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Ironman 2013 Money List

Note: This is an excerpt from my 2013 TriRating Report which has a lot more information about the 2013 long distance season. You can download it for free using this link.

In other sports – such as golf – the main way of ranking athletes is by the amount of prize money they make. With all the data from the qualifying races, I’ve built one for Ironman Triathlons. It is also a convenient way of putting men and women in the same list.

Here are the 20 athletes – both from the men and women – that have earned the most prize money in „official”, full-distance Ironman races in the Kona 2013 qualifying cycle. This year, I’ve added the Kona money makers and the changes in the rankings the Kona money makes:

Rank Name IM Kona Total Rank
1 Mary Beth Ellis 55.000 6
2 Eneko Llanos 50.000 7
3 Jodie Swallow 35.000 10
4 Erika Csomor 34.250 11
5 Luke Bell 30.000 16
Corinne Abraham 30.000 16
7 Camilla Pedersen 25.000 21
8 Jessie Donavan 22.000 25
9 Liz Blatchford 20.500 40.000 60.500 5
10 Uli Bromme 20.000 26
Ben Hoffman 20.000 26
Paul Amey 20.000 26
Bas Diederen 20.000 26
Ronnie Schildknecht 20.000 26
15 Meredith Kessler 18.750 14.000 32.750 14
16 Amanda Stevens 18.000 32
17 Ivan Rana 17.750 16.000 33.750 13
18 Gina Crawford 17.500 11.000 28.500 18
Yvonne Van Vlerken 17.500 22.500 40.000 8
20 Jan Raphael 17.250 33
24 Frederik Van Lierde 15.000 120.000 135.000 1
Luke McKenzie 15.000 60.000 75.000 3
Timothy O’Donnell 15.000 19.000 34.000 12
Timo Bracht 15.000 11.000 26.000 20
Rachel Joyce 15.000 60.000 75.000 3
Linsey Corbin 15.000 10.000 25.000 21
45 Michelle Vesterby 10.500 12.500 23.000 24
59 James Cunnama 8.500 22.500 31.000 15
68 Bart Aernouts 7.500 12.500 20.000 26
Caroline Steffen 7.500 19.000 26.500 19
Caitlin Snow 7.500 16.000 23.500 23
99 Faris Al-Sultan 5.000 10.000 15.000 35
130 Tyler Butterfield 3.000 14.000 17.000 34
141 Mirinda Carfrae 2.750 120.000 122.750 2
Sebastian Kienle 40.000 40.000 8

As last year, 70.3s and non-WTC races are not included.

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Here are some observations:

  • Mary Beth Ellis leads the non-Kona list (winning in Cozumel, France and Mont Tremblant) followed by Eneko Llanos (winning the regional Championships in Melbourne and Frankfurt). These two have made significantly more money than the leader last year (Caroline Steffen with 30.000).
  • Once you include Kona money, the list is dominated by the top 3 Kona athletes: Frederik, Rinny, Rachel, Luke, and Liz. Sebastian Kienle is “only” 8th, but he did not earn any other IM money.
  • The conclusion from previous years is still valid: Outside of a good Kona payday, it is next to impossible to make a living on Ironman prize money.

Photo Credit: Jay Prasuhn

Top 3 Results 2013: Swim, Bike and Run

Note: This is an excerpt from my 2013 TriRating Report which has a lot more information about the 2013 long distance season. You can download it for free using this link.

When listing the top results, there are two different ways of presenting them: One is by the „clock time“ as posted on the race results. This is pretty interesting by itself, but normalized times (adjusting for a fast or slow course and conditions on race day) are usually a bit more indicative of how good the performance really was (and not on how fast a course the race was occurring).

This post contains the Top 3 results (as per clock time) and Top 3 performances in each of the legs.

