Challenge Roth 2018: Age Group Results

A look through age group results at Challenge Roth 2018

Steeping away form the Ironman brand for the third analysis this week with the biggest race of the weekend – Challenge Roth. There are no Kona slots to consider here, just a famous course and fast times. This year’s race looks to be a typical year for Roth.

Distribution of Finisher Splits at Challenge Roth 2018 Compared with 2010-2017

The 2018 splits distribute very similarly to the previous 7 years of race results. Perhaps the only variation to mention is with the bike distribution which trends slightly slower than the amalgamated data from previous races. Differences are small and largely balance out when we look at the overall distributions.

DNS and DNF Rates at Challenge Roth
Year
Listed Athletes
Swim Finish
Swim DNS/DNF
Bike Finish
Bike DNF
Run Finish
Run DNF
Overall DNS/DNF
2010
3133
2805
10.5%
2707
3.5%
2674
1.2%
14.6%
2011
2793
2791
0.1%
2790
2791
2012
2753
2751
0.1%
2751
2748
0.1%
2013
3407
3126
8.2%
3040
2.8%
2879
5.3%
15.4%
2014
3459
3166
8.5%
2928
7.5%
2673
8.7%
22.5%
2015
2734
2729
0.2%
2693
1.3%
2734
2016
2930
2918
0.4%
2920
2930
2017
3142
3137
0.2%
3031
3.4%
2892
4.6%
8.7%
2018
3050
3047
0.1%
2934
3.7%
2838
3.3%
7%

There are enough problems with the way results have been presented over the years that DNF data is at best sporadic. There’s nothing exceptional about the statistics from this year’s race – they don’t appear to represent a high or low for the course.

Median Splits by Age Group at Challenge Roth 2018
Median Splits by Age Group at Challenge Roth 2010-2017

As with the distribution comparing age group medians doesn’t highlight any major differences. Bike medians are perhaps slightly slower, but by a small margin.

Top 10 Nationalities at Challenge Roth
Country
Count
Percentage
Germany
1614
49
United Kingdom
242
7.3
France
168
5.1
Spain
134
4.1
United States
119
3.6
Australia
98
3
Switzerland
87
2.6
Austria
78
2.4
Italy
75
2.3
Israel
58
1.8

Probably the most famous Iron distance race outside the Ironman brand – Roth draws a field from around the world.

Changes in Male Finishing Times by Position at Challenge Roth
Changes in Female Finishing Times by Position at Challenge Roth

Prior to 2014 Roth’s results included professional in with age groupers, so the first thing you’ll note in the above charts is some very fast times (off the charts) in the 25-35 age range. Min more recent years the pros have been listed in their own categories. With that in mind we can still see that Roth has had quite a stable set of results over the years. This year follows that pattern.

Top Twenty Male Performances by Age Group at Challenge Roth 2018
Top Twenty Female Performances by Age Group at Challenge Roth 2018

Finally the top twenty within each age group. Those pro times do skew things a little here so perhaps I need to start dropping those results from future analysis. Still the trend is around the existing average line with some variation between age groups.

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