2026 Challenge Sir Bani-Yas

January 30, 2026 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Data: PTO Stats · Updated 5/21/2026 · Quality: partialHow data works

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Distance

Half-Iron (70.3 miles)

Half-Iron

Field size

79

47 men · 32 women

Men SOF

81.50

Women SOF

81.25

Race story in the data

Men: Jonas Schomburg won in 3:13:52 with a +4:11 margin. Jonas Schomburg had the fastest run (1:03:17).

Women: Katrine Græsbøll Christensen won in 3:37:45 with a +3:50 margin. Jolien Vermeylen had the fastest run (1:08:02).

Men race summary

42 finishers from 47 starters · SOF 81.50

Winner

Jonas Schomburg

3:13:52

Winning margin

+4:11

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Max Stapley · 21:18

Fastest bike

Jonas Schomburg · 1:45:39

Fastest run

Jonas Schomburg · 1:03:17

Top points

Jonas Schomburg

84.13 pts

Women race summary

29 finishers from 32 starters · SOF 81.25

Winner

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen

3:37:45

Winning margin

+3:50

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Jolien Vermeylen · 24:04

Fastest bike

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen · 1:55:35

Fastest run

Jolien Vermeylen · 1:08:02

Top points

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen

84.50 pts

Men split podiums

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

Swim

1
Max Stapley
Finish 5
21:18
2
Jonas Schomburg
Finish 1
21:21
3
Trent Thorpe
Finish 8
21:22

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

1
Jonas Schomburg
Finish 1
1:45:39
2
Dominik Sowieja
Finish 10
1:46:19
3
Jonathan Guisolan
Finish 20
1:47:02

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

1
Jonas Schomburg
Finish 1
1:03:17
2
Pierre Le Corre
Finish 2
1:03:19
3
Gábor Faldum
Finish 6
1:04:37

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

1
Jolien Vermeylen
Finish 5
24:04
2
Fenella Langridge
Finish 6
24:07
3
Natalie Van Coevorden
Finish 2
24:08

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

1
Katrine Græsbøll Christensen
Finish 1
1:55:35
2
Merle Brunnee
Finish 4
1:58:27
3
Ellie Salthouse
Finish 3
1:58:39

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

1
Jolien Vermeylen
Finish 5
1:08:02
2
Katrine Græsbøll Christensen
Finish 1
1:11:43
3
Gabriella Zelinka
Finish 7
1:12:37

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: 3:13:52

🥇#1

DE

Jonas Schomburg

3:13:52

84.13 pts

🥈#2

FR

Pierre Le Corre

3:18:03

77.76 pts

🥉#3

AU

Josh Ferris

3:18:30

75.00 pts

🥈#2

FR

Pierre Le Corre

3:18:03

77.76 pts

🥇#1

DE

Jonas Schomburg

3:13:52

84.13 pts

🥉#3

AU

Josh Ferris

3:18:30

75.00 pts

PodiumWomen

Winner time: 3:37:45

🥇#1

DK

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen

3:37:45

84.50 pts

🥈#2

AU

Natalie Van Coevorden

3:41:35

78.84 pts

🥉#3

AU

Ellie Salthouse

3:43:12

75.18 pts

🥈#2

AU

Natalie Van Coevorden

3:41:35

78.84 pts

🥇#1

DK

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen

3:37:45

84.50 pts

🥉#3

AU

Ellie Salthouse

3:43:12

75.18 pts

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

Jonas Schomburg1 Pierre Le Corre2 Josh Ferris3 Pieter Heemeryck4 Max Stapley5 Gábor Faldum6 Kieran Storch7 Trent Thorpe8

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 8

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen1 Natalie Van Coevorden2 Ellie Salthouse3 Merle Brunnee4 Jolien Vermeylen5 Fenella Langridge6 Gabriella Zelinka7 Rhianne Hughes8