Swim

Top 3 Male Performances of 2013

Dylan McNeice’s results show why he my the new top-rated swimmer: All of his four swims in IM- distance races made it into the top 10, and his two best swims are the #1 and #2 performances:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Dylan McNeice 00:42:59 00:47:56 Challenge Wanaka on 2013-01-19
2 Dylan McNeice 00:43:00 00:47:00 Challenge Taiwan on 2013-05-04
3 Todd Skipworth 00:45:53 00:50:10 Challenge Taiwan on 2013-05-04

Fastest 3 Male Times of 2013

The best male swim times this year were posted in Austria, I’m not aware of any reports that the course was short:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Bart Colpaert 00:47:22 00:42:54 IM Austria on 2013-06-30
2 Santi Pellejero Gacía 00:47:23 00:42:55 IM Austria on 2013-06-30
3 Daniel Halksworth 00:47:12 00:43:59 IM UK on 2013-08-04

Top 3 Female Performances of 2013

The best performance (even if the time „looks“ slow) was delivered by Celine Schaerer in her IM debut race in Switzerland:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Celine Schaerer 00:47:39 00:52:38 IM Switzerland on 2013-07-28
2 Jodie Swallow 00:48:02 00:46:09 IM Germany on 2013-07-07
3 Meredith Kessler 00:48:14 00:47:37 IM New Zealand on 2013-03-02

Fastest 3 Female Times of 2013

Jodie was a minute slower than Amanda Stevens last year, but her time from Germany was still the fastest this year:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Jodie Swallow 00:48:02 00:46:09 IM Germany on 2013-07-07
2 Haley Chura 00:48:35 00:46:21 IM Brasil on 2013-05-26
3 Meredith Kessler 00:48:14 00:47:37 IM New Zealand on 2013-03-02

Bike

Top 3 Male Performances of 2013

As in 2012 Andy Starykowicz’ bike leg from IM Florida was the best bike performance of the year, but the difference to the next spots is much smaller than if you just looked at the “raw” times:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Andrew Starykowicz 04:24:20 04:02:17 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
2 Andrew Starykowicz 04:24:37 04:21:50 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
3 Luke McKenzie 04:25:13 04:22:25 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12

Fastest 3 Male Times of 2013

Of course Andy Strykowicz’s new “world record” at IM Florida was the fastest time of the year:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Andrew Starykowicz 04:24:20 04:02:17 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
2 Konstantin Bachor 04:26:44 04:14:16 Challenge Barcelona on 2013-10-06
3 Christophe Bastie 04:37:44 04:14:34 IM Florida on 2013-11-02

Top 3 Female Performances of 2013

As in 2012 Caroline had the best bike performance of the year:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Caroline Steffen 04:51:32 04:49:38 MetaMan on 2013-08-31
2 Yvonne Van Vlerken 04:52:16 04:39:35 Challenge Roth on 2013-07-14
3 Eva Wutti 04:54:26 04:39:58 IM Copenhagen on 2013-08-18

Fastest 3 Female Times of 2013

IM Florida almost saw a new “world bike record” on the women’s side as well – Yvonne missed Caroline’s best from Melbourne 2012 by just 20 seconds:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken 05:00:55 04:35:49 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
2 Mareen Hufe 05:04:42 04:39:17 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
3 Yvonne Van Vlerken 04:52:16 04:39:35 Challenge Roth on 2013-07-14

Run

Top 3 Male Performances of 2013

In 2013 we saw some fantastic runs, but I don’t think that too many people would have listed Tim Berkel’s 2:44 from Cairns as the best run performance of the year. However, you have to consider that there were only two more sub-3h performances on that day – by Chris McCormack and Jason Shortis, both more than ten minutes slower than Tim!

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Tim Berkel 02:41:35 02:44:24 IM Cairns on 2013-06-01
2 Bart Aernouts 02:44:24 02:44:03 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
3 Bart Aernouts 02:45:12 02:37:01 IM France on 2013-06-23

Fastest 3 Male Times of 2013

The fastest run times come from a number of different courses. The two 2:37 marathon were the fastest times we’ve seen in the past years (and on mostly legitimate courses at that). The fastest time I’m aware of is a 2:35 by Peter Reid in Austria 1999 – on a run course even Peter admits was short.

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Bart Aernouts 02:45:12 02:37:01 IM France on 2013-06-23
2 Victor Del Corral 02:45:27 02:37:29 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
3 Andreas Raelert 02:45:17 02:40:07 IM Austria on 2013-06-30

Top 3 Female Performances of 2013

The run results are dominated by Kona results, indicating that all athletes gave their absolute best in the race that matters most. Of course, Rinny had the best Kona run and also the best run performance of the year:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Mirinda Carfrae 02:51:00 02:50:38 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
2 Caitlin Snow 02:59:16 02:58:53 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
3 Kristin Moeller 03:01:56 02:58:37 IM Lanzarote on 2013-05-18

Fastest 3 Female Times of 2013

Rinny had the fastest 2013 run by quite a large margin:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Mirinda Carfrae 02:51:00 02:50:38 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
2 Ashley Clifford 03:05:31 02:56:35 IM Florida on 2013-11-02
3 Kristin Moeller 03:02:17 02:57:13 IM Germany on 2013-07-07

TOP 10 Performances in 2013

Note: This is an excerpt from my 2013 TriRating Report which has a lot more information about the 2013 long distance season. You can download it for free using this link.

