Analysis

Analyzing HR Data From the Women’s Race at Dubai T100

April 3, 2025

As frequently requested by tri fans following the broadcasts of the T100 races, the PTO have added more athlete data to their 2024 broadcasts, mainly using HR as an indicator for how hard an athlete is working at the moment. One of my interests is using the available data to enhance the broadcast and to explore what analysis would be helpful to tell the story of an unfolding race. As an example, this post looks at the women’s Dubai T100, the race that decided the first T100 World Championship title. It discusses what happened in the race and how that is reflected in the HR data.

Key Race Moments

Dubai T100 occurred last November, so let’s quickly refresh what happened in the race.

Here’s a Race Development Graph for the female race, showing who was leading at certain points in the race and how far back everyone was:

(As always, click on the graphs for a hi-res version that makes it easier to discern the details.)

The Race Development Graph highlights three athletes and key moments of the race:

Taylor Knibb (blue line at the top, i.e. leading the race from the start of the bike all the way to the finish line) building a commanding lead in the last two laps of the bike.
Ashleigh Gentle (green line) making up time to Taylor in the first laps of the run but then falling back into third place across the line.
Flora Duffy (orange line) losing time on the bike but then posting the best run split and moving into fourth.

Below, I look at each of these athletes and how their heart rate data reflects what happened in the race.

Taylor Knibb

Let’s start with Taylor Knibb’s HR data:

I was especially interested if it was possible to see that Taylor Knibb picked up her effort towards the end of the bike. At the end of lap five, her father shouted at her, “You’ve got to pick it up now, let’s go!” and it was clearly audible on the broadcast. Here’s a screenshot of that moment:

Here are my observations on Taylor’s graph:

For most of the bike, you can see Taylor’s rate slowly declining (the table below shows that it went down from about 89% of her max heart rate down to about 85%). She stopped that decline in the last two laps, and her heart rate stayed roughly the same for the sixth and seventh lap as it was for her fifth lap.
Taylor significantly increased her lead to Ashleigh Gentle and Julie Derron in the last two laps of the bike. The table below the HR data shows how much she was faster in each lap. In T2, Taylor’s lead was 2:42 over Ashleigh; she created half of that lead in the last 25 minutes on the bike.
On the run, Taylor could increase her heart rate, but her highest HR for the whole race was right after T1 when she worked hard to close the gap to the front after the swim and a somewhat slower T1 to put on socks.

Ashleigh Gentle

Let’s compare Taylor’s graph to the one from Ashleigh Gentle:

Ashleigh had her highest heart rates during the “Aussie Exit” in the middle of the swim and running into T1. This could be a sign that she swam a bit harder (to stay with the good group she was in) and that she also made an effort to have a quick T1.
Throughout the bike and in the first half of the run her heart rate is slowly declining. This is a bit surprising, especially given the heat in Dubai which usually leads to an increase in heart rate the longer the race goes on. Since Ash’s graph is quite typical of a few other athletes, it might indicate that the biggest heat stress was already during the swim in the warm water. Another possible explanation: A slowly declining heart rate is often a sign of fueling problems. As it’s unlikely that most athletes didn’t have a proper fueling strategy, it could mean that the high temperatures diminished the ability to absorb calories. However, this would require a more specific and individual analysis than what can be seen in a simple HR graph.
The fact that Ashley isn’t able to lift her heart rate after the bike is probably an indication that her absolute HR numbers are quite similar between the bike and the run. (Taylor’s data indicated that her max HR is higher on the run than on the bike. While this is the case for a lot of athletes, all HR numbers in individual disciplines and absolute values are very individual.)

Ash was making good progress in chasing down Taylor’s lead, but her progress stalled after about three hours of racing. Ash had to slow down and was eventually overtaken by Julie Derron. Here’s a detailed look at the closing part of the race:

As in the other graphs, there are no obvious signs of heat stress, even as Ash had to slow down (at about 3:07 into the race) and stop and walk (at about 3:24 race time).
After about 3:07 Ash slowed down and she was no longer able to run faster than Taylor. (Their gap stayed about the same for a while.) You can indirectly see this in her heart rate: It was slightly lower than before.
When Ash had to walk, her HR came down considerably. She was able to rally herself a bit when Julie caught up with her, but once Julie passed and she wasn’t able to stay with her, her pace and heart rate came down again.

Flora Duffy

Flora Duffy displayed another interesting HR graph:

As with all other athletes, her heart rate spiked at the Aussie Exit and around T1, showing how stressful these race points are for the athletes even if they seem to be moving relatively slowly.
Similar to the other athletes, her heart rate slowly came down on the bike. She was able to lift her heart rate in laps five and six when she tried to stay with Kat Matthews and Laura Philipp. Apparently, that felt a bit too hard for her, and her heart rate came down again when she decided to let them ride away.
On the run, she was again able to lift her heart rate, even to the point of having her highest HR towards the end, an indication that she fueled and paced well in Dubai.

Closing Comments

I have done my best to be respectful of the athletes and their actual values. Most of the “interesting” aspects can be derived from the “shape” of the graph – that is why the graphs above don’t show a proper axis with absolute numbers. In the broadcast, the PTO also doesn’t show absolute numbers but rather a percentage of an athlete’s maximum numbers. (This also makes it easier to compare values between athletes but relies on athletes submitting the max HR numbers which are sometimes off and need to be “calibrated” on the fly to be useful.) For the 2025 broadcasts, the PTO are exploring the use of power numbers (maybe as a percentage of FTP/threshold or as W per kg), but these numbers might be even harder to reliably collect/calibrate and more “revealing” about the strengths and weaknesses of an athlete. There will be tension between the interest of the fans to have compelling data points and some athletes’ understandable reluctance to share all their numbers with everyone.

But even the analysis of heart rate data (as shown above) is probably not easy to automate to be usable for the broadcast. Creating graphs takes a while, properly analyzing them a bit longer, and explaining what one might be able to see takes even longer – not easy to do that while you see the leader being chased down and trying to figure out how much longer it’ll take before a lead change happens. But maybe an analysis after the race – such as the one I have tried to do here – could be interesting for the hardcore triathlon data nerds?

Seed Validation for 2024

January 5, 2025

For the last few years, I have published seedings before the big races. These seedings also include Winning Odds that show the probability for the top seeds. In this post, I will review the seedings for the significant 2024 races and evaluate how accurately I have predicted the actual winners. This analysis will cover all the Diamond and Gold tier races, where there typically isn’t an “obvious” top-seed athlete expected to win if nothing strange happens.

Women

The table shows the race, the calculated top-seeded female athlete, the winning odds for the top seed in this race, the actual winner of the race, and whether there’s a match between the prediction and the actual winner.