Men · Finish Time Distribution

Women · Finish Time Distribution

Male Pro Results

47 participants

1

Jonas Schomburg

DE

3:13:52

Swim

21:21

Bike

1:45:39

Run

1:03:17

2

Pierre Le Corre

FR

3:18:03

Swim

21:23

Bike

1:50:07

Run

1:03:19

3

AU

3:18:30

Swim

22:26

Bike

1:47:21

Run

1:05:28

4

Pieter Heemeryck

BE

3:18:47

Swim

22:18

Bike

1:47:24

Run

1:05:41

5

GB

3:19:10

Swim

21:18

Bike

1:48:30

Run

1:06:03

6

HU

3:19:53

Swim

22:29

Bike

1:49:15

Run

1:04:37

7

AU

3:20:05

Swim

23:50

Bike

1:47:20

Run

1:05:32

8

NZ

3:20:20

Swim

21:22

Bike

1:48:27

Run

1:07:05

9

SK

3:20:38

Swim

24:54

Bike

1:47:23

Run

1:04:54

10

Dominik Sowieja

DE

3:20:45

Swim

25:37

Bike

1:46:19

Run

1:05:10

Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Jonas SchomburgDE	3:13:52	Winner	21:21	—	1:45:39	—	1:03:17	84.13
2	Pierre Le CorreFR	3:18:03	—	21:23	—	1:50:07	—	1:03:19	77.76
3	Josh FerrisAU	3:18:30	—	22:26	—	1:47:21	—	1:05:28	75.00
4	Pieter HeemeryckBE	3:18:47	—	22:18	—	1:47:24	—	1:05:41	72.58
5	Max StapleyGB	3:19:10	—	21:18	—	1:48:30	—	1:06:03	70.23
6	Gábor FaldumHU	3:19:53	—	22:29	—	1:49:15	—	1:04:37	67.75
7	Kieran StorchAU	3:20:05	—	23:50	—	1:47:20	—	1:05:32	65.87
8	Trent ThorpeNZ	3:20:20	—	21:22	—	1:48:27	—	1:07:05	64.10
9	Ondrej KuboSK	3:20:38	—	24:54	—	1:47:23	—	1:04:54	62.39
10	Dominik SowiejaDE	3:20:45	—	25:37	—	1:46:19	—	1:05:10	60.97
11	Thomas DavisGB	3:22:19	—	22:23	—	1:49:47	—	1:06:34	58.34
12	Emil HolmDK	3:22:27	—	22:21	—	1:48:58	—	1:07:47	57.10
13	Kieran LindarsGB	3:24:16	—	21:25	—	1:50:11	—	1:09:03	54.43
14	Simon WendlandtDE	3:25:12	—	22:26	—	1:53:54	—	1:04:59	52.64
15	Jonathan HombergDE	3:25:54	—	25:08	—	1:49:47	—	1:07:05	51.14
16	Malachi CashmoreGB	3:26:13	—	22:34	—	1:50:29	—	1:09:51	50.05
17	Joost FriderichsNL	3:26:25	—	23:45	—	1:48:29	—	1:10:16	49.13
18	Will CrudgingtonGB	3:26:38	—	22:19	—	1:50:31	—	1:09:24	48.26
19	William MennessonFR	3:26:58	—	23:50	—	1:52:04	—	1:07:21	47.34
20	Jonathan GuisolanCH	3:27:03	—	25:43	—	1:47:02	—	1:10:40	46.69
21	Julian BeckerDE	3:27:04	—	22:34	—	1:53:16	—	1:07:31	46.15
22	Matthew RalphsZA	3:27:22	—	23:46	—	1:49:59	—	1:09:10	45.40
23	Caleb NobleAU	3:28:17	—	22:28	—	1:53:10	—	1:08:53	44.12
24	Mateo ReddyCH	3:28:37	—	25:41	—	1:49:49	—	1:09:22	43.40
25	Ben AkinGB	3:28:54	—	25:52	—	1:49:13	—	1:09:16	42.77
26	Tomasz Marcinek	3:29:17	—	22:32	—	1:52:47	—	1:10:44	42.07
27	Thomas DaviesGB	3:29:31	—	25:41	—	1:50:03	—	1:09:59	41.54
28	Bogdan KovalenkoKZ	3:29:41	—	22:35	—	1:48:50	—	1:14:42	41.10
29	Matthew KaminerZA	3:30:33	—	24:16	—	1:51:23	—	1:11:17	40.04
30	Ilya PrasolovRU	3:32:25	—	22:32	—	1:53:06	—	1:12:55	38.09
31	Keegan CookeZA	3:33:35	—	23:43	—	1:58:37	—	1:07:01	36.80
32	Henry JamesGB	3:34:07	—	23:47	—	1:57:06	—	1:09:10	36.11
33	Tomasz SzalaPL	3:35:22	—	23:56	—	1:53:22	—	1:14:12	34.77
34	Julen Diez RodriguezES	3:36:02	—	25:40	—	1:55:13	—	1:10:53	33.99
35	Wojciech KopycinskiPL	3:39:04	—	25:38	—	1:51:16	—	1:18:18	31.06
36	Andreas DreitzDE	3:41:36	—	25:17	—	1:59:58	—	1:11:23	28.61
37	Brodie TalbotAU	3:42:17	—	23:52	—	1:56:01	—	1:17:52	27.85
38	Carlos Oliver VivesES	3:43:00	—	23:35	—	1:55:14	—	1:20:28	27.07
39	Nick ThijsBE	3:44:22	—	25:32	—	1:50:34	—	1:24:29	25.80
40	Jan KepinskiPL	3:49:39	—	27:58	—	1:53:14	—	1:24:54	25.69
41	Mikel Txopitea ElorriagaES	3:51:51	—	26:44	—	2:04:32	—	1:15:19	25.59
42	Domenico PassuelloIT	3:52:00	—	25:46	—	1:57:20	—	1:23:40	25.50
DNF	Thomas BishopGB	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Cameron MacNairZA	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Henri SchoemanZA	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Leon PaugerAT	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Sven AltermattCH	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Female Pro Results