By adjusting for a fast or slow course and conditions on race day, I’m able to compare finishing times from different courses. Therefore, my list of the top performances of the year is a bit more indicative of how good the performance really was (and not on how fast a course the race was occurring).

TOP 10 Male Results

This year, Dirk Bockel posted the fastest time and – according to my calculations – also the best performance.

DirkBockel

Only Frederik Van Lierde has two of the top 10 performances (his wins in France and Kona), and only Kona has three results in the top 10 showing that even with the slower times it is the race with the best field.

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Dirk Bockel 08:15:34 07:52:01 Challenge Roth on 2013-07-14
2 Frederik Van Lierde  08:17:41 08:12:29 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
3 Luke McKenzie 08:20:33 08:15:19 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
4 Eneko Llanos 08:20:56 07:59:58 IM Germany on 2013-07-07
5 Frederik Van Lierde 08:21:24 08:08:59 IM France on 2013-06-23
6 Ronnie Schildknecht 08:22:29 08:11:24 IM South Africa on 2013-04-14
7 Bevan Docherty 08:24:14 08:15:35 IM New Zealand on 2013-03-02
8 Sebastian Kienle 08:24:41 08:19:24 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
9 Timothy O’Donnell 08:24:51 08:01:32 IM Brasil on 2013-05-26
10 Bart Aernouts 08:24:58 08:12:28 IM France on 2013-06-23

TOP 10 Female Results

Undoubtedly, Rinny’s Kona win with a course-record time is the best performance of the year.

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Caroline Steffen had three results in the top 10, and five of the best performances were delivered in Kona:

Rank Name Normalized Time Actual Time Race
1 Mirinda Carfrae 08:57:52 08:52:14 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
2 Rachel Joyce 09:01:03 08:49:14 IM Texas on 2013-05-18
3 Rachel Joyce 09:03:09 08:57:28 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
4 Caroline Steffen 09:06:33 08:40:35 Challenge Roth on 2013-07-14
5 Liz Blatchford 09:09:20 09:03:35 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
6 Yvonne Van Vlerken 09:10:19 09:04:34 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
7 Eva Wutti 09:11:30 08:37:36 IM Copenhagen on 2013-08-18
8 Yvonne Van Vlerken 09:12:38 08:46:22 Challenge Roth on 2013-07-14
9 Caroline Steffen 09:14:57 09:09:09 IM Hawaii on 2013-10-12
10 Caroline Steffen 09:16:00 09:13:57 MetaMan on 2013-08-31

Photo Credits: Sebastian Kuhn and Jay Prasuhn

Bevan and John TriTrivia scorecard

IMTalk

Bevan and John went through my TriTrivia questions in IMTalk Episode 398. Here’s how they did:

Question Bevan’s and John’s Answer Correct Answer? Comment
1. Who ended Cameron Brown’s winning streak at full distance IM New Zealand? Bevan Docherty in 2013 (but they weren’t 100% sure if Cam hadn’t lost earlier ) Yes They correctly discarded the wins by Marino in 2012 (race shortened to a half IM) and Ain Alar Juhanson in 2006 (90k bike, 21k run).
2. Australia for the men and the UK for the women had a series of Kona wins. Name the highest placed athletes from these countries in Kona 2013! UK: Rachel Joyce (2nd)
Australia: Luke McKenzie (2nd)		 Yes
3. Name at least one athlete (m or f) who has won two IM-distance races in 2013. Eneko Llanos
Rachel Joyce
Fredrik Van Lierde		 Yes The full list of double IM winners:

