IRONMAN VR18 began the third and final four-week instalment of the HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Championship Series.
The main Championship event offered a 5150 Olympic distance simulation – with a 3km run, 40km ride, and 10km run – with Sprint distances on offer via the Challenger and Classic virtual race formats.
The latest virtual event opened on Friday, August 7th at 06:00 ET (10:00 GMT). IRONMAN VR18 required competitors to complete three segments of run-bike-run by race close at 19:59 ET (23:59 GMT) on Sunday, August 9th.
HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Pro Challenge
Katrina Matthews of Great Britain and Denis Chevrot of France took titles in the professional women’s and men’s races, respectively, during the 18th edition of the HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Pro Challenge.
This weekend’s race positioned eight professional athletes from around the world in a head-to-head-to-head-to-head in a 500m swim at locations in their home communities, before taking on a 40km ride on a portion of the Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt bike course, utilizing ROUVY’s virtual platform.
The athletes finished off the virtual race with a 3km run recorded at multiple training locations – with the virtual triathlon showcased on the HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Pro Challenge broadcast.
By the numbers
There have now been over 165,000 finishes across all IRONMAN virtual races (VR1 to VR18).
From IRONMAN VR8 to VR9, athletes who wanted to compete in IRONMAN VR races with officially monitored times could sign up for the Challenger Division. Since VR10, the event organiser has introduced the Championship Series division. Here, activities must be completed outdoors or on the ROUVY indoor cycling platform to log an official result (results as at time of writing):
IRONMAN VR18
Championship – 457 finishers (1,090 registered); 5150 simulation
Challenger – 1,329 finishers (2,153 registered); Sprint simulation
Classic – 3,465 finishers (5,627 registered); Sprint simulation
IRONMAN VR17
Championship – 572 finishers (1,109 registered); 5150 simulation
Challenger – 1,101 finishers (1,984 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 2,762 finishers (5,409 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR16
Championship – 385 finishers (881 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Challenger – 625 finishers (1,810 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Classic – 1,018 finishers (3,375 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
IRONMAN VR15
Championship – 851 finishers (1,684 registered); 5150 simulation
Challenger – 1,384 finishers (2,253 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 3,175 finishers (5,750 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR14
Championship – 543 finishers (1,246 registered); 5150 simulation
Challenger – 1,867 finishers (3,229 registered); Sprint simulation
Classic – 4,466 finishers (7,421 registered); Sprint simulation
IRONMAN VR13
Championship – 1,450 finishers (2,915 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 4,485 finishers (7,819 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR12
Championship – 1,144 finishers (1,932 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Classic – 2,806 finishers (5,856 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
IRONMAN VR11
Championship – 1,511 finishers (3,154 registered); Sprint simulation
Classic – 7,975 finishers (12,668 registered); Sprint simulation
IRONMAN VR10
Championship – 2,055 finishers (3,639 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 7,312 finishers (12,538 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR9
Challenger – 2,148 finishers (3,830 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Classic – 3,574 finishers (7,275 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
IRONMAN VR8
Challenger – 3,560 finishers (6,113 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 7,909 finishers (13,635 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR7 – 17,085 finishers (25,014 registered); Sprint simulation
IRONMAN VR6 – 12,744 finishers (21,238 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR5 – 8,257 finishers (14,881 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
IRONMAN VR4 – 14,549 finishers (23,743 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR3 – 20,264 finishers (33,203 registered); Sprint simulation
IRONMAN VR2 –16,375 finishers (22,983 registered); 5150 simulation
IRONMAN VR1 – 6,695 finishers (11,039 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
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