2016 Challenge Finland

August 13, 2016 · Turku, Finland

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Distance
Half-Iron (70.3 miles)
Middle Distance
Field size
12
9 men · 3 women
Men SOF
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Women SOF
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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.

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Race summary

2016 Challenge Finland 2016 - Men

ProTriStats

Winner: Jaroslav Kovacic in 3:48:03

Margin: +1:04

Fastest bike: Bike split unavailable

Fastest run: Run split unavailable

Top points: Jaroslav Kovacic - 55.62 pts

Field: 9/9 finishers

Race summary

2016 Challenge Finland 2016 - Women

ProTriStats

Winner: Yvonne Van Vlerken in 4:14:07

Margin: +9:15

Fastest bike: Bike split unavailable

Fastest run: Run split unavailable

Top points: Yvonne Van Vlerken - 61.33 pts

Field: 3/3 finishers

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
Split unavailable
Fastest run
Split unavailable
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.

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T2

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Run

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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

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Bike

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T2

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Run

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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

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

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
#1#5#10SwimBikeRunFinish#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8

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
#1#5#10SwimBikeRunFinish#1#2#3

Men · Finish Time Distribution

Women · Finish Time Distribution

Male Pro Results

9 participants

Swim
Bike
Run
3:49:07
Swim
Bike
Run
3:50:16
Swim
Bike
Run
3:51:14
Swim
Bike
Run
Swim
Bike
Run
3:57:00
Swim
Bike
Run
3:57:24
Swim
Bike
Run
3:58:27
Swim
Bike
Run
4:23:09
Swim
Bike
Run
PosAthleteTimeGapSwimT1BikeT2RunPoints
1Jaroslav KovacicSI3:48:03Winner55.62
2Timo BrachtDE3:49:0752.30
3Per Van VlerkenDE3:50:1648.71
4Justin MetzlerUS3:51:1445.70
5Iain AlexandridisUS3:55:4731.51
6Jesper SvenssonSE3:57:0027.72
7Massimo CiganaIT3:57:2426.47
8Darby ThomasFI3:58:2723.19
9Brian HrynkowCA4:23:09

Female Pro Results

3 participants

Swim
Bike
Run
Swim
Bike
Run
4:37:31
Swim
Bike
Run
PosAthleteTimeGapSwimT1BikeT2RunPoints
1Yvonne Van VlerkenNL4:14:07Winner61.33
2Sara Loehr MunozES4:23:2235.65
3Palmira AlvarezMX4:37:31