Race	Top Seed	Winning Odds	Winner	Correct Prediction
Miami T100	Findlay	28%	Lee
70.3 California	Knibb	76%	Knibb	X
Singapore T100	Gentle	50%	Gentle	X
IM Texas	Matthews	60%	Matthews	X
70.3 St. George	Findlay	60%	Findlay	X
70.3 Mallorca	Philipp	67%	Pallant-Browne
The Championship	Lee	39%	Lee	X
70.3 Chattanooga	True	35%	Pallant-Browne
IM Hamburg	Matthews	57%	Hering
San Francisco T100	Knibb	49%	Knibb	X
70.3 Boulder	Salthouse	82%	Salthouse	X
IM Cairns	Simpson	36%	Berry
70.3 Mont Tremblant	Findlay	43%	Findlay	X
70.3 Les Sables D’Olonne	Pierre	28%	Madsen
Challenge Roth	Haug	40%	Haug	X
IM Vitoria-Gasteiz	Matthews	42%	Matthews	X
IM Lake Placid	Hering	62%	Lewis
London T100	Gentle	33%	Gentle	X
70.3 Tallinn	Matthews	42%	Pohle
70.3 Zell am See	Matthews	38%	Pohle
IM World Championships	Haug	55%	Philipp
Ibiza T100	Knibb	62%	Knibb	X
Lake Las Vegas T100	Knibb	75%	Knibb	X
Dubai T100	Knibb	61%	Knibb	X
70.3 Western Australia	Barthelemy	18%	Sanchez
70.3 World Championship	Knibb	74%	Knibb	X
26 races	Average:	50%	Matches:	15

Men

The table shows the race, the calculated top-seeded male athlete, the winning odds for the top seed in this race, the actual winner of the race, and whether there’s a match between the prediction and the actual winner.

Race	Top Seed	Winning Odds	Winner	Correct Prediction
Miami T100	West	25%	Ditlev
70.3 California	Long	43%	Sanders
Singapore T100	West	34%	Keulen
IM Texas	Lange	48%	Lange	X
70.3 St. George	Long	55%	Long	X
70.3 Mallorca	Iden	55%	Mann
The Championship	Smith	23%	Smith	X
70.3 Chattanooga	Laundry	48%	Hanson
San Francisco T100	Ditlev	18%	Van Riel
70.3 Boulder	Foley	23%	Foley	X
IM Cairns	Currie	45%	Burton
70.3 Mont Tremblant	Sanders	39%	Sanders	X
70.3 Les Sables D’Olonne	Iden	26%	Mann
Challenge Roth	Ditlev	51%	Ditlev	X
IM Vitoria-Gasteiz	Laidlow	32%	Benito Lopez
IM Lake Placid	Skipper	26%	Foley
London T100	Ditlev	16%	Laidlow
IM Germany	Lange	50%	Blummenfelt
70.3 Tallinn	Bitados	36%	Bitados	X
70.3 Zell am See	Noodt	41%	Noodt	X
Ibiza T100	Van Riel	27%	Van Riel	X
Lake Las Vegas T100	Van Riel	52%	Geens
IM World Championships	Iden	47%	Lange
Dubai T100	Van Riel	49%	Van Riel	X
70.3 Western Australia	Phillips	18%	Barnaby
70.3 World Championship	Wilde	21%	Geens
26 races	Average:	36%	Matches:	10

Analysis

Pulling together the data from the table above, you get the following numbers:

	Races	Avg Odds	Matches	Match %
Women	26	50%	15	58%
Men	26	36%	10	38%
Both	52	43%	25	48%

This data indicates a good correlation between the posted odds and the actual outcome of the races (43% odds before the race, 48% actual frequency for the top seed). If anything, my top picks win slightly more often than expected, but the difference is too small to make additional changes to the prediction algorithm. I’ll continue to watch the matches – let’s have another look a year from now!

Deep Dive Into the 2024 Triathlon Money List

December 31, 2024

With the addition of the T100 Series and the Ironman Pro Series, this year has seen big changes in Pro racing. Let’s find out how this has impacted the bottom line of the Professional athletes.

If you want to check out last year’s analysis, you can find it in my post “Deep Dive Into 2023 Triathlon Money List“.

Money List – Overview

First, here is an overview of the races that are included in the money lists and comparisons between the 2024 and 2023 seasons. The totals are shown in US$, for races that paid their prize purse in a different currency the amounts have been converted into US$.

Type	Description	Total Money 2024	Change to 2023	Total Money 2023	# Pro Events 2024 (2023)
Ironman	Ironman-branded races + 70.3-branded races + Ironman Pro Series	$ 2.479.450 $ 1.786.700 $ 1.700.000	– 6% + 2% new	$ 2.624.400 $ 1.758.000 new	21 (25) 38 (45) new
PTO	T100 races (incl. T100 Series Pool, but contract payments not included §) + PTO Rankings Bonus	$ 3.735.000 $ 2.000.000	+ 111% +/- 0	$ 1.769.500 $ 2.000.000	7 (3) 1 (1)
Challenge	Challenge-branded races (incl. Bonus Pool)	$ 927.876	– 1%	$ 934.408	28 (30)
WTS	World Triathlon Series (incl. Bonus Pool)	$ 1.731.800	– 6%	$ 1.840.000	6 (9)
SuperTr	SuperTri Professional Events (incl. Series and Team Pools)	$ 1.335.003	+ 16% *	$ 1.150.000	5 (4)
Other	Independent Races (e.g Embrun, XTerra World Championships, Alpe D’Huez)	$ 794.195	+11%	$ 716.890	26 (26)
Total		$ 16.490.024	+ 29%	$ 12.793.198	132 (145)

Two, somewhat technical annotations to the numbers in this table:

§ (to T100 money): There was a significant additional sum of money awarded for T100 contracts, at the start of the year it was announced to be $ 3 Million. However, there is no officially announced distribution of this amount to specific athletes, also some athletes returned their contracts and others might have been swapped in. Therefore, I have decided not to include this money in the prize money list (both in the categories reported above and in the individual earnings discussed below), but of course this is additional money that has been paid out to professional athletes.
* (to SuperTri): In 2024, SuperTri has paid out the majority of their prize money to teams who then distributed this money to their athletes. I have assumed an equal split to the team’s athletes which is a reasonable starting point but could be different from what they have actually received. For 2023, team money was a smaller part of the overall SuperTri prize purse, and I have added the $300,000 to the number I had reported last year.

