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70.3 and Ironman world championship slots
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 2014-08-28 11:11 PM |
Regular  137  |  Subject: 70.3 and Ironman world championship slotsHey all Just wondering if someone can help me out here. I'm planning on doing Kraichgau 70.3 to qualify for the 70.3 worlds however there are 30 kona slots available as well. How does the slot allocation work for these races? Does the first placed person get a choice of either and the one they don't want rolls down? Cheers Scott |
| 2014-08-29 5:24 AM in reply to: 0 |
Extreme Veteran 5722  | Subject: RE: 70.3 and Ironman world championship slots the 30 slots are allocated 1 per age group, per sex. Not sure how many that makes, but say 20 then the remaining are distributed according to how many people in that age group. The 10 remaining slots will be allocated proportionally to the number of people in that AG. Male 40-44 tend to get the most If there are two slots available then the two top people are offered. If they turn them down, they roll down to the next person in the AG. Sometimes (rarely) there isn't a taker so they re-allocate the slot to another AG. WTC has given few slots to each North American race. On one hand there are few slots, on the other fewer people will take them because of the distance/cost of travel. There should be some roll down although with 1 or 2 slots per AG I doubt it will roll that deep. For the Kona slots, I believe t a winner can take both his Kona and 70.3 WC slot and there are roll downs Edited by marcag 2014-08-29 5:26 AM |
| 2014-08-29 7:29 AM in reply to: Findlay |
Extreme Veteran 1986  Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: 70.3 and Ironman world championship slots Qualifications are for both. So someone could qualify for both. |
| 2014-08-29 7:46 AM in reply to: marcag |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: 70.3 and Ironman world championship slots Originally posted by marcag the 30 slots are allocated 1 per age group, per sex. Not sure how many that makes, but say 20 then the remaining are distributed according to how many people in that age group. The 10 remaining slots will be allocated proportionally to the number of people in that AG. Male 40-44 tend to get the most If there are two slots available then the two top people are offered. If they turn them down, they roll down to the next person in the AG. Sometimes (rarely) there isn't a taker so they re-allocate the slot to another AG. WTC has given few slots to each North American race. On one hand there are few slots, on the other fewer people will take them because of the distance/cost of travel. There should be some roll down although with 1 or 2 slots per AG I doubt it will roll that deep. For the Kona slots, I believe t a winner can take both his Kona and 70.3 WC slot and there are roll downs Not entirely accurate as to how it works. There are 26 AG's. An automatic slot goes to each AG that has a finisher (which isn't a given in the older AG's). The rest of the slots are more or less allocated to the most deserving AG's according to the number of starters. BUT...
There are some guys over at ST that have more or less figured out WTC's allocation algorithm and often show how it differs from the proportional allocation model (that, like yourself, most assume is used). Here is the IMMT Kona slot allocation table. The black # is WTC's official # and the red # would be the slot allocation assuming proportional allocation (with a slot going to each AG with a finisher).
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