Hayden Wilde started the current T100 Triathlon World Tour season exactly as he finished the 2025 one – in completely dominant form.
The New Zealand star bossed the opening men’s race in Singapore from the moment he took the lead on the first bike loop, going further and further clear as the much-anticipated showdown with T100 debutant Matt Hauser (AUS), the WTCS champion, never really materialised.
Wilde kept his cool on the run to cross the line in 3:21:58, with Britain’s Sam Dickinson best of the rest in second, 6:21 back, as Mika Noodt (GER) rounded out the podium in third.
That was the biggest-ever winning margin in a men’s T100 race and Wilde’s seventh win in eight in this format since his victory here in Singapore last year. Here’s how the race unfolded…
Swim – Sam shows the way
The temperature was touching 31 degrees Celsius in Marina Bay so it was no surprise to see things stay relatively close on the swim as athletes looked to conserve as much energy as possible.
Dickinson led it out, with Menno Koolhaas (NED) just behind and the two would swap spells on the front.
At the Aussie exit after the first lap, just 22 seconds covered first to 17th and the pattern continued on loop two.
Dickinson was out of the water first in 26:00, with Henri Schoeman (RSA) a fraction behind, just a second back and a similar gap to Koolhaas in third, with 20 seconds between first and 15th.
Jonas Schomburg (GER), ‘fresh’ from IRONMAN Texas last weekend, was fourth, with Hauser and Wilde in fifth and sixth.
But on the long 340-metre run to transition it was Koolhaas who moved back to the front and he was out first on the bike.
Bike – Wilde swoops into the lead
For all the talk about a challenge to Wilde this season, there was something very familiar about the early stages of the bike, which began with a short section on the Singapore F1 circuit.
For on the first of eight laps it was Wilde who surged to the front as he moved ahead of Koolhaas.
Hauser at this point was in third but by the start of lap three he was up to second, 27 seconds behind Wilde. And that was as close as we got to a duel between the pair of them.
For Wilde then set about extending that advantage and it was over a minute by the halfway stage, with Mathis Margirier (FRA) and Dickinson now his nearest challengers.
Wilde was even able to produce some magic (see below) when one of his bottles worked its way out of its cage!
Dickinson’s task was made harder by a dropped chain on lap six and by that point Wilde was now more than two minutes to the good. Hauser meanwhile was just over three minutes back.
Dickinson recovered well though and he and Margirier didn’t lose any more time to Wilde between then and T2 – they were 2:14 and 2:22 adrift at the end of the bike.
It was 3:16 to Noodt in fourth, 4:50 to Koolhaas in fifth and 5:41 to Hauser in sixth.
Run – Cruise control for Wilde
The heat and humidity in Singapore meant nothing could be taken for granted on the run but Wilde continued his dominance on the first of four laps as he put further time between himself and the rest.
He was exactly three minutes in front of Dickinson starting lap two, with Margirier next at +3:09, Noodt at +4:24 and no one else within six minutes.
The momentum continued and by now he was lapping plenty of the backmarkers in what was a statement start to the T100 season.
The cushion was over five minutes on lap three and no one was really making a move from behind, no surprise given the sweltering conditions.
Wilde stopped the clock in 3:21:58, with Dickinson crossing the line a full six minutes later for his highest-placed T100 finish so far, followed shortly after by Noodt.
Koolhaas was fourth and Hauser a creditable fifth on his T100 bow.
Singapore T100 results – Pro men
Saturday April 25, 2026 – 2km/80km/18km
| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Swim | Bike | Run | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayden Wilde | NZL | 26:09 | 1:51:32 | 1:01:54 | 3:21:58 |
| 2 | Sam Dickinson | GBR | 26:00 | 1:53:57 | 1:06:02 | 3:28:19 |
| 3 | Mika Noodt | GER | 26:13 | 1:54:41 | 1:05:40 | 3:29:11 |
| 4 | Menno Koolhaas | NED | 26:02 | 1:56:54 | 1:04:28 | 3:29:54 |
| 5 | Matt Hauser | AUS | 26:07 | 1:57:35 | 1:04:29 | 3:30:27 |
| 6 | Jacob Birtwhistle | GBR | 26:17 | 2:00:59 | 1:01:24 | 3:31:08 |
| 7 | Youri Keulen | NED | 26:11 | 1:57:48 | 1:06:52 | 3:33:27 |
| 8 | Mathis Margirier | FRA | 26:16 | 1:53:40 | 1:12:14 | 3:34:54 |
| 9 | Grgeor Payet | FRA | 29:01 | 1:59:55 | 1:04:57 | 3:36:52 |
| 10 | Kurt McDonald | AUS | 27:29 | 1:59:54 | 1:07:14 | 3:37:18 |