Some more detailed observations:

As already mentioned, this year’s “headline features” were the introduction of the Ironman Pro Series and the PTO’s T100 Triathlon World Tour. I’ll refrain from a discussion as to which came first and which one was a reaction to the other, but these two have created a significant addition of prize money into long-distance triathlon. The Ironman Pro Series had a $ 1.7 M prize purse for the final Standings, the T100 Tour added new events and $2M prize money. (As mentioned above, the PTO also paid out roughly $3M to contract athletes for T100).
Ironman prize money (without the new Pro Series Money) is slightly down compared to 2023, money for 70.3s is very slightly up. The prize money for the Pro Series did not come from reducing regular prize money for their events. However, the number of Pro races has gone down, from a total of 70 events in 2023 to 59 in 2024. Correspondingly, the number of athletes who have made money from Ironman has also gone down: In 2024 it were 432 different athletes after 524 last year.
After a “gap year” of reduced events and prize money in 2023, the PTO have upped their game with the introduction of the T100 Tour. They increased their number of events from 3 in 2023 to 7 this year and continued to pay the PTO Rankings Bonus. With their additional payment of contract money for T100 athletes, they are now clearly the biggest player in term of prize money in Pro triathlon.
In 2024, Challenge have consolidated their race calendar and paid out almost the same prize money as in 2023.
WTS numbers are slightly down after they had to cancel or re-assign a few events.
SuperLeague has become SuperTri in 2024. They’ve had one additional event and changed the way they pay out their prize money (see the *-annotation above), resulting in a slightly bigger overall prize purse.
The number of independent races that are included has stabilized at a high level. Most of these are smaller events that are just above the minimum 10k US$ to be included in the PTO World Rankings.

Overall Money List

Kat Matthews is the overall leader of the 2024 Triathlon Money List, earning just shy of 550.000 US$ – the best earning season of any of the years I have looked at. With the additional money from T100 and the Ironman Pro Series, the number of athletes making more than $100.000 has also jumped up: Last year it was 29 athletes, this year 41 athletes earned at least that much prize money. The total number of athletes who earned prize money has been almost unchanged (818 in 2023 vs. 823 this year).

Kat Matthews winning IM Vitoria

Photo: Kat Matthews winning Ironman Vitoria, one of her two Ironman wins this year and an important stepping stone to winning the Ironman Pro Series. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images for Ironman)

#	Name	Nation	Sex	Total	Ironman	70.3	PTO	Challenge	WTS	SuperTri	Other
1	Kat Matthews	GBR	F	$549,000	$311,000	$52,000	$186,000
2	Taylor Knibb	USA	F	$517,300	$5,000	$82,500	$410,000		$19,800
3	Marten Van Riel	BEL	M	$413,000	$2,500		$401,000		$9,500
4	Ashleigh Gentle	AUS	F	$354,427		$30,000	$307,500				$16,927
5	Kyle Smith	NZL	M	$326,848		$19,000	$269,000	$38,848
6	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	M	$306,293	$65,000		$214,000	$27,293
7	Laura Philipp	GER	F	$301,692	$130,000	$13,500	$144,000	$14,192
8	Patrick Lange	GER	M	$288,000	$275,000		$13,000
9	Gregory Barnaby	ITA	M	$278,250	$231,500	$23,250	$23,500
10	Julie Derron	SUI	F	$253,621		$18,500	$218,000	$11,821	$5,300
11	Hayden Wilde	NZL	M	$247,575		$45,000			$71,700	$126,875	$4,000
12	Cassandre Beaugrand	FRA	F	$219,875					$138,000	$81,875
13	Jelle Geens	BEL	M	$212,250	$5,000	$87,250	$110,000		$10,000
14	Jackie Hering	USA	F	$210,750	$181,500	$9,250	$20,000
15	Sam Long	USA	M	$207,500	$20,000	$20,000	$167,500
16	Rico Bogen	GER	M	$196,303		$13,000	$178,500	$4,803
17	Leo Bergere	FRA	M	$195,678		$36,000			$81,900	$77,778
18	Paula Findlay	CAN	F	$168,750	$5,000	$35,250	$108,500	$20,000
19	Georgia Taylor-Brown	GBR	F	$164,975		$12,000			$26,100	$126,875
20	India Lee	GBR	F	$164,876			$148,500	$16,376
21	Alex Yee	GBR	M	$162,889					$124,000	$38,889
22	Lucy Byram	GBR	F	$146,000			$136,000	$10,000
23	Lotte Wilms	NED	F	$144,335	$124,000	$7,250	$12,500				$585
24	Imogen Simmonds	SUI	F	$143,500		$19,000	$124,500
25	Hannah Berry	NZL	F	$136,161	$114,500	$7,500	$10,000				$4,161
26	Youri Keulen	NED	M	$135,000		$5,000	$130,000
27	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	M	$133,935	$110,500	$3,500	$10,000	$9,935
28	Flora Duffy	BMU	F	$132,600			$116,500		$16,100
29	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	M	$132,500			$132,500
30	Els Visser	NED	F	$126,176	$57,000	$11,250	$25,000	$31,325			$1,601
31	Mathis Margirier	FRA	M	$123,500		$10,000	$113,500
32	Taylor Spivey	USA	F	$115,875			$56,500		$12,500	$46,875
33	Jeanne Lehair	LUX	F	$115,778					$38,000	$77,778
34	Sam Laidlow	FRA	M	$114,000			$114,000
35	Mika Noodt	GER	M	$110,500		$7,500	$103,000
36	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	M	$107,500			$107,500
37	Matthew Marquardt	USA	M	$106,750	$93,000	$3,750	$10,000
38	Marta Sanchez	ESP	F	$104,347	$63,000	$17,250	$17,000				$7,097
39	Beth Potter	GBR	F	$103,889					$90,000	$13,889
40	Frederic Funk	GER	M	$103,325			$87,500	$15,825
41	Rudy von Berg	USA	M	$103,234	$45,000		$49,500	$8,734
42	Anne Haug	GER	F	$98,293	$3,000		$66,000	$29,293
43	Lucy Charles-Barclay	GBR	F	$95,500	$15,000		$80,500
44	Chelsea Sodaro	USA	F	$95,241	$65,000	$3,500	$24,500				$2,241
45	Matt Hanson	USA	M	$94,500	$69,000	$15,500	$10,000

Career Earnings

I have been compiling prize money data since about 2018, meaning that over the years I have been able to put together an important part of how Pros earn a living. With that much data, it makes sense to put together “career earnings”, but of course there are a lot of athletes for whom this data is incomplete as there have been races in the earlier part of their careers that are not included in my data.

With Daniela Ryf leading the table and her career coming to an end, this is a good time to start adding the “Triathlon Millionaires”, athletes who have earned at least one million US Dollars of prize money. (I’m sure there are more than listed below, but these are the ones who I can “verify” and break down race by race where they earned how much.)

Screenshot: Daniela Ryf’s last finish line at IM South Africa on April 21st. (Source: Instagram)

Below are all “verified” eleven “Triathlon Millionaires” and how much money they earned this year from official prize money. It’ll be interesting to see how many athletes can be added in the coming years!

