+2 (1600/785) |
| 1 | Potts, Andy | 9520 | 2+3 (2000/435) |
| AQ | Van Berkel, Tim | 8985 | 2+3 (3400/400) |
| 2 | Llanos, Eneko | 8525 | 3+2 (290/345) |
| 3 | Sanders, Lionel | 7370 | 2+3 (1620/750) |
| 4 | O’Donnell, Timothy | 7325 | 2+2 |
| 5 | Don, Tim | 7025 | 2+2 |
| 6 | Boecherer, Andi | 6870 | 2+3 (450/500) |
| 7 | Butterfield, Tyler | 6855 | 2+1 |
| 8 | Russell, Matthew | 6650 | 3+2 (720/180) |
| 9 | Stein, Boris | 6440 | 2+2 |
| 10 | Viennot, Cyril | 6170 | 2+2 |
| 11 | Dellow, David | 5975 | 3+1 (960/0) |
| AQ | Hoffman, Ben | 5605 | 2+3 (340/280) |
| 12 | Albert, Marko | 5550 | 3+1 (120/0) |
| 13 | Cunnama, James | 5225 | 2+3 (1600/400) |
| 14 | Aernouts, Bart | 5045 | 1+3 (720/640) |
| 15 | Collington, Kevin | 5035 | 2+3 (405/320) |
| 16 | Bozzone, Terenzo | 4945 | 2+3 (540/435) |
| AQ | Lange, Patrick | 4845 | 1+3 (4000/125) |
| 17 | McKenzie, Luke | 4675 | 2+3 (1670/45) |
| 18 | Thomschke, Markus | 4605 | 2+3 (1280/345) |
| 19 | Bracht, Timo | 4595 | 3+2 (540/135) |
| 20 | McNamee, David | 4590 | 2+2 |
| 21 | Schmid, Stefan | 4560 | 3+0 (1280/0) |
| 22 | Thomas, Jesse | 4545 | 2+2 |
| 23 | Reed, Tim | 4475 | 1+3 (2000/640) |
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| 24 | Degasperi, Alessandro | 4460 | 3+2 (1280/220) |
| 25 | Wild, Ruedi | 4435 | 1+3 (1670/500) |
| 26 | Gomes, Pedro | 4397 | 3+1 (705/0) |
| 27 | Schildknecht, Ronnie | 4190 | 3+0 (855/0) |
| 28 | Weiss, Michael | 4095 | 3+2 (960/320) |
| 29 | Kotshegarov, Kirill | 4068 | 3+1 (60/0) |
| 30 | Plese, David | 4045 | 3+2 (305/100) |
| 31 | Baertsch, Mauro | 4025 | 3+2 (540/180) |
| 32 | Skipper, Joe | 3935 | 2+1 |
| 33 | Kramer, Christian | 3780 | 3+2 (540/100) |
| 34 | Vistica, Andrej | 3770 | 3+2 (720/30) |
| 35 | Rana, Ivan | 3745 | 2+1 |
| 36 | Van Berkel, Jan | 3735 | 3+2 (235/240) |
| 37 | Chevrot, Denis | 3735 | 2+2 |
| 38 | Wurtele, Trevor | 3725 | 2+3 (540/625) |
| 39 | Bittner, Per | 3620 | 2+3 (1280/75) |
| 40 | Petersen-Bach, Jens | 3610 | 3+1 (685/0) |
| (41) | Millward, Callum | 3580 | 2+3 (685/435) |
| (42) | Wiltshire, Harry | 3495 | 3+2 (720/135) |
| (43) | Billard, Bertrand | 3490 | 2+2 |
| AQ | Jacobs, Pete | 3055 | 1+2 |
| AQ | Van Lierde, Frederik | 2335 | 2+3 (340/135) |
Female KPR Rankings
| Rank | Name | Points | Races |
| AQ | Ryf, Daniela | 15250 | 2+3 (2000/750) |
| 1 | Cheetham, Susie | 10140 | 2+3 (3400/180) |
| 2 | Jackson, Heather | 8790 | 1+3 (2000/500) |
| 3 | Gossage, Lucy | 8740 | 3+1 (2000/0) |
| 4 | Piampiano, Sarah | 7825 | 2+3 (2000/435) |
| AQ | Gajer, Julia | 7450 | 2+2 |
| 5 | Frades Larralde, Gurutze | 7070 | 3+2 (1600/180) |
| 6 | Pedersen, Camilla | 6730 | 2+3 (1280/345) |
| 7 | Roberts, Lisa | 6715 | 2+3 (1600/30) |
| 8 | Vesterby, Michelle | 6605 | 2+1 |
| 9? | Luxford, Annabel | 6580 | 2+3 (2090/750) |
| 10 | Lundstroem, Asa | 6575 | 2+2 |
| 11 | Kessler, Meredith | 6475 | 2+3 (2000/640) |
| AQ | Lyles, Elizabeth | 6465 | 2+3 (1620/180) |
| 12 | Beranek, Anja | 6455 | 1+3 (2000/750) |
| AQ | Swallow, Jodie | 6420 | 1+3 (4000/750) |
| 13 | Konschak, Katja | 6140 | 3+1 (1280/0) |
| AQ | Lehtonen, Kaisa | 6140 | 2+1 |
| 14 | Kaye, Alicia | 6055 | 2+3 (1280/280) |
