Male Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Tim Berkel	AUS	08:47:24	08:51:13	91
2	Paul Ambrose	GBR	08:50:30	08:54:20	106
3	Jason Shortis	AUS	08:52:57	08:56:48	115
4	Dan Brown	PHI	08:54:13	08:58:05	124
5	Leon Griffin	AUS	08:58:46	09:02:40	150
6	Chris Dmitrieff	AUS	09:13:52	09:17:52	259
7	Scott Defilippis	USA	09:19:49	09:23:52	306

Female Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Michelle Mitchell	AUS	09:38:05	09:42:16	42
2	Kat Baker	AUS	09:58:22	10:02:42	91
3	Nicole Ward	AUS	10:00:34	10:04:55	99
4	Hillary Biscay	USA	10:10:14	10:14:39	140

Results for Tim Berkel (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
Challenge Cairns	2011-06-05	08:29:20	08:37:08	08:51:13	3
IM Australia	2010-03-28	08:40:46	08:48:36	08:55:45	6
IM Western Australia	2009-12-05	09:33:04	09:49:54	08:57:53	16
IM Australia	2009-04-05	08:31:43	08:34:18	08:38:32	3
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	08:07:06	08:20:53	08:40:25	1
IM Australia	2008-04-06	08:44:20	08:47:02	08:53:36	4
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	08:49:07	09:01:49	09:01:49	5

Results for Paul Ambrose (GBR)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM St. George	2011-05-07	08:51:41	08:51:52	08:54:20	6
IM Louisville	2010-08-29	08:29:59	08:32:42	08:55:05	1
IM Australia	2010-03-28	08:38:24	08:46:12	09:02:31	5
IM Arizona	2009-11-22	08:24:54	08:33:58	09:09:20	5
IM Austria	2009-07-05	08:40:06	08:56:07	09:30:48	11
IM Arizona	2008-11-23	10:04:18	10:12:11	10:12:11	42

Results for Jason Shortis (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Melbourne	2012-03-24	08:57:33	09:06:28	08:56:48	21
IM Western Australia	2011-12-04	08:27:31	08:35:47	08:55:39	3
IM Canada	2011-08-28	09:12:55	09:17:02	08:58:06	10
IM Lake Placid	2011-07-24	08:47:18	08:49:16	08:55:39	3
IM Australia	2011-05-01	08:46:07	08:54:04	08:56:34	3
IM Louisville	2010-08-29	10:12:54	10:16:09	08:56:58	13
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	08:34:52	08:42:26	08:45:23	4
IM Western Australia	2009-12-05	08:37:20	08:52:31	08:45:50	6
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	08:58:09	08:57:32	08:44:47	3
IM Australia	2009-04-05	09:02:22	09:05:07	08:42:39	11
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	08:10:57	08:24:50	08:38:38	2
IM Wisconsin	2008-09-07	08:59:14	08:59:26	08:41:19	3
IM Western Australia	2007-12-01	08:35:43	08:52:06	08:37:18	12
IM Australia	2007-04-08	08:25:33	08:28:54	08:34:05	2
IM Western Australia	2006-12-03	08:03:55	08:10:35	08:35:14	1
IM Korea	2006-08-27	08:34:09	08:36:39	08:41:20	5
Challenge Roth	2006-06-24	08:30:55	08:43:06	08:42:43	8
IM Australia	2006-05-11	08:36:08	08:34:07	08:42:34	3
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	08:57:06	08:56:34	08:47:47	36
Challenge Roth	2005-06-24	08:27:25	08:38:10	08:38:10	8

Results for Dan Brown (PHI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Korea	2006-08-27	08:55:28	08:58:05	08:58:05	8

Results for Leon Griffin (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Western Australia	2011-12-04	09:03:49	09:12:41	09:02:40	12
IM Cozumel	2009-11-29	13:30:58	13:39:25	08:38:58	16
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	08:24:41	08:38:58	08:38:58	6

Results for Chris Dmitrieff (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
Challenge Cairns	2011-06-05	09:17:03	09:25:35	09:17:52	8
IM Australia	2011-05-01	09:39:26	09:48:11	09:15:43	8
IM Western Australia	2009-12-05	09:05:29	09:21:30	09:03:37	11
IM Australia	2009-04-05	08:53:06	08:55:48	08:57:42	9
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	08:28:29	08:42:52	08:58:25	8
IM Australia	2007-04-08	09:17:13	09:20:55	09:06:31	12
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	09:15:29	09:11:24	08:59:40	50
IM Florida	2005-11-05	08:41:40	08:43:49	08:51:18	4
IM Australia	2005-04-08	09:00:09	09:00:09	09:00:09	10

Results for Scott Defilippis (USA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
Challenge Wanaka	2012-01-21	09:16:00	09:11:00	09:23:52	7
IM Florida	2011-11-05	08:27:13	08:47:36	09:26:27	8
IM France	2011-06-26	09:26:26	09:30:34	09:35:34	13
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:58:05	09:58:18	09:36:55	15
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:43:35	09:00:05	09:29:29	12
IM St. George	2010-05-01	09:53:07	09:47:19	09:42:09	17
IM Florida	2009-11-07	09:31:53	09:49:22	09:39:06	17
IM Louisville	2009-08-28	09:25:00	09:28:15	09:28:15	16