Pos	Name	Sex	Nation	Career Prize Money	2024 Prize Money
1	Daniela Ryf	F	SUI	$1.858.470	$10.500
2	Kristian Blummenfelt	M	NOR	$1.360.095	$43.321
3	Taylor Knibb	F	USA	$1.339.750	$517.300
4	Lucy Charles-Barclay	F	GBR	$1.337.259	$95.500
5	Anne Haug	F	GER	$1.299.725	$98.293
6	Ashleigh Gentle	F	AUS	$1.292.635	$354.427
7	Jan Frodeno	M	GER	$1.187.707	Retired
8	Patrick Lange	M	GER	$1.099.179	$288.000
9	Lionel Sanders	M	CAN	$1.069.000	$55.000
10	Laura Philipp	F	GER	$1.013.323	$301.692
11	Kat Matthews	F	GBR	$1.008.400	$549.000

PTO Events / T100 Tour

This year, the T100 Tour was dominated by Taylor Knibb, winning all four of her races and becoming the undisputed T100 World Champion. She also earned the biggest part of the T100 money, just over 400k. Athletes at the front of this table have focused on T100 racing, the two notable exceptions are Kat Matthews (who also did the Ironman Pro Series) and Laura Philipp (who had IM Worlds in Nice as her clear A-race). The number of athletes who received a payment from the PTO is almost unchanged (122 vs. 124 in 2023).

Taylor Knibb Dubai T100

Photo: Taylor Knibb raising the banner after winning Dubai T100 and the T100 Tour, provided by the PTO.

#	Name	Sex	PTO	Total	Share
1	Taylor Knibb	F	$ 410.000	$ 512.300	80%
2	Marten Van Riel	M	$ 401.000	$ 410.200	98%
3	Ashleigh Gentle	F	$ 307.500	$ 354.427	87%
4	Kyle Smith	M	$ 269.000	$ 326.848	82%
5	Julie Derron	F	$ 218.000	$ 250.921	87%
6	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 214.000	$ 306.293	70%
7	Kat Matthews	F	$ 186.000	$ 549.000	34%
8	Rico Bogen	M	$ 178.500	$ 196.303	91%
9	Sam Long	M	$ 167.500	$ 207.500	81%
10	India Lee	F	$ 148.500	$ 164.876	90%
11	Laura Philipp	F	$ 144.000	$ 301.692	48%
12	Lucy Byram	F	$ 136.000	$ 146.000	93%
13	Alistair Brownlee	M	$ 132.500	$ 132.500	100%
14	Youri Keulen	M	$ 130.000	$ 135.000	96%
15	Imogen Simmonds	F	$ 124.500	$ 143.500	87%
16	Flora Duffy	F	$ 116.500	$ 123.600	94%
17	Sam Laidlow	M	$ 114.000	$ 114.000	100%
18	Mathis Margirier	M	$ 113.500	$ 123.500	92%
19	Jelle Geens	M	$ 110.000	$ 210.250	52%
20	Paula Findlay	F	$ 108.500	$ 168.750	64%
21	Pieter Heemeryck	M	$ 107.500	$ 107.500	100%
22	Mika Noodt	M	$ 103.000	$ 110.500	93%
23	Frederic Funk	M	$ 87.500	$ 103.325	85%
24	Lucy Charles-Barclay	F	$ 80.500	$ 95.500	84%
25	Anne Haug	F	$ 66.000	$ 98.293	67%

Ironman Races

This year’s Ironman money list is topped by the female winner of the Ironman Pro Series, Kat Matthews, who also finished twice in both the Ironman and 70.3 World Championships. She is followed by Patrick Lange (Kona Champion) and Gregory Barnaby (men’s Ironman Pro Series Winner). There have been fewer Ironman Pro events this year, and the number of athletes who have made money from Ironman has also gone down. In 2024 there were 432 different athletes who received a cheque from Ironman.

Kat Matthews Taupo

Photo: Kat Matthews celebrating her second place at 70.3 World Championships in Taupo, allowing her to win the Ironman Pro Series. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images for IRONMAN)

#	Name	Sex	IM	70.3	Pro Series	Ironman	Total	Share
1	Kat Matthews	F	$ 111.000	$ 52.000	$ 200.000	$ 363.000	$ 549.000	66%
2	Patrick Lange	M	$ 145.000		$ 130.000	$ 275.000	$ 288.000	95%
3	Gregory Barnaby	M	$ 31.500	$ 23.250	$ 200.000	$ 254.750	$ 278.250	92%
4	Jackie Hering	F	$ 51.500	$ 9.250	$ 130.000	$ 190.750	$ 210.750	91%
5	Laura Philipp	F	$ 125.000	$ 13.500	$ 5.000	$ 143.500	$ 301.692	48%
6	Lotte Wilms	F	$ 39.000	$ 7.250	$ 85.000	$ 131.250	$ 144.335	91%
7	Hannah Berry	F	$ 44.500	$ 7.500	$ 70.000	$ 122.000	$ 136.161	90%
8	Kristian Hogenhaug	M	$ 25.500	$ 3.500	$ 85.000	$ 114.000	$ 133.935	85%
9	Matthew Marquardt	M	$ 23.000	$ 3.750	$ 70.000	$ 96.750	$ 106.750	91%
10	Jelle Geens	M		$ 87.250	$ 5.000	$ 92.250	$ 212.250	43%
11	Taylor Knibb	F		$ 82.500	$ 5.000	$ 87.500	$ 517.300	17%
12	Matt Hanson	M	$ 19.000	$ 15.500	$ 50.000	$ 84.500	$ 94.500	89%
13	Marta Sanchez	F	$ 58.000	$ 17.250	$ 5.000	$ 80.250	$ 104.347	77%
14	Maja Stage Nielsen	F	$ 26.000	$ 2.500	$ 50.000	$ 78.500	$ 86.500	91%
15	Danielle Lewis	F	$ 28.500	$ 7.250	$ 40.000	$ 75.750	$ 87.933	86%
16	Chelsea Sodaro	F	$ 60.000	$ 3.500	$ 5.000	$ 68.500	$ 95.241	72%
17	Els Visser	F	$ 27.000	$ 11.250	$ 30.000	$ 68.250	$ 126.176	54%
18	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 65.000			$ 65.000	$ 306.293	21%
19	Bradley Weiss	M	$ 14.000	$ 1.250	$ 40.000	$ 55.250	$ 72.750	76%
20	Penny Slater	F	$ 34.000	$ 3.250	$ 10.000	$ 47.250	$ 55.250	86%
21	Ellie Salthouse	F		$ 40.750	$ 5.000	$ 45.750	$ 70.750	65%
22	Hayden Wilde	M		$ 45.000		$ 45.000	$ 247.575	18%
22	Rudy von Berg	M	$ 45.000			$ 45.000	$ 103.234	44%
24	Lionel Sanders	M	$ 24.000	$ 15.000	$ 5.000	$ 44.000	$ 55.000	80%
24	Mathias Petersen	M	$ 24.000		$ 20.000	$ 44.000	$ 49.000	90%

Challenge

As in previous years, the top money earners on the Challenge side are athletes who focus on the Challenge Family “World Bonus”. This year, Jack Moody was at the top of the Challenge bonus table, making almost all of his money from Challenge events. In total, 220 athletes finished in the money ranks in the 2024 Challenge races. This slight reduction is in line with fewer Pro events under the Challenge banner.

