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ArticleSports medicine - open2025

Modeling Pe2rformance in IRONMAN

Mabliny Thuany, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Pedro Forte, Katja Weiss, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Ivan Cuk, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

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Article in Sports medicine - open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mabliny ThuanyDepartment of Physical Education, State University of Para, Pará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871
David ValeroUltra Sports Science Foundation, Pierre-Benite, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-4843
Elias VilligerInstitute of Primary Care, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-1390
Pedro ForteCI-ISCE, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6780
Katja WeissUltra Sports Science Foundation, Pierre-Benite, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754
Marilia Santos AndradeDepartment of Physiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565
Pantelis T NikolaidisSchool of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122
Ivan CukFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384
Thomas RosemannInstitute of Primary Care, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306
Beat KnechtleUltra Sports Science Foundation, Pierre-Benite, France. beat.knechtle@hispeed.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividual factors related to performance in age group triathletes competing in different race distances have been explored in scientific literature. However, only a few studies have been conducted using machine learning (ML) predictive models to explore the importance of those individual factors. This study intended to build and analyze machine learning regression models that predict the performance of IRONMAN

resultsThe Random Forest Regressor model obtained the best predictive score. This model's partial dependence plots indicated that men under 30 years, from Switzerland or Denmark, competing in IRONMAN

conclusionsOur results prove that ML models can be used to examine the complex, non-linear interactions between the factors that influence performance and gain insights that can help IRONMAN

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CyclingEnduranceMachine learningPerformanceRunningSwimming

Identifiers

PMID41288839
PMCPMC12647426

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