Results for Michelle Mitchell (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Western Australia	2011-12-04	09:28:07	09:37:22	09:42:16	2
Challenge Cairns	2011-06-05	09:30:41	09:39:26	09:45:12	2
IM New Zealand	2011-03-05	09:50:04	09:51:23	09:51:23	7
IM Wisconsin	2005-09-11	15:16:08	14:51:39	14:51:39	16

Results for Kat Baker (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Canada	2009-08-30	10:05:19	10:09:58	10:02:42	7
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	09:37:24	09:53:44	09:53:44	3

Results for Nicole Ward (AUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
Challenge Wanaka	2012-01-21	10:12:39	10:07:08	10:04:55	6
IM Australia	2011-05-01	09:49:23	09:58:17	10:04:22	3
IM Coeur d’Alene	2010-06-27	09:56:48	10:02:57	10:05:56	6
IM New Zealand	2010-03-06	09:51:05	09:57:50	10:06:42	6
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	10:20:46	10:15:07	10:09:23	32
IM New Zealand	2009-03-07	09:56:04	10:04:58	10:07:16	7
IM Western Australia	2008-12-07	09:43:12	09:59:42	10:08:19	5
IM Western Australia	2007-12-01	09:44:35	10:03:09	10:14:37	9
IM Australia	2007-04-08	10:24:18	10:28:26	10:28:26	12

Results for Hillary Biscay (USA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Western Australia	2011-12-04	09:39:41	09:49:08	10:14:39	5
IM Louisville	2011-08-28	10:09:32	10:20:52	10:16:17	8
IM Korea	2011-07-03	10:12:20	10:20:03	10:16:00	3
IM Brasil	2011-05-29	09:33:14	09:55:24	10:15:44	4
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	10:47:51	10:49:09	10:17:05	39
IM Wisconsin	2010-09-12	10:29:06	10:31:35	10:15:12	7
IM Louisville	2010-08-29	10:52:37	10:56:05	10:14:12	9
IM Coeur d’Alene	2010-06-27	10:39:44	10:46:20	10:11:31	11
IM Brasil	2010-05-30	09:44:38	10:03:03	10:09:15	4
IM Lanzarote	2010-05-22	10:41:44	10:39:15	10:09:40	9
IM Wisconsin	2009-09-13	10:02:58	10:00:52	10:04:47	3
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	10:47:50	10:47:05	10:05:03	12
IM Lanzarote	2009-05-23	10:28:45	10:25:21	10:02:14	5
Challenge Wanaka	2009-01-01	10:16:39	10:23:17	10:00:39	2
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	10:35:10	10:32:32	09:59:11	35
IM Wisconsin	2008-09-07	09:47:25	09:47:38	09:57:02	1
IM Louisville	2008-08-27	09:59:33	09:55:57	09:57:40	4
IM Lake Placid	2008-07-20	09:58:45	09:57:26	09:57:47	3
Challenge Roth	2008-07-13	09:24:19	09:46:53	09:57:48	6
IM Brasil	2008-05-25	09:56:10	10:06:36	09:58:41	1
IM Arizona	2008-04-13	09:53:21	09:57:02	09:58:01	8
Challenge Wanaka	2008-01-19	10:11:17	10:15:04	09:58:06	2
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:56:46	09:56:23	09:56:36	20
IM Wisconsin	2007-09-09	10:01:30	10:00:22	09:56:37	2
IM UK	2007-08-19	09:49:50	09:56:09	09:56:15	2
IM Austria	2007-07-08	09:39:23	09:51:18	09:56:16	6
IM Brasil	2007-05-27	09:44:14	09:56:33	09:56:49	6
IM Arizona	2007-04-15	11:33:07	11:36:58	10:07:26	10
IM New Zealand	2007-03-03	09:34:53	09:39:20	09:56:51	4
Challenge Wanaka	2007-01-20	09:58:35	10:01:02	09:59:07	3
IM Florida	2006-11-04	09:40:39	09:48:47	09:58:50	3
IM Wisconsin	2006-09-10	10:07:01	09:52:55	10:00:24	2
IM Austria	2006-07-16	09:30:37	09:42:47	10:01:42	4
IM Coeur d’Alene	2006-06-25	09:59:46	10:00:14	10:05:29	5
IM Arizona	2006-04-09	09:43:36	09:44:41	10:06:47	3
IM Brasil	2006-01-01	09:34:19	09:41:10	10:13:25	3
IM Canada	2005-08-29	10:36:56	10:34:27	10:25:50	11
IM Lake Placid	2005-07-24	10:31:33	10:26:19	10:21:13	10
IM Arizona	2005-04-09	10:15:40	10:15:40	10:15:40	7

Race Conditions

This year’s IM South Africa was very slow. The adjustment was calculated at –5:49, so it was about 18 minutes slower than the 2011 race. I’m not sure what factors contributed to this, I have not heard horror stories of strong winds or too long swim courses, but the times were pretty slow even starting with the swim. (Please note that the adjustment is not influenced by the strength of the field, only by comparing expected and actual finishing times by each athlete.)

