Returning to an IRONMAN 70.3 half-distance simulation, the 20th race in the IRONMAN Virtual Racing Series – IRONMAN VR20 – opened on Friday, August 21 at 06:00 ET (10:00 GMT).
The IM 70.3 half-distance simulation required participants to complete three segments – 5km run, 90km ride, and 21km run – by race close at 19:59 ET (23:59 GMT) on Sunday, August 23.
There were three main race formats: IRONMAN VR20 Classic division, IRONMAN VR20 Challenger division and HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR20 Championship Series.
IRONMAN VR20 was the third race in the final instalment of the season of the HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Championship Series.
Prior to the race weekend, 224 athletes had completed all 19 previous IRONMAN VR races and were signed up for IRONMAN VR20. Over the previous 19 weeks of racing, these athletes have each completed 305km running and 990km cycling.
HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR PRO CHALLENGE
Alissa Doehla from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Nicholas Chase from St George, Utah, completed an American sweep of the professional women’s and men’s races during the 20th edition of the HOKA ONE ONE IRONMAN VR Pro Challenge.
Friday’s pro triathlete race positioned six professional athletes, three women and three men, for a head-to-head-to-head match up on a 90km bike ride on a virtual portion of the IRONMAN Austria-Kärnten bike course, utilizing ROUVY’s virtual cycling platform.
The pro athletes also took on a 500m swim and 5km run. This was pre-recorded at multiple training locations in their home communities around North America.
By the numbers
There have now been over 170,000 finishes across all IRONMAN virtual races (VR1 to VR20).
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 VR20
Championship – 370 finishers (685 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Challenger – 663 finishers (1,365 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
Classic – 1,142 finishers (2,449 registered); IM 70.3 simulation
IRONMAN VR19
Championship – 528 finishers (894 registered); 5150 simulation
Challenger – 1,232 finishers (2,160 registered); 5150 simulation
Classic – 2,267 finishers (4,084 registered); 5150 simulation
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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