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.
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.
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