Hayden Wilde lights up Marina Bay with dominant Singapore T100 victory

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Hayden Wilde kicked off his 2026 T100 season in emphatic style, delivering a dominant win at the Singapore T100 Triathlon and underlining his status as the man to beat on the T100 Race To Qatar. The defending T100 champion from New Zealand produced the biggest winning margin in men’s T100 history, finishing 6 minutes 21 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Sam Dickinson in second, with Germany’s Mika Noodt completing the podium in third.

Wilde’s masterclass in Singapore

Wilde led from bike to finish and controlled the race with a technically flawless, power‑managed performance despite brutal heat in and around Marina Bay. After a swim where he exited in sixth place (26:09), he attacked on the first laps of the 80km bike, rolling over rivals and opening a gap of more than a minute before settling into a steady rhythm that saw him average 42.43 kph and log the fastest bike split of the day.

Coming into T2 in 48 seconds, he then ran a smooth 18km on the four‑lap Singapore course, navigating the intense midday heat early before some cloud cover helped his pace settle. Wilde’s win earned him 35 points toward the T100 Race To Qatar and the top‑flight prize purse of 50,000 USD, which he joked he might need to “pay for weddings somehow.”

Breakout and podium for the chasing group

Sam Dickinson’s second‑place finish was a breakout performance for the British Olympian, improving on his previous best T100 result of third on debut at the French Riviera last year. Dickinson trailed Wilde by 2:14 off the bike after a chain‑drop incident on lap 5 but composed himself to remount, re‑fix and then run a solid 3:30‑pace per kilometre to secure 29 points and 35,000 USD for second.

Mika Noodt added his sixth T100 podium, demonstrating a mature, controlled race that kept him in the lead group all day despite the sweltering conditions. The German stuck to his power numbers early on the bike, resisted the urge to go out too hard, and then found his stride on the run to take 26 points and 30,000 USD.

Race subplots

The men’s field dove into Marina Bay at 31°C water temperature, with the first 15 pro men passing through the 2km swim within 20 seconds of each other. Dickinson exited first in 26:00, followed by Henri Schoeman (26:01) and Menno Koolhaas (26:02), while Matt Hauser clocked 26:07 and Hayden Wilde 26:09.

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On the bike, Wilde’s early surge up Benjamin Sheares Bridge put him in charge, while Koolhaas, Dickinson, Mathis Margirier and Noodt formed a chase group that kept the gap around 1:20 until Dickinson’s mechanical issue. Margirier then began to fade on the run, allowing Dickinson to reclaim second while Wilde’s solo move through Gardens by the Bay and past Marina Bay Sands sealed his commanding victory.

Looking ahead on the T100 calendar

The men’s T100 Race To Qatar now heads to the San Francisco T100 on 6 June, where the start will be markedly cooler as athletes plunge into San Francisco Bay beside the Golden Gate Bridge. The women’s series returns earlier at the Spain T100 on 23 May in Pamplona‑Navarra, marking the first time the event is being held in that region.