Jack Moody Challenge Quebec

Photo: Jack Moody winning Challenge Quebec, provided by Challenge Family

#	Name	Sex	Challenge	Total	Share
1	Jack Moody	M	$ 41.145	$ 45.306	91%
2	Alanis Siffert	F	$ 39.031	$ 68.441	57%
3	Kyle Smith	M	$ 38.848	$ 326.848	12%
4	Els Visser	F	$ 31.325	$ 126.176	25%
5	Anne Haug	F	$ 29.293	$ 98.293	30%
6	Aurelia Boulanger	F	$ 27.919	$ 27.919	100%
7	Ognjen Stojanovic	M	$ 27.373	$ 34.474	79%
8	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 27.293	$ 306.293	9%
9	Jesper Svensson	M	$ 21.998	$ 21.998	100%
10	Paula Findlay	F	$ 20.000	$ 168.750	12%
11	India Lee	F	$ 16.376	$ 164.876	10%
12	Frederic Funk	M	$ 15.825	$ 103.325	15%
13	Rebecca Robisch	F	$ 15.244	$ 15.244	100%
14	Tom Hug	M	$ 14.481	$ 28.431	51%
15	Laura Philipp	F	$ 14.192	$ 301.692	5%
15	Thomas Bishop	M	$ 14.192	$ 35.142	40%
17	Laura Madsen	F	$ 13.646	$ 78.896	17%
18	Julie Derron	F	$ 11.821	$ 253.621	5%
19	Lucy Byram	F	$ 10.000	$ 146.000	7%
19	Marc Dubrick	M	$ 10.000	$ 54.000	19%

Short Course

As in previous years, the top earner of “short course money” had to be successful in both major events, the World Triathlon Championship Series and SuperTri. This year Cassandre Beaugrand comes out on top of this list, she was able to win both series and didn’t race any longer distances. In total, 166 athletes made money this year in short-course events, up from 115 last year.

Beaugrand WTC Final

Photo: Cassandre Beaugrand standing on top of the podium after the WTC Finals in Torremolinos, provided by World Triathlon.

#	Name	Sex	WTS	SuperTri	Short Course	Total	Share
1	Cassandre Beaugrand	F	$ 138.000	$ 81.875	$ 219.875	$ 219.875	100%
2	Hayden Wilde	M	$ 71.700	$ 126.875	$ 198.575	$ 247.575	80%
3	Alex Yee	M	$ 124.000	$ 38.889	$ 162.889	$ 162.889	100%
4	Leo Bergere	M	$ 81.900	$ 77.778	$ 159.678	$ 195.678	82%
5	Georgia Taylor-Brown	F	$ 26.100	$ 126.875	$ 152.975	$ 164.975	93%
6	Jeanne Lehair	F	$ 38.000	$ 77.778	$ 115.778	$ 115.778	100%
7	Beth Potter	F	$ 90.000	$ 13.889	$ 103.889	$ 103.889	100%
8	Kate Waugh	F	$ 25.800	$ 61.875	$ 87.675	$ 91.675	96%
9	Vincent Luis	M	$ 31.600	$ 46.875	$ 78.475	$ 90.475	87%
10	Lisa Tertsch	F	$ 71.600		$ 71.600	$ 71.600	100%
11	Matthew Hauser	M	$ 42.600	$ 27.778	$ 70.378	$ 70.378	100%
12	Vetle Bergsvik Thorn	M	$ 17.100	$ 46.875	$ 63.975	$ 63.975	100%
13	Leonie Periault	F	$ 35.300	$ 27.778	$ 63.078	$ 63.078	100%
14	Emma Lombardi	F	$ 60.900		$ 60.900	$ 60.900	100%
15	Tim Hellwig	M	$ 2.700	$ 56.875	$ 59.575	$ 60.825	98%
16	Taylor Spivey	F	$ 12.500	$ 46.875	$ 59.375	$ 115.875	51%
17	Dorian Coninx	M	$ 14.600	$ 42.778	$ 57.378	$ 57.378	100%
18	Max Stapley	M	$ 8.300	$ 46.875	$ 55.175	$ 57.675	96%
19	Barbara De Koning	F	$ 1.100	$ 46.875	$ 47.975	$ 47.975	100%
20	Pierre Le Corre	M	$ 44.900		$ 44.900	$ 44.900	100%

Ironman Races from 1978 to 2013

January 8, 2024

The post looks at Ironman Races from 1978 to 2023. How did the series grow from its humble beginnings in 1978 to more than 40 full-distance events under the Ironman label? All in all, I could identify 67 different Ironman races across the globe in these years – some of them no longer being held in recent years. As usual, my specific focus is on Professional racing. Up until 2014, Ironman races always had a Pro category (as noted below with one exception), in recent years more and more events are held as an agegroup-only event.

Overview

Here’s a graphical overview of the Ironman history, showing the number of races and their geographical distribution (click for a hi-res file):

Main developments:

In the early years, Hawaii was the only Ironman event. After Honolulu from 1978 to 1980 the location was moved to Kona on Big Island.
The first international events added were New Zealand (Auckland) and Japan (both 1985) followed by Canada (Penticton) in 1986. After that it was Europe (Roth) and Australia (Foster) in 1988. Lanzarote (added in 1992) is the oldest event that is still held in its original location.
The next expansions started around 2000: Switzerland in 1997, followed by Austria and Brasil in 1998. Lake Placid and Florida in 1999 were the first US additions. In 2000 and 2002, four new events per year were added.
The expansion of the race continued at a steady but more leisurely pace in the 2000s. WTC also started to eliminate non-Ironman-branded events as Kona qualifiers, such as Wildflower, St. Anthony’s or Chicago.
In 2008, WTC (owner of the Ironman brand) was sold to Private Equity, and they started to take over licensed events and to run them on their own rather than licensing the Ironman brand to other organizers. They also added more races: Five new events in 2012 and a record six new events in 2014. With 35 Pro races, 2014 also had the largest number of Pro events on the full distance – “Peak Pro Ironman”. 2014 was also the year with the most Pros, 662 athletes finished a professional ironman, compared to 519 in 2006 and 489 in 2023.
Starting with the 2015 season, not all Ironman events also offered a Pro category. Before that, AG-only events were very rare (the only one I was able to confirm was IM Malaysia 2010, the other “grey blip” in the graph above from 2005 to 2007 was from single-gender Pro races). In 2015 there were nine AG-only events and ten in 2016, almost all of them in North America. (That number went up to 15 AG-only events in 2023.) Ironman also re-introduced “single-gender Pro” races and rolled this out to more events, in many years there are three or four “race pairs”. (Each single-gender event counts as half a Pro event and half an AG event in the totals.)
The total number of Ironman events stayed almost the same between 2015 and 2019 but each year there were typically three new races – and three events that were discontinued.
With Covid, there was of course a huge reduction of racing and Pro racing in 2020 (only 3 events) and in 2021.
The number of events increased after Covid, but a growing number AG-only races and single-gender Pro events led to a reduction of Pro Ironman races: From 35 Pro events in 2014 the number went down to only 21 races in 2023.