Male Results

Some of the pre race favorites didn’t start (Cunama) or made clear that they were just racing for fun (Tissink). The remaining favorite, Andi Böcherer, led after the bike, but dropped out at the 18k mark of the run, and Clemente Alonso won his first Ironman:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Clemente Alonso-McKernan	ESP	08:34:45	08:51:24
2	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:41:48	08:48:58
3	Mike Aigroz	SWI	08:46:04	08:51:31
4	Markus Fachbach	GER	08:57:21	08:51:43
5	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	09:03:03	09:09:30
6	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	09:09:57	09:02:56
7	Craig Twigg	GBR	09:10:48	09:58:24
8	Sylvain Rota	FRA	09:11:24	n/a
9	Kent Horner	ZAF	09:14:39	09:24:02
10	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	09:20:56	08:49:15
11	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	09:25:43	09:13:07
12	Michael Wetzel	GER	09:26:33	09:21:59
13	Raynard Tissink	ZAF	09:31:42	08:39:14
14	Ivan Albano	BRA	09:40:30	09:26:11
15	Georg Swoboda	AUT	09:42:51	08:56:35

As usual, a TOP 3 finish required to race faster than your predicted time and deliver a good performance – not much of a chance anymore to just show up, go through the motions and finish on the podium.

Female Results

On the women’s side, Natascha Badmann had a bad swim but a great bike and run and managed to overtake her countrywomen Simone Braendli for her fourth win in South Africa:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Natascha Badmann	SWI	09:47:10	09:39:30
2	Simone Braendli	SWI	09:52:26	10:19:01
3	Diana Riesler	GER	10:01:14	09:46:31
4	Dianne Mcewan	ZAF	10:07:55	n/a
5	Susan Dietrich	GER	10:08:02	09:47:28
6	Virginia Berasategui	ESP	10:13:00	09:44:23
7	Emi Sakai	JPN	10:28:03	n/a
8	Anne Basso	FRA	10:33:12	10:32:12
9	Nina Pekerman	ISR	10:34:24	n/a
10	Jacqui Gordon	USA	10:41:13	10:17:28
11	Claire Horner	ZAF	10:50:53	10:46:25
12	Kathrin Walther	GER	11:30:13	n/a
13	Caroline Koll	ZAF	11:56:21	10:52:04

Congratulations to Natscha – even with her having the best pre-race rating, I didn’t think she had another IM win in her. By winning, she became the oldest female winner of an Ironman at 45 years, 4 months and 16 days. Previously, Fernanda Keller had that record with her win in IM Brazil 2008 at the age of 44 years, 7 months and 21 days. I wish I was that fast!

As always, you can find additional information on the participants in the detail post.

Previous Results

With a course rating of 7:03, South Africa is one of the medium quick courses, comparable to IM France or IM Arizona. However, the adjustment has seen quite a lot of movement, so conditions on race day are going to have an influence on how quick the race is going to be. Last years winners were Raynard Tissink in 8:05:36 (in front of Andi Böcherer and James Cunnama) and Chrissie Wellington in a super-quick 8:33:56 (followed by Rachel Joyce and Diana Riesler).

Male Participants

The top three from last year are back:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Raynard Tissink	ZAF	08:27:00	08:33:42	20
2	Andi Boecherer	GER	08:34:49	08:41:38	37
3	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:36:30	08:43:20	45
4	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	08:36:47	08:43:37	46
5	Clemente Alonso-McKernan	ESP	08:38:53	08:45:45	58
6	Mike Aigroz	SWI	08:39:00	08:45:52	59
7	Markus Fachbach	GER	08:39:11	08:46:03	61
8	James Cunnama	ZAF	08:40:30	08:47:23	71
9	Georg Swoboda	AUT	08:43:56	08:50:52	91
10	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:50:08	08:57:09	119
11	Alejandro Santamaria	ESP	08:51:38	08:58:40	127
12	Jonathan Hotchkiss	GBR	08:52:57	09:00:00	135
13	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:56:33	09:03:39	156
14	Joseph Spindler	GER	08:57:52	09:04:59	161
15	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	09:00:05	09:07:14	178
16	Bruno Clerbout	BEL	09:03:50	09:11:02	205
17	Michael Wetzel	GER	09:08:45	09:16:00	234
18	Kent Horner	ZAF	09:10:45	09:18:02	260
19	Ivan Albano	BRA	09:12:50	09:20:09	282
20	Craig Twigg	GBR	09:44:18	09:52:02	507
21	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	10:17:50	10:26:00	708

These three athletes also top the odds:

• Raynard Tissink: 39%
• Andi Boecherer: 35%
• James Cunnama: 11%
• Mike Aigroz: 8%

Statistically, in addition to Tissink, Böcherer and Cunname only last year’s Hawaii TOP 10 athlete Mike Aigroz has a realistic chance of winning – all the other well rated athletes do not have enough results under their belt. However, any of these athlete may be able to surprise if they manage to race as well as they did last time – the ratings are close enough to promise an exciting race!

Update: Apparently, Ray Tissink has entered the race, but is not really aiming for a top finish. (He tweeted “let’s make it 100% clear, I’m not racing [for a fast time]. Going to have fun and experience what everybody else in the event does.”) Apparently, he is taking some time off Ironman, but is “not retired yet. Taking some time to get my head straight after a disappointing year. Will be back at IMSA next year.”

