Formerly referred to as the Arena Games, supertri’s E racing format has actually been providing some seriously quick racing to our screens given that its creation in 2020. The brief, sharp races leave no space for mistake– and no time at all to spend time. Indicating professional athletes need to press themselves to the really limitation of their leading end speed and power to remain in contention.
We’ve seen the carnage post-race, as professional athletes basically topple off the curved treadmills, and even the best brief course PROs state time and time once again that racing in the arena is ‘the hardest thing they’ve ever done.’ The indoor set-up and the ingenious usage of tech in supertri E, mixing reality with virtual truth through Zwift, provides us special access to professional athlete information that showcases simply how difficult they need to go.
As the enjoyment increases for this year’s supertri E World Championship in London on April 13, we’ve been talking with supertri’s statistics expert Graeme Acheson to take a deep dive into previous years’ Arena Games information to discover what (or ‘watt’) it requires to complete in this format. Plus we’ve took a look at how the typical age triathlete would compare– must they attempt to attempt and handle the pros– to get a concept of simply how quick these professional athletes actually are.
Fastest swim speeds– the race to go sub-2
While the bike and the perform at supertri E will occur on the virtual roadways of Zwift, the swim is quite in the real life, with professional athletes set to dive into the renowned 50m Olympic swimming pool at the London Aquatics Centre. Which swimming pool format suggests there’s no navigational concerns or blockage at the turn buoys to slow the professional athletes down, so the rate can actually be on.
In 2015 in London saw Cassandre Beaugrand lastly beat the swim record set by Jess Learmonth in 2020, and matched by Lucy Charles-Barclay in 2021– clocking an extremely outstanding 2 minutes 10 secs for the 200m range. “The typical swim time for the females is generally around 2 minutes 22 seconds,” states Graeme.
Lucy Charles-Barclay held the swim record till Beaugrand took it in 2023. [Photo credit: Super League Triathlon]
It was likewise a rapid swim in London for Aurelien Raphael, who set a fast time of 2 minutes 1 2nd in the very first heat. “He lastly vanquished the several 2:02 s we’ve had,” states Graeme, “however still didn’t strike the sub 2. We (I) am awaiting somebody to go sub 2 in the 50m swimming pool. Sursee was a 25m swimming pool in 2015,” Graeme describes. “So the quick times we saw there aren’t similar.”
Taking a look at those statistics, it would not be unexpected to see among the professional athletes get close in London this year, though Graeme states the typical male time is generally around 2:16 in a 50m swimming pool.
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