Which changes in Ironman racing are we going to see in the next years? Which impact is the new Ironman Pro Series going to have?

I also expect another major change in Pro racing: The current qualifying system for the World Championships started as “only Ironman champions will race in Kona”, now races have up to six Pro qualifying slots! I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Ironman Pro Series as the main way to qualify for Kona. There might be some additional Pro races, but likely with a smaller prize purse. What will a reduced number of Pro events mean for the overall number of Ironman races?

North America

Here’s a more detailed look at the North American races in 2005, 2013 and 2023, clearly showing an “inverted V” (first an up, then a down) of Pro racing in North America:

Event	2005	2014	2023
IM Hawaii	X	X	W
IM Texas		X	X
IM Coeur d’Alene	M	X	X
IM Lake Placid	W	X	X
IM Mont Tremblant		X	W
IM Canada	X	X
IM Wisconsin	X	X
IM Boulder		X
IM Chattanooga		X
IM Louisville		X
IM Cozumel		X	X
IM Los Cabos		X
IM Arizona	X	X
IM Florida	X	X	X
IM Maryland			X
Total	6	14	7

For 2023, you might add IM Canada which was planned in Penticton but had to be canceled a few days before the race because of wildfires.

Europe

Here’s a similar table for European Pro races:

Event	2005	2014	2023
IM Lanzarote	X	X	X
IM Austria	X	X	X
IM Germany	X	X	W
IM France	X	X	M+M
IM Switzerland	X	X	M
IM Sweden		X	W
IM Wales		X	W
IM UK	X	X
IM Copenhagen		X
IM Mallorca		X
IM Barcelona		X
IM Hamburg			M
IM Vitoria			W
IM Italy			M
IM Portugal			X
Total	6	11	7,5

Even though single-gender races started in North America, in 2023 there were a lot more in Europe. With Nice, they even had a location that had two men’s races in the same year: First, IM France as a qualifying race for MPRO, then the men’s World Championships in September.

Deep Dive Into the 2023 Triathlon Money List

January 8, 2024

After the dip in racing and prize money during the Covid years of 2020 and 2021, we’ve now had two almost normal years of Pro racing. This post looks at the overall trends and which athletes have been making good money in different categories.

If you want to check out the 2022 analysis, you can find it in my post “Deep Dive Into 2022 Triathlon Money List“.

Money List – Overview

First, here is an overview of the races that are included in the money lists and comparisons to the 2022 and 2019 seasons. The totals are shown in US$, for races that paid their prize purse in a different currency the amounts have been converted into US$.

Type	Description	Total Money 2023	Change to 2022	Total Money 2022	# Pro Events 2023 (2022)
Ironman	WTC Ironman-branded races	$ 2.624.400	– 21%	$ 3.338.400	26 (27)
70.3	WTC 70.3-branded races	$ 1.758.000	+ 12%	$ 1.566.100	45 (42)
PTO	PTO races (incl. Bonus Pool)	$ 3.769.500	– 32%	$ 5.563.000	4 (4)
Challenge	Challenge- and Clash-branded full and half-distance races (incl. Bonus Pool)	$ 934.408	+ 15%	$ 811.920	30 (20)
WTCS	World Triathlon Championship Series (incl. Bonus Pool)	$ 1.840.000	– 5%	$ 1.930.000	9 (8)
SuperLeague	SuperLeague Professional Events	$ 850.000	– 14%	$ 987.000	5 (6)
Other	Independent Races (e.g Embrun, XTerra World Championships, Alpe D’Huez)	$ 716.890	– 12%	$ 814.745	26 (24)
Total		$ 12.493.198	– 17%	$ 15.011.165	145 (131)

Some observations:

Ironman prize money is down by 21% compared to 2022, but that is mostly due to two World Championship events in 2022 which each paid US$ 750.000.
Prize money for 70.3s is slightly up, partly because of a small increase in the number of Pro events but also better prize purses. The average money per race has gone up from 37k to 39k.
In previous years, the PTO money has significantly increased. For 2023 they have taken a step back, most of it is because they have skipped the well-paid Collins Cup in favour of preparing for an extended race calendar in 2024. (Details haven’t been announced yet, but there are rumored to be six to eight races on the PTO Tour after three this year.) The PTO events (including their Bonus payments) have the highest average purse at 942k per event.
In 2023, Challenge have extended their race calendar from 20 events last year to 30 races. Even with Clash (counted in the Challenge category) no longer offering Pro purses, Challenge have also increased their prize money by 15%.
Even with one additional event, WTCS numbers are slightly down after restructuring their prize purses. Their average purse (including their Bonus Pool) has gone down from 240k to 204k.
SuperLeague is another well-paying short-course series – with one fewer event their prize money has slightly decreased in 2023, but they still pay 170k on average.
The number of independent races that are included has stabilized at a high level. Most of these are smaller events that are just at the minimum 10k US$ to be included in the PTO World Rankings.

At the end of 2023, Ironman have announced their own bonus structure to be paid at the end of 2024. Therefore, here’s a look over a longer period at the development of the Prize Money paid by WTC over the years for Ironman and 70.3 races:

Some key numbers and observations:

In 2015, the first year I have usable prize money data for all WTC events, just under 5.35 Mill.US$ was paid to professional athletes, 2.9 Mill.US for 31 Ironman races (an average of 94.2kUS$ per Ironman) and 2.4 Mill.US$ for 68 70.3 races (35.7k US$ per 70.3 on average).
The total money was about the same for 2016, with the total money for Ironman races going slightly down and the amount for 70.3s slightly up (mainly because their number also went up to 75 events).
Up to 2019, the total WTC prize money has declined to 4.6 Mill.US$, 2.47 Mill. for Ironman (32 events, average purse of 77k) and 2.15 Mill. for 70.3s (71 events, average purse of 30k).
With the severely reduced racing in 2020 and 2021, the prize purses also went down.
With two Ironman World Championships in 2022, the money for Ironman races went up to 3.3 Mill (27 events, average of 123.6k) while the 70.3 money went down to 1.57 Mill (42 Pro events, average of 37k).
The overall money went down again in 2023, with a total of 4.38 Mill US$ it is the lowest number since 2015 (excluding the Covid years). Money for Ironman races was at 2.6 Mill. (26 events, some of them single-gender races, average of 101k), while 70.3s paid a total of 1.76 Mill US$ (45 events, average of 39k USD, the highest ever average)
Ironman’s “Pro Series” will pay a total end-of year bonus of 1.7 Mill. They are not changing the money directly paid at these events, and it’ll be interesting to see if the series will have an impact on the number of Pro events (and the money paid out) throughout the year.