  • Frederik Van Lierde: IM Hawaii and IM France
  • Luke Bell: IM Australia and IM Mont Tremblant
  • Erika Csomor: IM Los Cabos and IM Austria
  • Victor Del Corral: IM Florida and IM Arizona
  • Mary Beth Ellis: IM France and IM Mont Tremblant
  • Lucy Gossage: IM UK and IM Wales
  • Rachel Joyce: IM Texas and IM Cozumel
  • Eneko Llanos: IM Melbourne and IM Germany
  • Chris McDonald: IM Louisville and IM Lake Tahoe
  • Ronnie Schildknecht: IM South Africa and IM Switzerland
If you include non-WTC races:
  • Dylan McNeice: Challenge Wanaka and Challenge Taiwan
  • Caroline Steffen: Challenge Roth and MetaMan
  • Eva Wutti: IM Copenhagen and Challenge Barcelona
4. Who was the highest placed male Pro in Kona 2013 that has never won an Ironman? Sebastian Kienle
(after only a short discussion)		 Yes For the women, it was Kim Schwabenbauer in 22nd place!
5. Name three or more new IM races after the end of 2013 qualifiers! Lake Tahoe
Japan
Boulder		 Yes They thought about Canada, but correctly noted that it qualified for 2013.
There are also additional new IM races in Fortalezza (Brasil), Mallorca (Spain) and Langkawi (Malaysia).
6. Name a US athlete that has gone sub-8h! Andrew Starykowicz
(„that’s easy“)		 Yes He’s the first and only one so far (7:55:22 in Florida 2013).
7. Which race will be the first Kona 2015 qualifier? Wisconsin Yes Scheduled for September 7th, 2014.
8. Which was the last win by Macca? 2012 ITU Long Distance,
for IM-distance:
2010 Kona		 Partly The question I sent to Bevan and John was worded a bit loosely. Therefore, their answer of „2012 ITU Long Distance World Champs“ was correct (July 2012).The version I published on my site was more specifically targeted at „last IM-distance win“. Bevan and John discussed that question too, but they missed Macca’s win at Challenge Cairns in June 2011.
9. Name at least one female US athlete who has gone sub-9h! Mary Beth Ellis
Meredith Kessler		 Yes The full list:

  • Sue Latshaw (Roth 1997)
  • Mary Beth Ellis (Austria 2011, Texas 2012)
  • Jessica Jacobs (Florida 2011)
  • Linsey Corbin (Arizona 2011)
  • Ashley Clifford (Florida 2013)
  • Meredith Kessler (Arizona 2013)
  • Elizabeth Lyles (Western Australia 2013)
10. Which were the last IM races won by US athletes (male and female)? M: Andy Potts (Lake Placid)
F: Mary Beth Ellis (somewhere in 2013)		  Partly Andy Potts is the correct answer for the male, but US pro Elizabeth Lyles won the last IM in 2013 (Western Australia).
Bonus: Who were 3rd placed Pros (m+f) in the first ever Challenge Wanaka in 2007? M: John Newsom
F: „maybe Hillary”		 Yes Amazing! I was pretty sure John would get the male answer right, but had my doubts he’d also remember Hillary Biscay as the third women.

All in all, Bevan and John did very good. They got two questions only partly right, so I give them a total score of 9 out of 10 (plus the bonus point). Well done!

TriTrivia – IMTalk Edition

IMTalk

John and Bevan from the IMTalk podcast went through my 2013 Tri Trivia. They liked the questions, but said that they were pretty hard to answer without serious research. So here is a new set of questions designed to be answered without having to resort to a full list of 2013 results.

The questions start relatively easy, but the last ones get pretty hard!

  1. Who ended Cameron Brown’s winning streak at full distance IM New Zealand?
  2. Australia for the men and the UK for the women had a series of Kona wins. Name the highest placed athletes from these countries in Kona 2013!
  3. Name at least one athlete (m or f) who has won two IM-distance races in 2013.
  4. Who was the highest placed male Pro in Kona 2013 that has never won an Ironman?
  5. Name three or more new IM races after the end of 2013 qualifiers!
  6. Name a US athlete that has gone sub-8h!
  7. Which race will be the first Kona 2015 qualifier?
  8. Which was the last IM-distance win by Macca?
  9. Name at least one female US athlete who has gone sub-9h!
  10. Which were the last IM races won by US athletes (male and female)?

Bonus question:

  • Who were 3rd placed Pros (m+f) in the first ever Challenge Wanaka in 2007?

Have fun with these, and let’s see how good John and Bevan are going to do. (Here’s the link to download IMTalk Episode 398 where they discuss the questions.)

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