Update: Not only is Raynard Tissink out of contention, but James Cunnama has withdrawn and will not start. With these two changes, the odds change to

• Andi Böcherer 51%
• Markus Fachbach 14%
• Mike Aigroz 14% 
• Guilherme Manocchio 10%

Female Participants

While the men’s race looks quite close, the field on the women’s side is not as deep:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Natascha Badmann	SWI	09:25:51	09:33:20	22
2	Virginia Berasategui	ESP	09:30:37	09:38:10	35
3	Diana Riesler	GER	09:32:42	09:40:16	40
4	Susan Dietrich	GER	09:33:38	09:41:13	42
5	Jacqui Gordon	USA	10:02:56	10:10:54	126
6	Anne Basso	FRA	10:17:18	10:25:28	176
7	Claire Horner	ZAF	10:31:11	10:39:32	206
8	Caroline Koll	ZAF	10:36:43	10:45:08	216
9	Jodie Swallow	GBR	n/a	unrated	n/a

Natascha Badmann still has the best rating of the field, but if she won it would be quite a surprise. Here’s a look at the odds for the race:

• Virginia Berasategui: 41%
• Natascha Badmann: 27%
• Diana Riesler: 22%
• Susan Dietrich: 6.%
• Jacqui Gordon: 4%

Jodie Swallow is still on the start list, but she’s got a stress fracture in her foot and will not be able to start. (On her blog, she said that she has “to postpone Ironman South Africa victory until next year”.) My best wishes for a quick recovery!

Male Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Raynard Tissink	ZAF	08:27:00	08:33:42	20
2	Andi Boecherer	GER	08:34:49	08:41:38	37
3	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:36:30	08:43:20	45
4	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	08:36:47	08:43:37	46
5	Clemente Alonso-McKernan	ESP	08:38:53	08:45:45	58
6	Mike Aigroz	SWI	08:39:00	08:45:52	59
7	Markus Fachbach	GER	08:39:11	08:46:03	61
8	James Cunnama	ZAF	08:40:30	08:47:23	71
9	Georg Swoboda	AUT	08:43:56	08:50:52	91
10	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:50:08	08:57:09	119
11	Alejandro Santamaria	ESP	08:51:38	08:58:40	127
12	Jonathan Hotchkiss	GBR	08:52:57	09:00:00	135
13	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:56:33	09:03:39	156
14	Joseph Spindler	GER	08:57:52	09:04:59	161
15	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	09:00:05	09:07:14	178
16	Bruno Clerbout	BEL	09:03:50	09:11:02	205
17	Michael Wetzel	GER	09:08:45	09:16:00	234
18	Kent Horner	ZAF	09:10:45	09:18:02	260
19	Ivan Albano	BRA	09:12:50	09:20:09	282
20	Craig Twigg	GBR	09:44:18	09:52:02	507
21	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	10:17:50	10:26:00	708

Female Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Natascha Badmann	SWI	09:25:51	09:33:20	22
2	Virginia Berasategui	ESP	09:30:37	09:38:10	35
3	Diana Riesler	GER	09:32:42	09:40:16	40
4	Susan Dietrich	GER	09:33:38	09:41:13	42
5	Jacqui Gordon	USA	10:02:56	10:10:54	126
6	Anne Basso	FRA	10:17:18	10:25:28	176
7	Claire Horner	ZAF	10:31:11	10:39:32	206
8	Caroline Koll	ZAF	10:36:43	10:45:08	216
9	Jodie Swallow		n/a	unrated	n/a

Results for Raynard Tissink (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	08:22:15	08:23:45	08:33:42	7
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:05:36	08:16:25	08:35:12	1
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	08:20:11	08:21:11	08:37:59	5
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	08:23:28	08:30:52	08:40:29	1
IM Florida	2009-11-07	08:40:21	08:56:15	08:41:55	8
IM Wisconsin	2009-09-13	08:45:19	08:43:29	08:39:46	1
IM Louisville	2009-08-28	08:39:09	08:42:08	08:39:08	3
Challenge Roth	2009-07-12	08:07:18	08:26:54	08:38:32	7
Challenge Roth	2008-07-13	08:55:59	09:17:25	08:41:18	19
IM South Africa	2008-04-13	08:23:09	08:32:26	08:33:28	2
IM Western Australia	2007-12-01	08:09:19	08:24:52	08:33:44	2
IM Korea	2007-08-26	09:08:10	08:53:34	08:36:20	1
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	08:36:07	08:35:12	08:29:53	2
IM South Africa	2006-03-18	08:37:37	08:39:16	08:27:15	2
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	08:25:52	08:25:22	08:20:11	7
IM Austria	2005-07-03	08:14:34	08:14:34	08:14:34	1

Results for Andi Boecherer (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	08:23:19	08:24:49	08:41:38	8
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:08:36	08:19:29	08:46:24	2
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	09:24:34	09:25:42	08:55:05	51
IM Regensburg	2010-08-01	08:18:28	08:25:47	08:43:12	2
IM Canada	2009-08-30	08:53:37	08:57:43	08:53:20	6
IM Germany	2008-07-06	08:13:33	08:32:34	08:49:48	7
IM Lanzarote	2007-05-20	09:15:54	09:13:39	09:13:39	5