Overall Money List

Anne Haug is the overall leader of the 2023 Triathlon Money List, earning just over 335.00 US$. With the reduced PTO money this is less than last year’s top earner Kristian Blummenfelt (he made almost 500.000 US$ in 2022), but still a fair bit up form the 2021 top earner. (Daniela Ryf made 244.000 in 2021.) The number of athletes making more than $100.000 is only slightly lower this year, there were 29 athletes in 2023 compared to 33 in 2022. There was a total of 818 athletes who were able to earn prize money in 2023, up from 762 athletes in 2022.

Photo: Anne Haug wins the PTO European Open, provided by the PTO.

#	Name	Nation	Sex	Total	Ironman	70.3	PTO	Challenge	WTCS	SuperLeague	Other
1	Anne Haug	GER	F	$335,788	$65,000	$3,000	$250,000	$17,788
2	Kristian Blummenfelt	NOR	M	$325,775			$285,000		$25,775	$15,000
3	Ashleigh Gentle	AUS	F	$323,821		$18,750	$290,000				$15,071
4	Taylor Knibb	USA	F	$281,700	$25,000	$57,500	$180,000		$19,200
5	Lucy Charles-Barclay	GBR	F	$246,750	$125,000	$2,750	$119,000
6	Magnus Ditlev	DEN	M	$202,953	$49,000		$127,000	$26,953
7	Jan Frodeno	GER	M	$196,500	$7,500	$4,000	$185,000
8	Jason West	USA	M	$190,500		$8,000	$175,000	$7,500
9	Hayden Wilde	NZL	M	$190,338		$4,000			$99,500	$76,000	$10,838
10	Leo Bergere	FRA	M	$181,600		$7,500			$69,100	$105,000
11	Beth Potter	GBR	F	$172,600					$159,600	$13,000
12	Cassandre Beaugrand	FRA	F	$163,900					$108,900	$55,000
13	Laura Philipp	GER	F	$163,125	$70,000	$24,500	$60,000	$8,625
14	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	M	$162,791	$27,000	$16,900	$113,500	$5,391
15	Sam Laidlow	FRA	M	$154,801	$125,000		$21,500	$8,301
16	Kate Waugh	GBR	F	$139,500					$42,500	$93,000	$4,000
17	Mathis Margirier	FRA	M	$132,496		$14,250	$65,000	$53,246
18	Alex Yee	GBR	M	$126,500					$66,500	$60,000
19	Katrina Matthews	GBR	F	$125,750	$28,000	$40,750	$57,000
20	Emma Lombardi	FRA	F	$122,100					$66,100	$56,000
21	Dorian Coninx	FRA	M	$121,400					$121,400
22	Paula Findlay	CAN	F	$116,500		$26,500	$90,000
23	Patrick Lange	GER	M	$116,181	$68,500	$2,750	$30,000	$14,931
24	Rudy Von Berg	USA	M	$115,500	$68,000		$47,500
25	Imogen Simmonds	SUI	F	$112,684		$25,000	$55,000	$32,684
26	Sam Long	USA	M	$106,750	$4,250	$40,500	$59,000	$3,000
27	Leon Chevalier	FRA	M	$103,500	$57,000	$4,000	$42,500
28	Max Neumann	AUS	M	$103,478			$100,000				$3,478
29	Jeanne Lehair	LUX	F	$101,550					$26,550	$75,000
30	Daniela Ryf	SUI	F	$99,953	$20,000	$11,000	$42,000	$26,953

PTO Events

Ashleigh Gentle continues to be the best money earner in PTO tour events: Last year she topped the PTO Money List at 325k, this year she earned slightly less than 300k. Most of the athletes in the table below made a significant part of their 2023 earnings from the PTO. The exception is usually athletes who did well at WTC events, for example Lucy Charles-Barclay (48% from the PTO), Rudy von Berg (41%) or Laura Philipp (37%). There were 124 athletes who earned PTO money in 2023.

Photo: Ashleigh raising the banner at the PTO Asian Open, provided by the PTO.

#	Name	Sex	PTO	Total	Share
1	Ashleigh Gentle	F	$ 290.000	$ 323.821	90%
2	Kristian Blummenfelt	M	$ 285.000	$ 325.775	87%
3	Anne Haug	F	$ 250.000	$ 335.788	74%
4	Jan Frodeno	M	$ 185.000	$ 196.500	94%
5	Taylor Knibb	F	$ 180.000	$ 281.700	64%
6	Jason West	M	$ 175.000	$ 190.500	92%
7	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 127.000	$ 202.953	63%
8	Lucy Charles-Barclay	F	$ 119.000	$ 246.750	48%
9	Pieter Heemeryck	M	$ 113.500	$ 162.791	70%
10	Max Neumann	M	$ 100.000	$ 103.478	97%
11	Paula Findlay	F	$ 90.000	$ 116.500	77%
12	Mathis Margirier	M	$ 65.000	$ 132.496	49%
13	Chelsea Sodaro	F	$ 62.000	$ 85.000	73%
14	Laura Philipp	F	$ 60.000	$ 163.125	37%
15	Sam Long	M	$ 59.000	$ 106.750	55%
16	Katrina Matthews	F	$ 57.000	$ 125.750	45%
17	Imogen Simmonds	F	$ 55.000	$ 112.684	49%
18	Daniel Baekkegard	M	$ 50.000	$ 73.110	68%
19	Rudy Von Berg	M	$ 47.500	$ 115.500	41%
20	Emma Pallant-Browne	F	$ 45.000	$ 78.264	57%
21	Leon Chevalier	M	$ 42.500	$ 103.500	41%
22	Daniela Ryf	F	$ 42.000	$ 99.953	42%
23	David McNamee	M	$ 34.000	$ 50.498	67%
24	Aaron Royle	M	$ 32.500	$ 47.216	69%
25	Tamara Jewett	F	$ 31.500	$ 59.500	53%

WTC Races

The WTC money list is topped by the Nice and Kona winners, Sam Laidlow and Lucy Charles-Barclay – winning 125k at these events was enough to be placed ahead of everyone else. All in all, there were 524 athletes who earned prize money from WTC in 2023.

Photo: Lucy Charles-Barclay celebrating her win at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, provided by Ironman.

