I’m not sure you’re even a triathlete with those priorities
There is also a Short Course Triathlon thread for essentially anything shorter than a 70.3 eg Olympic/Standard, Sprint, Super Sprint. Distances are less standardised in short course so there a fair amount of variability:
Draft legal amateur race I shudder to imagine that! Well, I’ve never been in one so I can’t advise, but I would tend to agree with most Cyclists opinion of the bike handling skills of some Triathletes. I’ve seen some right muppets out there. Hell, I was one. So I’d be riding defensively in your position.