32 participants

1

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen

DK

3:37:45

Swim

26:46

Bike

1:55:35

Run

1:11:43

2

Natalie Van Coevorden

AU

3:41:35

Swim

24:08

Bike

1:59:34

Run

1:14:19

3

Ellie Salthouse

AU

3:43:12

Swim

25:02

Bike

1:58:39

Run

1:15:57

4

DE

3:44:54

Swim

29:10

Bike

1:58:27

Run

1:12:57

5

Jolien Vermeylen

BE

3:45:41

Swim

24:04

Bike

2:10:10

Run

1:08:02

6

Fenella Langridge

GB

3:45:47

Swim

24:07

Bike

2:02:56

Run

1:15:01

7

Gabriella Zelinka

HU

3:46:26

Swim

27:02

Bike

2:02:50

Run

1:12:37

8

GB

3:51:20

Swim

29:04

Bike

2:05:21

Run

1:13:02

9

Nikita Paskiewiez

FR

3:51:42

Swim

29:08

Bike

2:03:42

Run

1:14:47

10

FI

3:51:47

Swim

30:16

Bike

2:00:51

Run

1:16:43

Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Katrine Græsbøll ChristensenDK	3:37:45	Winner	26:46	—	1:55:35	—	1:11:43	84.50
2	Natalie Van CoevordenAU	3:41:35	—	24:08	—	1:59:34	—	1:14:19	78.84
3	Ellie SalthouseAU	3:43:12	—	25:02	—	1:58:39	—	1:15:57	75.18
4	Merle BrunneeDE	3:44:54	—	29:10	—	1:58:27	—	1:12:57	71.64
5	Jolien VermeylenBE	3:45:41	—	24:04	—	2:10:10	—	1:08:02	69.01
6	Fenella LangridgeGB	3:45:47	—	24:07	—	2:02:56	—	1:15:01	67.10
7	Gabriella ZelinkaHU	3:46:26	—	27:02	—	2:02:50	—	1:12:37	64.88
8	Rhianne HughesGB	3:51:20	—	29:04	—	2:05:21	—	1:13:02	59.37
9	Nikita PaskiewiezFR	3:51:42	—	29:08	—	2:03:42	—	1:14:47	57.64
10	Minttu HukkaFI	3:51:47	—	30:16	—	2:00:51	—	1:16:43	56.26
11	Alexia BaillyFR	3:52:43	—	26:42	—	2:04:19	—	1:18:03	54.30
12	Bridget TheunissenZA	3:54:47	—	26:41	—	2:04:38	—	1:19:12	51.52
13	Eloise Du LuartFR	3:55:21	—	26:45	—	2:05:59	—	1:18:15	50.03
14	Mimi CarltonGB	3:56:27	—	30:04	—	2:04:30	—	1:16:44	48.20
15	Lara RajtericSI	3:56:36	—	28:02	—	2:03:08	—	1:20:11	47.22
16	Magda NieuwoudtZA	3:57:47	—	28:29	—	2:03:11	—	1:21:52	45.46
17	Lilli GelminiIT	3:59:20	—	25:24	—	2:12:10	—	1:17:47	43.47
18	Barbora BesperatCZ	4:00:42	—	31:25	—	2:05:48	—	1:18:21	41.70
19	Salome Hegi-AltermattCH	4:06:54	—	27:02	—	2:10:54	—	1:25:01	36.06
20	Nikola CorbovaSK	4:07:05	—	31:19	—	2:11:02	—	1:20:31	35.35
21	Aoibh ClarkeIE	4:07:41	—	27:00	—	2:07:34	—	1:27:55	34.34
22	Simona KrivankovaCZ	4:08:47	—	31:19	—	2:11:22	—	1:21:18	32.96
23	Olivia DietzelUS	4:10:05	—	31:24	—	2:14:49	—	1:18:15	31.47
24	Sabrina ExenbergerAT	4:13:46	—	34:34	—	2:15:25	—	1:20:00	29.08
25	Rachael TatkoUS	4:15:33	—	30:12	—	2:17:28	—	1:22:35	28.70
26	Sarah ThomasAU	4:15:34	—	31:29	—	2:15:37	—	1:24:08	28.36
27	Sara DurazziIT	4:18:41	—	27:16	—	2:21:41	—	1:24:48	28.04
28	Amy VantasselUS	4:24:08	—	30:08	—	2:23:35	—	1:24:44	27.74
29	Elizabeth NyitrayUS	4:42:01	—	30:15	—	2:16:54	—	1:49:10	27.48
DNF	Abigail BedwellGB	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Justine MathieuxFR	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Margrit ElfersDE	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—