by Raymond Britt
On the 10th anniversary of our third consecutive Kona finish, we're proud to present perhaps our most comprehensive Ironman Triathlon World Championship results analysis ever. This post contains the following:
- Ironman Kona 2002 to 2014 Average Finish Times Overall and by Age Group
- Ironman Kona 2014 Splits, Average Finish Time = 11:35 (vs 2002 to 2014 11:29)
- Ironman Kona 2014 Average Finish Time by Division
- Ironman Kona 2014 Average Split Times by Division
- Ironman Kona Correlation Between Bike and Run Splits (r-squared = 0.60)
- Ironman Kona 2014 Mix of Registered Entrants: 4% DNS, 6% DNF
- Ironman Kona 2012 vs 2014 DNF Rates by Division (4.9% DNF in 2012)
- Ironman Kona 2014 Top 15 Countries Ranked by Number of Finishers Finish Times
- Ironman Kona 2014 Top 15 Countries Average Finish Times
- Ironman Kona 2013 Splits, Average Finish Time = 11:06 (abnormally fast; low wind)
- Ironman Kona 2013 vs 2014 Average Finish Times by Division
- Ironman Kona 2009 to 2014 Splits by Year
- Ironman Kona 2009 to 2014 Average Finish Time Trends by Women's Division
- Ironman Kona 2009 to 2014 Average Finish Time Trends by Men's Division
We're also pleased to provide this analysis to the UK's Leading Triathlon magazine, 220 Triathlon, which you can find online here and here. And look for our analysis in 220 Triathlon's Kona Review print magazine.