Results for Cyril Viennot (FRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	08:37:00	08:38:32	08:43:20	15
IM Switzerland	2011-07-10	08:36:02	08:49:41	08:46:01	4
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:30:42	08:42:04	08:42:04	5

Results for Guilherme Manocchio (BRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Brasil	2011-05-29	08:15:30	08:34:39	08:43:37	2
IM Brasil	2010-05-30	08:39:11	08:55:33	08:55:33	7

Results for Clemente Alonso-McKernan (ESP)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Switzerland	2011-07-10	08:27:56	08:41:22	08:45:45	2
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:48:53	08:44:04	08:49:31	17
IM France	2009-06-28	08:48:59	08:55:26	08:55:26	4

Results for Mike Aigroz (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	08:21:07	08:22:36	08:45:52	6
IM Switzerland	2011-07-10	08:38:21	08:52:04	08:51:42	5
IM St. George	2011-05-07	08:42:06	08:42:17	08:51:35	5
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:34:24	08:44:55	08:55:19	3
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:18:34	09:13:29	09:00:14	44
IM Canada	2009-08-30	08:40:17	08:44:17	08:52:13	2
IM France	2008-06-22	08:56:43	09:03:24	09:03:24	6

Results for Markus Fachbach (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Regensburg	2011-08-07	08:29:16	08:40:47	08:46:03	1
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:25:25	08:41:20	08:47:36	4
IM Austria	2010-07-04	08:20:43	08:36:50	08:49:33	4
IM Wisconsin	2008-09-07	09:01:56	09:02:08	08:54:33	5
IM Germany	2008-07-06	08:19:29	08:38:44	08:52:15	8
IM Florida	2007-11-03	09:16:24	09:32:52	08:57:45	33
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	08:45:06	08:41:15	08:40:02	24
Challenge Roth	2006-06-24	08:23:46	08:35:47	08:39:18	5
IM Florida	2005-11-05	08:41:22	08:43:31	08:43:31	3

Results for James Cunnama (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:13:18	08:24:17	08:47:23	3
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:15:59	08:31:36	08:52:50	1
Challenge Roth	2010-07-18	08:18:47	08:36:04	08:58:26	6
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:25:05	09:19:57	09:05:34	51
IM Austria	2009-07-05	08:14:18	08:29:32	09:00:38	2
IM South Africa	2009-04-05	08:55:24	09:06:54	09:15:06	6
IM South Africa	2008-04-13	08:52:17	09:02:06	09:21:22	10
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	09:48:38	09:47:35	09:47:35	13

Results for Georg Swoboda (AUT)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Florida	2008-11-01	08:31:57	08:49:55	08:50:52	8
IM Austria	2006-07-16	08:41:32	08:52:39	08:51:56	14
IM Austria	2005-07-03	08:50:57	08:50:57	08:50:57	16

Results for Petr Vabrousek (CZE)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Melbourne	2012-03-24	08:29:25	08:37:52	08:57:09	13
Challenge Wanaka	2012-01-21	09:15:21	09:10:21	08:58:02	6
IM Western Australia	2011-12-04	08:35:08	08:43:32	08:57:28	6
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	09:13:42	09:15:21	08:58:07	30
IM Texas	2011-05-21	08:37:59	08:43:31	08:57:19	9
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:11:11	09:11:23	08:57:55	9
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:40:36	08:52:11	08:57:18	8
IM New Zealand	2011-03-05	08:58:30	08:59:42	08:57:32	6
Challenge Wanaka	2011-01-15	09:27:44	09:29:33	08:57:26	5
IM Cozumel	2010-11-28	08:39:52	08:50:03	08:55:56	8
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:29:59	08:46:03	08:56:13	7
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	08:56:26	08:57:30	08:56:42	41
IM Canada	2010-08-29	08:39:16	08:46:52	08:56:40	4
IM Lake Placid	2010-07-25	08:46:33	08:50:57	08:57:10	2
IM Brasil	2010-05-30	08:36:15	08:52:31	08:57:29	6
IM St. George	2010-05-01	09:09:43	09:04:20	08:57:45	6
Challenge Wanaka	2010-01-16	09:00:08	09:00:39	08:57:24	4
IM Western Australia	2009-12-05	08:57:08	09:12:54	08:57:14	10
IM Arizona	2009-11-22	08:37:45	08:47:03	08:56:23	10
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:23:03	09:17:56	08:56:55	48
IM Wisconsin	2009-09-13	09:08:26	09:06:31	08:55:43	7
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	09:10:24	09:09:46	08:55:04	6
Challenge Roth	2009-07-12	08:15:03	08:34:58	08:54:11	10
IM Brasil	2009-05-31	08:37:18	08:50:06	08:55:24	3
IM South Africa	2009-04-05	08:36:07	08:47:12	08:55:45	3
Challenge Wanaka	2009-01-01	08:44:38	08:50:16	08:56:19	2
IM Arizona	2008-11-23	08:28:09	08:34:47	08:56:43	8
IM Florida	2008-11-01	08:23:00	08:40:39	08:58:14	3
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:04:42	09:02:27	08:59:30	31
IM Lake Placid	2008-07-20	08:55:20	08:54:10	08:59:16	2
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	08:53:05	09:05:30	08:59:40	6
IM Brasil	2008-05-25	08:53:58	09:03:18	08:59:11	4
IM Australia	2008-04-06	09:11:11	09:14:01	08:58:50	11
Challenge Wanaka	2008-01-19	09:09:36	09:13:00	08:57:26	6
IM Western Australia	2007-12-01	08:27:15	08:43:22	08:55:58	10
IM Florida	2007-11-03	08:53:05	09:08:51	08:57:13	21
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:42:26	09:42:03	08:55:58	56
IM Louisville	2007-08-26	10:58:00	10:59:48	08:50:29	22
IM Germany	2007-07-01	08:22:31	08:36:25	08:50:29	5
IM Brasil	2007-05-27	08:40:42	08:51:41	08:52:13	6
IM Arizona	2007-04-15	08:41:59	08:44:53	08:52:18	4
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	08:48:19	08:47:23	08:53:25	4
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	09:10:45	09:06:42	08:54:28	47
IM Lake Placid	2006-07-23	09:03:12	08:55:50	08:52:14	7
IM Arizona	2006-04-09	08:44:54	08:45:52	08:51:29	8
IM South Africa	2006-03-18	08:38:52	08:40:31	08:52:48	3
IM Western Australia	2005-11-27	08:36:05	08:38:20	08:56:27	5
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	09:12:17	09:11:44	09:33:57	50
IM Wisconsin	2005-09-11	11:19:03	11:00:54	09:42:05	23
IM Brasil	2005-05-28	09:06:45	09:06:45	08:58:25	6
IM Arizona	2005-04-09	08:49:46	08:49:46	08:49:46	4