| 15 | Wurtele, Heather | 5910 | 1+3 (960/750) |
| 16 | Hufe, Mareen | 5750 | 3+2 (405/125) |
| 17 | Corbin, Linsey | 5590 | 1+3 (3400/320) |
| 18 | Crowley, Sarah | 5535 | 2+3 (960/435) |
| 19 | Deckers, Tine | 5440 | 2+3 (1600/500) |
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| 20 | Saemmler, Daniela | 5290 | 2+1 |
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| 21 | Van Vlerken, Yvonne | 5200 | 2+3 (1280/640) |
| 22 | Holst, Tine | 5185 | 3+1 (960/0) |
| AQ | Hauschildt, Melissa | 4750 | 1+1 |
| 23 | Monticeli, Ariane | 4715 | 2+3 (720/500) |
| 24 | Walter, Verena | 4600 | 3+1 (405/0) |
| 25 | Tondeur, Alexandra | 4530 | 2+3 (1280/435) |
| D | |||
| 26 | Lester, Carrie | 4420 | 2+2 |
| 27 | Robertson, Jodie | 4305 | 1+3 (3400/240) |
| 28 | Duke, Dimity-Lee | 4215 | 3+2 (960/320) |
| (29) | Steurer, Bianca | 4090 | 3+2 (855/400) |
| AQ | Cave, Leanda | 3520 | 2+1 |
| AQ | Carfrae, Mirinda | 3260 | 1+3 (2000/320) |
Second place went to Joe Skipper who finally managed to put together a good bike ride and a great run. He was riding in the third bike group with Cyril Viennot and some others, and while a 4:21 is not slow he still lost some time to the second group with Nils Frommhold, Tyler Butterfield and Nick Kastelein. On the run Joe was reeling in one athlete after another and even managed to overtake Nils in the last few kilometers to claim second place in a well executed race.
Third place went to defending Champion Nils Frommhold. A sub-8 is nothing to be ashamed of, but Nils seemed disappointed that Jan proved he is a step or two above everyone else. Compared to the great races that Frodo and Joe had, Nils’s day pales a little bit. He quickly lost contact to Jan on the swim, then rode with Tyler and Nick but the gap to Jan increased with every split. Nils then had a good 2:48 run but couldn’t make any inroads into Frodo’s lead. Then Joe Skipper took second place from him just a few k’s from the finish. I still think that Nils should be proud of his race, especially after his 29th place in Kona and his DNF in Texas he had a solid race even when things didn’t go quite the way he was hoping for. It’s now time for him to plan his second half of the 2016 season – and he is looking forward to hist first child in November. With extra “daddy power” you can expect him to be back in Kona 2017!
Daniela was as dominating in the women’s race as Jan was in the men’s race – both won by more than 20 minutes ahead of second place. After the frustrating DNF in Frankfurt only two weeks prior to Roth, Dani had a race and result she could enjoy immensely. The fastest time in all three legs and her first marathon under 3 hours lead to a fantastic 8:22, missing Chrissie’s record by only 4 minutes. After the bike she was even under world record pace, something probably no one expected before the race. Dani can be more optimistic about the rest of the season – any doubts after Frankfurt have been blown away with this result. She still has to validate her Kona slot (likely in Zürich next weekend), but after that she’ll focus on defending her 70.3 and Ironman World Champion titles.