The season consisted of eight pairs of triathlon races for both a men's and woman's competition, beginning on 8 March in Abu Dhabi, and concluding on 1 September with the grand final at Lausanne, Switzerland.

[4] The competition field for the race included both defending champions Mario Mola and Vicky Holland, as well as most of the top ten athletes from last year's the overall rankings.

[6] Also competing was debutante Alex Yee who had won the most recent World cup race in Cape town.

New Zealand's Hayden Wilde initially tried to create a gap on the run, but was soon chased down by the leading pair of Yee and Mola.

[9][11][12] In the individual events, the athlete who accumulates the most points throughout the season is declared the year's world champion.