Results for Alejandro Santamaria (ESP)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Melbourne	2012-03-24	08:41:15	08:49:54	08:58:40	17
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	08:32:50	08:45:41	09:00:57	3
IM France	2011-06-26	09:07:39	09:11:39	09:05:42	8
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:04:38	09:04:50	09:03:26	7
IM Cozumel	2009-11-29	08:57:04	09:02:40	09:02:37	3
IM Korea	2007-08-26	09:50:52	09:35:08	09:02:35	6
IM Western Australia	2006-12-03	08:41:50	08:49:02	08:47:02	6
IM UK	2006-08-16	08:54:42	08:56:49	08:45:47	4
IM Austria	2005-07-03	08:30:33	08:30:33	08:30:33	6

Results for Jonathan Hotchkiss (GBR)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
Challenge Cairns	2011-06-05	08:42:49	08:50:50	09:00:00	7
IM Western Australia	2010-12-05	08:31:02	08:42:38	09:06:20	6
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	09:28:09	09:41:47	09:41:47	18

Results for Trevor Delsaut (FRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	08:44:03	08:57:11	09:03:39	6
IM France	2011-06-26	08:54:59	08:58:54	09:05:19	6
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:41:57	08:53:34	09:07:12	9
IM Cozumel	2010-11-28	08:32:24	08:42:26	09:12:27	5
IM Austria	2010-07-04	08:33:27	08:49:59	09:28:18	7
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	09:27:44	09:40:57	10:02:24	19
IM France	2008-06-22	10:16:31	10:24:12	10:24:12	20

Results for Joseph Spindler (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lanzarote	2009-05-23	09:13:17	09:10:17	09:04:59	9
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	08:54:44	09:07:11	09:03:18	8
Challenge Wanaka	2008-01-19	08:47:49	08:51:05	09:02:01	1
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:12:19	09:11:57	09:06:25	36
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	08:51:59	09:04:45	09:03:07	6
IM Florida	2006-11-04	08:53:42	09:01:10	09:01:10	9

Results for Andrey Lyatskiy (RUS)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	08:43:05	08:56:11	09:07:14	5
IM Germany	2011-07-24	09:07:09	09:19:26	09:19:26	20

Results for Bruno Clerbout (BEL)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	08:47:07	09:00:19	09:11:02	8
IM Wales	2011-09-11	09:07:59	08:59:01	09:13:08	3
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:37:12	09:37:24	09:16:20	14
IM Arizona	2010-11-21	09:13:33	09:25:52	09:10:55	22
IM France	2010-06-27	08:53:15	09:06:32	09:06:34	4
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:55:11	08:50:19	09:06:35	24
IM France	2009-06-28	08:58:02	09:04:35	09:13:04	6
IM France	2008-06-22	09:22:52	09:29:53	09:17:58	11
IM France	2007-06-24	08:46:30	08:53:44	09:08:54	4
IM France	2006-06-24	09:20:48	09:29:08	09:29:08	9

Results for Michael Wetzel (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	09:07:02	09:20:44	09:16:00	15
IM Germany	2011-07-24	08:58:40	09:10:46	09:10:46	17

Results for Kent Horner (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:58:39	09:10:38	09:18:02	12
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	09:19:32	09:27:46	09:27:46	11