#	Name	Sex	IM	70.3	WTC	Total	Share
1	Lucy Charles-Barclay	F	$ 125.000	$ 2.750	$ 127.750	$ 246.750	52%
2	Sam Laidlow	M	$ 125.000		$ 125.000	$ 154.801	81%
3	Laura Philipp	F	$ 70.000	$ 24.500	$ 94.500	$ 163.125	58%
4	Taylor Knibb	F	$ 25.000	$ 57.500	$ 82.500	$ 281.700	29%
5	Patrick Lange	M	$ 68.500	$ 2.750	$ 71.250	$ 116.181	61%
6	Katrina Matthews	F	$ 28.000	$ 40.750	$ 68.750	$ 125.750	55%
7	Anne Haug	F	$ 65.000	$ 3.000	$ 68.000	$ 335.788	20%
7	Rudy Von Berg	M	$ 68.000		$ 68.000	$ 115.500	59%
9	Leon Chevalier	M	$ 57.000	$ 4.000	$ 61.000	$ 103.500	59%
10	Rico Bogen	M		$ 56.750	$ 56.750	$ 68.709	83%
11	Skye Moench	F	$ 45.000	$ 11.000	$ 56.000	$ 80.000	70%
12	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 49.000		$ 49.000	$ 202.953	24%
13	Sam Long	M	$ 4.250	$ 40.500	$ 44.750	$ 106.750	42%
14	Pieter Heemeryck	M	$ 27.000	$ 16.900	$ 43.900	$ 162.791	27%
15	Kylie Simpson	F	$ 37.000	$ 4.250	$ 41.250	$ 42.120	98%
16	Sarah True	F	$ 38.000	$ 3.000	$ 41.000	$ 64.500	64%
17	Mike Phillips	M	$ 20.500	$ 17.500	$ 38.000	$ 54.419	70%
18	Lisa Norden	F	$ 34.000	$ 3.500	$ 37.500	$ 51.656	73%
19	Steven McKenna	M	$ 30.500	$ 6.250	$ 36.750	$ 36.750	100%
20	Alice Alberts	F	$ 36.000		$ 36.000	$ 41.000	88%
21	Braden Currie	M	$ 34.000	$ 1.750	$ 35.750	$ 47.565	75%
22	Matthew Marquardt	M	$ 35.000		$ 35.000	$ 49.500	71%
23	Robert Wilkowiecki	M	$ 33.250	$ 1.500	$ 34.750	$ 44.750	78%
24	Bradley Weiss	M	$ 30.000	$ 2.000	$ 32.000	$ 62.686	51%
25	Emma Pallant-Browne	F		$ 31.000	$ 31.000	$ 78.264	40%

Challenge

As in previous years, the top money earners on the Challenge side are athletes who focus on the Challenge Family “World Bonus”. This year, Mathis Margirier and Magda Nieuwoudt were at the top of the Challenge bonus table and they also lead the Challenge money list. Similar to the WTC side, almost all of the top earners also make significant money from other race organizers. In total, 236 athletes finished in the money ranks in the 2023 Challenge races.

Photo: Mathis Margirier winning Challenge “The Championship” in Samorin, provided by Challenge Family

#	Name	Sex	Challenge	Total	Share
1	Mathis Margirier	M	$ 53.246	$ 132.496	40%
2	Magda Nieuwoudt	F	$ 44.583	$ 50.333	89%
3	Imogen Simmonds	F	$ 32.684	$ 112.684	29%
4	Caleb Noble	M	$ 32.046	$ 37.546	85%
5	Thomas Bishop	M	$ 31.122	$ 48.122	65%
6	Els Visser	F	$ 27.277	$ 69.277	39%
7	Magnus Ditlev	M	$ 26.953	$ 202.953	13%
7	Daniela Ryf	F	$ 26.953	$ 99.953	27%
9	Lucy Byram	F	$ 25.789	$ 50.789	51%
10	Frederic Funk	M	$ 19.548	$ 73.048	27%
11	Anne Haug	F	$ 17.788	$ 335.788	5%
12	Caroline Pohle	F	$ 16.548	$ 33.798	49%
13	Menno Koolhaas	M	$ 16.404	$ 35.904	46%
14	India Lee	F	$ 16.172	$ 54.922	29%
15	Margie Santimaria	F	$ 15.990	$ 27.490	58%
16	Patrick Lange	M	$ 14.931	$ 116.181	13%
17	Aaron Royle	M	$ 14.716	$ 47.216	31%
18	Youri Keulen	M	$ 12.819	$ 42.569	30%
19	Fenella Langridge	F	$ 11.439	$ 60.460	19%
20	Amelia Watkinson	F	$ 10.782	$ 69.190	16%

Short Course

As in previous years, the top earner of “short course money” had to be successful in both major events, the World Triathlon Series WTCS and SuperLeague. Hayden Wilde comes out on top of this list, he was the runner-up in both series. In total, 115 athletes made money in these short-course events, most of which made the majority of their money on these distances.

Photo: Hayden Wilde winning the 2023 WT Sprint Championships in Hamburg, provided by World Triathlon.

#	Name	Sex	WTCS	SuperLeague	Short Course	Total	Share
1	Hayden Wilde	M	$ 99.500	$ 76.000	$ 175.500	$ 190.338	92%
2	Leo Bergere	M	$ 69.100	$ 105.000	$ 174.100	$ 181.600	96%
3	Beth Potter	F	$ 159.600	$ 13.000	$ 172.600	$ 172.600	100%
4	Cassandre Beaugrand	F	$ 108.900	$ 55.000	$ 163.900	$ 163.900	100%
5	Kate Waugh	F	$ 42.500	$ 93.000	$ 135.500	$ 139.500	97%
6	Alex Yee	M	$ 66.500	$ 60.000	$ 126.500	$ 126.500	100%
7	Emma Lombardi	F	$ 66.100	$ 56.000	$ 122.100	$ 122.100	100%
8	Dorian Coninx	M	$ 121.400		$ 121.400	$ 121.400	100%
9	Jeanne Lehair	F	$ 26.550	$ 75.000	$ 101.550	$ 101.550	100%
10	Sophie Coldwell	F	$ 52.700	$ 26.000	$ 78.700	$ 78.700	100%
11	Matthew Hauser	M	$ 52.100	$ 24.000	$ 76.100	$ 82.422	92%
12	Vasco Vilaca	M	$ 68.600	$ 3.500	$ 72.100	$ 72.100	100%
13	Taylor Spivey	F	$ 49.825	$ 15.500	$ 65.325	$ 65.325	100%
14	Pierre Le Corre	M	$ 54.900		$ 54.900	$ 59.595	92%
15	Henri Schoeman	M	$ 10.500	$ 37.500	$ 48.000	$ 58.613	82%
16	Jonathan Brownlee	M	$ 1.000	$ 43.500	$ 44.500	$ 44.500	100%
17	Leonie Periault	F	$ 22.900	$ 21.500	$ 44.400	$ 44.400	100%
18	Tim Hellwig	M	$ 42.300		$ 42.300	$ 42.300	100%
19	Kristian Blummenfelt	M	$ 25.775	$ 15.000	$ 40.775	$ 325.775	13%
20	Georgia Taylor-Brown	F	$ 31.900		$ 31.900	$ 31.900	100%