2016 Challenge Finland

August 13, 2016 · Turku, Finland

Data: Challenge™ · Updated 7/4/2025 · Quality: unknownHow data works

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Distance

Half-Iron (70.3 miles)

Middle Distance

Field size

12

9 men · 3 women

Men SOF

Unavailable

Women SOF

Unavailable

Race story in the data

Men: Jaroslav Kovacic won in 3:48:03 with a +1:04 margin. No run split leader.

Women: Yvonne Van Vlerken won in 4:14:07 with a +9:15 margin. No run split leader.

Men race summary

9 finishers from 9 starters

Winner

Jaroslav Kovacic

3:48:03

Winning margin

+1:04

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Split unavailable

Fastest bike

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Fastest run

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Top points

Jaroslav Kovacic

55.62 pts

Women race summary

3 finishers from 3 starters

Winner

Yvonne Van Vlerken

4:14:07

Winning margin

+9:15

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Split unavailable

Fastest bike

Split unavailable

Fastest run

Split unavailable

Top points

Yvonne Van Vlerken

61.33 pts

Men split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

Split unavailable.

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

Split unavailable.

T2

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Run

Split unavailable.

Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

Women split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

Split unavailable.

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

Split unavailable.

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

Split unavailable.

Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

PodiumMen

Winner time: 3:48:03

🥇#1

SI

Jaroslav Kovacic

3:48:03

55.62 pts

🥈#2

DE

Timo Bracht

3:49:07

52.30 pts

🥉#3

DE

Per Van Vlerken

3:50:16

48.71 pts

🥈#2

DE

Timo Bracht

3:49:07

52.30 pts

🥇#1

SI

Jaroslav Kovacic

3:48:03

55.62 pts

🥉#3

DE

Per Van Vlerken

3:50:16

48.71 pts

PodiumWomen

Winner time: 4:14:07

🥇#1

NL

Yvonne Van Vlerken

4:14:07

61.33 pts

🥈#2

ES

Sara Loehr Munoz

4:23:22

35.65 pts

🥉#3

MX

Palmira Alvarez

4:37:31

🥈#2

ES

Sara Loehr Munoz

4:23:22

35.65 pts

🥇#1

NL

Yvonne Van Vlerken

4:14:07

61.33 pts

🥉#3

MX

Palmira Alvarez

4:37:31

Men · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 8

Jaroslav Kovacic1 Timo Bracht2 Per Van Vlerken3 Justin Metzler4 Iain Alexandridis5 Jesper Svensson6 Massimo Cigana7 Darby Thomas8

Women · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 3

Yvonne Van Vlerken1 Sara Loehr Munoz2 Palmira Alvarez3

Men · Finish Time Distribution

Women · Finish Time Distribution

Male Pro Results

9 participants

1

Jaroslav Kovacic

SI

3:48:03

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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2

DE

3:49:07

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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3

Per Van Vlerken

DE

3:50:16

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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4

US

3:51:14

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Run

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5

Iain Alexandridis

US

3:55:47

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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6

Jesper Svensson

SE

3:57:00

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7

IT

3:57:24

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8

FI

3:58:27

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9

CA

4:23:09

Swim

—

Bike

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Run

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Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Jaroslav KovacicSI	3:48:03	Winner	—	—	—	—	—	55.62
2	Timo BrachtDE	3:49:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	52.30
3	Per Van VlerkenDE	3:50:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	48.71
4	Justin MetzlerUS	3:51:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.70
5	Iain AlexandridisUS	3:55:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	31.51
6	Jesper SvenssonSE	3:57:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.72
7	Massimo CiganaIT	3:57:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.47
8	Darby ThomasFI	3:58:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	23.19
9	Brian HrynkowCA	4:23:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Female Pro Results

3 participants

1

Yvonne Van Vlerken

NL

4:14:07

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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2

Sara Loehr Munoz

ES

4:23:22

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Bike

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Run

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3

Palmira Alvarez

MX

4:37:31

Swim

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Bike

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Run

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Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Yvonne Van VlerkenNL	4:14:07	Winner	—	—	—	—	—	61.33
2	Sara Loehr MunozES	4:23:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	35.65
3	Palmira AlvarezMX	4:37:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—