Kienle turned in an explosive performance on the road to Hawi by clocking the third - best bike time in IRONMAN World Championship history of 4 : 20 : 46 .
Kienle began the bike portion of the race in 38th place .
Kienle , who began the bike portion of the race in 38th place , turned in an explosive performance on the road to Hawi by clocking the third - best bike time in IRONMAN World Championship history of 4 : 20 : 46 .