Welcome to Ironman Rankings 2009

This website will provide a ranking system for the Ironman Series. Only Ironman races will be included, no ironman 70.3 or non WTC iron distance races. It will provide an interesting account of who are the most consistently performing ironman athletes.

Point Allocation

The year will begin with Ironman Florida 2008 and will end at the 2009 Hawaii Ironman World Championships. Bonus points will be allocated for 2008 Hawaii Ironman top 20 finishers to kick off the table. Bonus points will be allocated with 1st gaining 20 points down to 20th receiving 1.
Points will be allocated to other ironman races as follows.

1st 60 points
2nd 30 points
3rd 20 points
4th 15 points
5th through to 10th 10 down to 5 points

However, athletes will have to finish within 10% of the 2nd place getter to gain any points.

Points will be allocated for the 2009 Hawaii Ironman World Championships as follows.

1st 150 points
2nd 100 points
3rd 75 points
4th 60 points
5th 50 points
6th 45 points
7th 40 points
8th 35 points
9th 30 points
10th 25 points
11th through to 20th 24 down to 15 points

Monday, October 12, 2009

Final Rankings for 2009

The consistency of Luke McKenzie and Bella Bayliss throughout the season paid off with both managing to hold out 2009 world champions Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington.

MALE

1

Luke McKenzie

190

2

Craig Alexander

170

3

Andreas Raelert

150

4

Chris Lieto

130

5

Petr Vabrousek

122

6

Marino Vanhoenacker

120

7

Rasmus Henning

110

8

Timo Bracht

105

9

Maik Twelsiek

100

10

Ronnie Schildknecht

94

11=

Stephen Bayliss

87

11=

Eduardo Stula

87

13=

Tim Berkel

80

13=

Jordan Rapp

80

13=

Raynard Tissink

80

13=

Chris McCormack

80

17

Bert Jaemmer

79

18

Cameron Brown

76

19

Patrick Vernay

75

20

Eneko Llanos Bruquera

70


FEMALE

1

Bella Bayliss

264

2

Chrissie Wellington

230

3

Tereza Macel

200

4

Gina Ferguson

133

5

Charlotte Paul

120

6

Sandra Wallenhorst

113

7

Rachel Joyce

105

8

Dede Griesbauer

101

9

Miranda Carfrae

100

10

Belinda Granger

94

11

Virginia Berasategui

90

12

Tyler Stewart

85

13

Tine Deckers

83

14

Sonia Tajsich

82

15

Lucie Zelonkova

80

16=

Edith Niederfriniger

77

16=

Joanna Lawn

77

18

Irene Kinnegim

73

19

Samantha McGlone

70

20

Sibylle Matter

68


Monday, September 14, 2009

Ironman Rankings as of 13th September

Below are the ironman rankings just before we head into the final standings determined at the World Championships in Hawaii.
Points for Hawaii will be significantly more than the regional ironman races (this is explained above) and will go down to 20th position.

MALE

1

Luke McKenzie

170

2

Petr Vabrousek

122

3

Marino Vanhoenacker

120

4

Stephen Bayliss

87

5=

Tim Berkel

80

5=

Jordan Rapp

80

5=

Raynard Tissink

80

8=

Ronnie Schildknecht

77

8=

Maik Twelsiek

77

10

Cameron Brown

76


FEMALE

1

Bella Bayliss

264

2

Tereza Macel

140

3

Gina Ferguson

133

4

Charlotte Paul

120

5

Belinda Granger

94

6=

Chrissie Wellington

80

6=

Lucie Zelonkova

80

8

Sandra Wallenhorst

78

9

Irene Kinnegim

73

10

Dede Griesbauer

71

Monday, August 31, 2009

Ironman Rankings as of 31st August

On the men's rankings there is not much movement with Luke McKenzie still leading after adding another second place finish at Ironman Louisville to his impressive season. Jordan Rapp moves up to 5th equal position after his victory at Ironman Canada.
On the women's side Tereza Macel moves up into second position after another very dominant victory at Ironman Canada, while Belinda Granger moves into 5th position after her second place finish to Macel. However, Bella Bayliss still holds a commanding lead over the other women.

MALE

1

Luke McKenzie

170

2

Marino Vanhoenacker

120

3

Petr Vabrousek

114

4

Stephen Bayliss

87

5=

Tim Berkel

80

5=

Jordan Rapp

80

7=

Ronnie Schildknecht

77

7=

Maik Twelsiek

77

9

Cameron Brown

76

10=

Patrick Vernay

75

10=

Andreas Raelert

75


FEMALE

1

Bella Bayliss

264

2

Tereza Macel

140

3

Gina Ferguson

133

4

Charlotte Paul

120

5

Belinda Granger

94

6=

Chrissie Wellington

80

6=

Lucie Zelonkova

80

8

Sandra Wallenhorst

78

9

Dede Griesbauer

71

10

Sibylle Matter

68

September sees just one Ironman race at Wisconsin, USA and I will be back to update the rankings after this.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Ironman Rankings as of July 27th

The men's table is still led by Luke McKenzie, followed by Marino Vanhoenacker. Ronnie Schildknecht and Maik Twelsiek both move into 5th equal position after their wins this month in Switzerland and Lake Placid respectively.
Meanwhile, nothing has changed at the top of the women's table with Bella Bayliss still leading followed by Gina Ferguson and Charlotte Paul. Sibylle Matter and Tereza Macel both move into the top 10 with their wins at Switzerland and Lake Pacid respectively.

MALE RANKING

1

Luke McKenzie

140

2

Marino Vanhoenacker

120

3

Petr Vabrousek

114

4

Tim Berkel

80

5=

Ronnie Schildknecht

77

5=

Maik Twelsiek

77

7

Cameron Brown

76

8=

Patrick Vernay

75

8=

Andreas Raelert

75

10

Eduardo Stula

71


FEMALE RANKING

1

Bella Bayliss

204

2

Gina Ferguson

133

3

Charlotte Paul

120

4=

Chrissie Wellington

80

4=

Lucie Zelonkova

80

4=

Tereza Macel

80

7

Sandra Wallenhorst

78

8

Dede Griesbauer

71

9

Sibylle Matter

68

10

Belinda Granger

64


I will update the rankings again at the end of August after Ironman UK, Louisville and Canada.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Ironman Rankings as of June 28

Luke McKenzie is now the clear leader of the male rankings table followed by Petr Vabrousek. Not much has changed in the female rankings with Bella Bayliss still leading Gina Ferguson.

MALE RANKINGS

1

Luke McKenzie

140

2

Petr Vabrousek

105

3

Tim Berkel

80

4

Cameron Brown

76

5

Patrick Vernay

75

6

Eduardo Stula

69

7=

Tom Evans

60

7=

Andreas Raelert

60

7=

Marino Vanhoenacker

60

7=

Rasmus Henning

60

7=

Bert

Jaemmer

60

7=

Francisco Pontano

60

7=

Marcel Zamora Perez

60


FEMALE RANKINGS

1

Bella Bayliss

144

2

Gina Ferguson

133

3

Charlotte Paul

120

4

Chrissie Wellington

80

5

Dede Griesbauer

71

6

Belinda Granger

64

7=

Heleen Bij De Vaate

60

7=

Lucie Zelonkova

60

7=

Rachel Joyce

60

7=

Nicole Klinger

60

7=

Tyler Stewart

60

7=

Tine Deckers

60


The month of July will be the busiest of the year with ironman racing taking place in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA. I will update the table at the end of July.