Results for Ivan Albano (BRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Arizona	2011-11-19	09:01:14	09:14:46	09:20:09	30
IM Louisville	2011-08-28	09:21:39	09:32:06	09:21:06	5
IM Brasil	2011-05-29	08:48:57	09:09:24	09:18:54	7
IM Brasil	2010-05-30	08:54:05	09:10:55	09:21:04	9
IM Cozumel	2009-11-29	09:23:59	09:29:51	09:23:10	9
IM Brasil	2009-05-31	09:04:38	09:18:06	09:21:43	10
IM Louisville	2008-08-27	10:31:50	10:28:02	09:22:33	17
IM Brasil	2008-05-25	08:58:55	09:08:21	09:07:28	7
IM Florida	2007-11-03	08:50:46	09:06:28	09:07:14	18
IM Louisville	2007-08-26	09:11:09	09:12:40	09:07:28	9
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	09:15:57	09:11:52	09:05:23	52
IM Brasil	2006-01-01	08:45:00	08:51:16	09:02:25	8
IM Wisconsin	2005-09-11	09:27:56	09:12:46	09:08:46	7
IM Brasil	2005-05-28	09:04:25	09:04:25	09:04:25	5

Results for Craig Twigg (GBR)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	09:10:01	09:22:16	09:52:02	16
IM UK	2010-08-01	10:21:02	10:28:21	10:28:21	9

Results for Freddy Lampret (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	10:46:11	11:00:34	10:26:00	23
IM South Africa	2008-04-13	14:05:39	14:21:15	09:46:04	23
IM France	2007-06-24	09:37:48	09:45:44	09:46:04	18
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	09:56:29	09:55:25	09:46:17	16
IM Brasil	2006-01-01	09:26:35	09:33:21	09:33:21	17

Results for Natascha Badmann (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	09:31:21	09:33:03	09:33:20	14
IM Lanzarote	2011-05-21	09:43:39	09:38:29	09:33:30	2
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	09:22:01	09:21:01	09:28:30	1
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	09:38:52	09:34:37	09:31:44	10
IM South Africa	2006-03-18	09:46:38	09:48:30	09:29:55	1
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	09:09:30	09:08:57	09:08:57	1

Results for Virginia Berasategui (ESP)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2011-10-15	09:19:52	09:21:32	09:38:10	10
IM Germany	2011-07-24	09:37:00	09:49:57	09:42:42	10
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	09:16:47	09:17:54	09:40:12	4
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:15:28	09:10:25	09:48:36	3
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:29:15	09:26:54	10:03:36	6
IM Lanzarote	2008-05-24	10:22:36	10:19:35	10:18:59	5
IM France	2007-06-24	10:07:24	10:15:44	10:18:37	4
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	10:31:59	10:31:21	10:21:05	37
IM Lanzarote	2005-06-04	10:09:40	10:09:40	10:09:40	1

Results for Diana Riesler (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM UK	2011-07-31	09:25:41	09:37:13	09:40:16	2
IM Austria	2011-07-03	08:53:34	09:20:52	09:41:03	3
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	09:20:37	09:33:06	09:47:54	3
IM Germany	2010-07-04	09:27:37	09:40:52	09:54:48	4
IM Australia	2010-03-28	09:57:04	10:06:03	10:03:06	4
IM Austria	2009-07-05	09:41:33	09:59:28	09:59:28	7

Results for Susan Dietrich (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Arizona	2011-11-19	09:19:47	09:33:47	09:41:13	9
IM Germany	2011-07-24	09:28:08	09:40:53	09:45:55	8
IM Germany	2010-07-04	09:39:12	09:52:43	09:52:43	7

Results for Jacqui Gordon (USA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lake Placid	2011-07-24	10:07:22	10:09:38	10:10:54	5
IM Texas	2011-05-21	09:27:20	09:33:24	10:11:08	8
IM Florida	2010-11-06	10:09:42	10:28:54	10:19:06	9
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	10:08:19	10:07:37	10:16:56	6
IM South Africa	2009-04-05	09:46:26	09:59:02	10:18:37	4
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	10:20:49	10:18:15	10:22:29	26
IM Louisville	2008-08-27	10:26:03	10:22:17	10:23:21	7
IM Lake Placid	2008-07-20	10:31:53	10:30:30	10:23:37	6
IM Arizona	2008-04-13	10:32:32	10:36:27	10:21:25	14
IM Florida	2007-11-03	09:51:46	10:09:16	10:15:04	15
IM Canada	2007-08-26	10:29:13	10:29:41	10:18:30	14
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	10:08:41	10:04:13	10:04:13	26

Results for Anne Basso (FRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Cozumel	2011-11-27	10:18:53	10:34:23	10:25:28	10
IM Florida	2010-11-06	09:37:37	09:55:49	10:19:07	7
IM France	2010-06-27	10:29:18	10:44:58	10:44:58	9

Results for Claire Horner (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	10:11:55	10:25:32	10:39:32	11
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	10:48:27	10:57:59	10:57:59	13

Results for Caroline Koll (ZAF)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	10:37:39	10:51:51	10:45:08	13
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	10:24:25	10:33:36	10:43:05	11
IM Cozumel	2009-11-29	12:35:24	12:43:16	10:45:57	12
IM France	2009-06-28	10:44:45	10:52:36	10:45:57	13
IM South Africa	2009-04-05	10:08:35	10:21:39	10:43:52	5
IM South Africa	2008-04-13	10:05:58	10:17:09	10:53:05	6
IM Korea	2007-08-26	12:31:09	12:11:09	11:09:28	6
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	10:49:22	10:48:13	10:31:39	10
IM Korea	2006-08-27	10:09:15	10:12:13	10:12:13	3

Results for Jodie Swallow ( )

Race

Date

Total

Adjusted

Rating

Rank in Race

Race Conditions

This was the first time that IM Melbourne was held. It was a really exciting race with very strong fields and fast times. The course itself was pretty quick (course rating of 8:58 – similar to Arizona and Cozumel), but not crazy quick such as Austria or Roth (almost 17 and 19 minutes). This makes the really fast times by Crowie and Caroline Steffen that much more impressive! It also goes to show that good, deep fields keep the athletes “honest” and help in pushing everyone to their limits.

