Rankings

2012 Rankings

Criteria

  • ITU World Championship Rankings will be used to determine the best performing triathletes of the season.
  • The ITU World Champions will be established at the end of the Series and the ITU World Championship Series Bonus Pool Prize Money will be distributed after the last scoring event according to the ITU World Championship Rankings.
  • The ITU World Championship Rankings will become the first priority list to determine the eligible athletes for the ITU World Championship Grand Final, the ITU World Championship Series events and the ITU Triathlon World Cup events.

Points and Scoring

Scoring Events:
There will be 3 levels of events included in the ITU World Championship Rankings:

  • The ITU World Championship Grand Final
  • The ITU World Championship Series events
  • The ITU Triathlon World Cup events

Athletes in each event will earn points, based on the following:

  • The ITU World Championship Grand Final: 1st to 50th place receive points, 1st place = 1200 points
  • The ITU World Championship Series events: 1st to 40th place receive points, 1st place = 800 points
  • The ITU Triathlon World Cup events: 1st to 30th place receive points, 1st place = 300 points

Cut off: To earn points, athletes must finish within the cut-off time which will be determined by adding 5% to the winner's time in the men's event and 8% in the women's event.

Races Scoring: The final score will be obtained by adding the points gained in the ITU World Championships Grand Final plus the 4 best scores in the ITU World Championship Series events and the ITU Triathlon World Cup events with the following limitations:

  • A maximum of 2 ITU Triathlon World Cup events scores will count for the final rankings.

Minimum ITU World Championship Series events to score: Athletes must score points in a minimum of 2 ITU World Championship Series events to be eligible among the top 20 final rankings.

Season: The ITU World Championship Series season starts immediately after the ITU World Championship Series Grand Final and finishes with the ITU World Championship Series Grand Final.