Ironman Chattanooga 2016 Results Analysis by Division, by Split, DNS, DNF, Compared to 2014 and more

Quite an astonishing day at Ironman Chattanooga 2016. Relentlessly harsh heat led to a 13:59 average finish time for 1688 triathletes, and an exceptionally high 19% DNF rate, considering all finishers under the typical 17 hour Ironman cutoff time.

But, wait: the official cutoff time, it turned out, was determined to be 16 hours 15 minutes (I have no idea why). That meant another 50 or so athletes who happily finished under 17 hours but after 16 hours 15 minutes got the staggering news they would not be considered Ironman finishers, but instead were classified DNF.

My analysis and charts reveal how brutal it was out there for all Ironman Chattanooga 2016 triathletes. And it's based on results for all who finished under 17 hours.

Ironman 70.3 2015 Rio Results Analysis

Ironman has added several new 70.3 events since our most recent detailed and comparative analysis of half Ironman Rankings.

We'll be catching up as time permits, here's a summary of 2015's Ironman Rio 70.3. At a 5:56 average finish time, it's slightly faster than average, the number of finishers, at 797, is on the low end.

Here's our Analysis of the Rio 70.3 event in 2015.