Male Results

On the men’s side, Crowie battled Cam on the run and managed to pull off his first sub 8:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Craig Alexander	AUS	07:57:44	08:09:14
2	Cameron Brown	NZL	08:00:12	08:23:31
3	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	08:01:26	08:32:31
4	Eneko Llanos	ESP	08:02:23	08:14:11
5	David Dellow	AUS	08:04:19	08:40:51
6	Paul Matthews	USA	08:05:58	n/a
7	Luke Bell	AUS	08:10:38	08:41:54
8	Joe Gambles	AUS	08:12:46	08:32:53
9	Marko Albert	EST	08:18:04	08:26:34
10	Bart Aernouts	BEL	08:18:17	n/a
11	Joshua Rix	AUS	08:22:17	08:59:47
12	Romain Guillaume	FRA	08:25:51	09:16:06
13	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:29:25	08:49:06
14	Jens Petersen-Bach	DNK	08:30:10	n/a
15	Todd Israel	AUS	08:33:31	n/a
16	Esben Hovgaard	DNK	08:38:51	08:40:03
17	Alejandro Santamaria	ESP	08:41:15	08:51:58
18	Mitchell Anderson	AUS	08:46:39	08:36:05
19	Lothar Leder	GER	08:51:34	08:54:10
20	Sergio Marques	PRT	08:54:14	08:57:03
21	Jason Shortis	AUS	08:57:33	08:46:45
22	Matt White	AUS	08:58:10	08:44:16
23	Joel Jameson	GBR	08:59:28	08:55:27
24	Jens Grønbek	DEN	09:00:36	n/a
25	Shinya Suganuma	JPN	09:02:50	09:14:19
26	Greg Bennett	USA	09:04:01	n/a
27	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	09:04:44	n/a
28	Justin Granger	AUS	09:05:13	09:08:04
29	Finnbar Crennan	AUS	09:14:44	n/a
30	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	JPN	09:18:01	09:17:18
31	Gudmund Snilstveit	NOR	09:19:39	08:53:13
32	Johan Borg	AUS	09:21:53	n/a
33	Simon Billeau	FRA	09:25:22	08:44:33
34	Courtney Ogden	AUS	10:23:45	08:39:08

Crowie’s performance in Melbourne was on the same level as his course-record win in Hawaii 2011. Cam Brown’s second place was his best performance by a long shot, both in absolute and adjusted times (his 8:00 is an adjusted 8:08, his best adjusted performances from the past were in the low 8:20s). It’s hard to pick out just a few performances .. there are just too many great results!

Female Results

On the women’s side, we saw another fantastic winning time by Caroline Steffen:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Caroline Steffen	SWI	08:34:51	09:19:50
2	Rachel Joyce	GBR	08:46:09	09:20:07
3	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	09:04:00	09:00:59
4	Joanna Lawn	NZL	09:06:53	09:27:01
5	Gina Crawford	NZL	09:11:16	09:28:13
6	Rebekah Keat	AUS	09:13:43	09:18:55
7	Jessica Jacobs	USA	09:13:57	09:35:54
8	Carrie Lester	AUS	09:18:25	09:33:45
9	Michelle Vesterby	DNK	09:19:05	09:15:47
10	Belinda Granger	AUS	09:26:21	09:34:21
11	Mareen Hufe	GER	09:42:47	n/a
12	Katja Rabe	GER	09:44:02	09:51:20
13	Suzanne Blackborrow	AUS	09:50:40	10:31:29
14	Kate Murphy	AUS	09:59:11	n/a
15	Dana Wagner	GER	10:03:52	n/a
16	Fernanda Keller	BRA	10:26:28	10:27:31
17	Conny Dauben	GER	10:54:21	10:39:56
18	Marthe Eikre-Telle	NOR	11:43:01	n/a

She had the fastest bike split ever by a female (4:35:29) and even if her run is not quite in Rinnie territory, she pulled off a finishing time that seemed to be reserved for Chrissie. Rachel Joyce had a great race as well and continues to improve. Rinnie’s third place might have been a disappointment for her Australian compatriots, but was actually quite a lot better than last year in New Zealand (even accounting for time lost with a flat) – I expect her to be on fire for Kona. Similar to Cam Brown on the men’s side, Jo Lawn delivered one of her career best performances in Melbourne. What a shame for these two that their home race had to be shortened!

I’d like to highlight one more athlete: Michelle Vesterby. She came into Melbourne virtually unknown and with just one IM result to her credit. Her performance in Melbourne is on the same level as her time from Arizona, and she seems to be a solid TOP 10 contender now. A ninth place in such a stellar field is nothing to sneeze at!