Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for F18-24

Women 18-24: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

10:46:27median finish needed, 2026
13:48:10most accessible · IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines
9:56:14fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
53F18-24 slots at 35 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in F18-24?

  • F18-24 athletes earned 53 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results.
  • The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:46:27; it ranged from 9:56:14 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:48:10 at 2026 IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines.
  • 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison.
  • Slots went deepest at 2026 IRONMAN Wisconsin: 4 F18-24 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.
  • In 2025: a median 11:09:14 across 34 races (9:35:16 to 13:13:22).
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Where F18-24 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last F18-24 slot needed the slowest finish — a rough guide to where a slot is most within reach. Course, weather and the field change year to year, so check the race’s own history too.

#1 · 7 Jun

IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines

13:48:10 needed · 1 slot

#2 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wales

12:36:14 needed · 2 slots

#3 · 19 Apr

IRONMAN South Africa

11:39:41 needed · 1 slot

#4 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

11:37:09 needed · 1 slot

#5 · 23 May

IRONMAN Lanzarote

11:33:32 needed · 1 slot

F18-24 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

F18-24 athletes earned 53 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:46:27; it ranged from 9:56:14 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:48:10 at 2026 IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines. 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison. Slots went deepest at 2026 IRONMAN Wisconsin: 4 F18-24 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.

F18-24 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar310:47:243rd10:47:24
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr1winner15:39:291st11:37:09
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr1winner9:40:161st10:16:05
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr1winner11:52:441st11:39:41
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May1winner12:59:511st11:07:26
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May1winner9:57:271st10:39:48
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May1winner14:15:121st11:33:32
IRONMAN Brazil31 May1winner10:18:581st9:56:17
IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines7 Jun1winner15:55:371st13:48:10
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun310:16:213rd10:22:16
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun310:17:373rd10:18:24
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner10:39:221st10:16:35
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun1winner9:54:581st10:53:13
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun26:32:112nd6:42:46
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul1winner10:44:311st10:32:42
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz12 Jul210:24:182nd10:47:59
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul1winner10:54:271st11:16:53
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug1winner11:01:221st10:29:40
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug1winner9:28:171st10:06:04
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug1winner10:08:051st10:16:14
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug39:56:143rd9:56:14
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug1winner10:24:531st10:23:06
IRONMAN Vichy23 Aug1winner11:24:131st11:19:00
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept411:14:354th11:23:50
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept1winner12:05:501st11:08:33
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept212:30:392nd12:36:14
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept210:14:422nd10:14:42
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept1winner10:07:081st10:24:44
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept1winner10:06:141st10:46:27
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct1winner14:32:071st10:25:09
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct210:43:412nd10:49:38
IRONMAN California18 Oct1winner10:51:511st10:04:16
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct310:51:253rd10:58:20
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov1winner15:20:151st11:13:06
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov1winner10:54:291st10:43:52
Last slot: the slowest F18-24 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F18-24 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

F18-24 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

F18-24 athletes earned 54 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 34 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 11:09:14; it ranged from 9:35:16 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:13:22 at 2025 IRONMAN South Africa. 2025 IRONMAN Australia was raced on a shortened course and is left out of the comparison. Slots went deepest at 2025 IRONMAN Hamburg: 4 F18-24 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.

F18-24 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar1winner11:38:511st13:13:22
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr311:07:233rd11:18:33
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May1winner10:01:291st10:45:10
IRONMAN Lanzarote17 May212:36:262nd13:12:57
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun410:19:184th10:52:05
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun1winner13:36:211st10:52:19
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun1winner13:23:281st12:01:25
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun311:07:073rd11:25:10
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun210:40:492nd10:46:20
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun310:54:193rd11:16:04
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun212:04:042nd13:00:32
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul311:06:573rd11:09:25
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul311:20:573rd11:29:06
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul413:06:134th13:09:40
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug1winner10:29:461st11:11:08
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug1winner10:17:041st10:08:52
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug1winner9:35:221st9:35:16
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug1winner10:49:541st10:18:24
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug1winner10:22:161st10:39:24
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept1winner11:02:181st11:18:22
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept1winner16:46:201st10:57:16
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept1winner11:01:441st10:04:47
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept1winner10:53:441st11:22:25
IRONMAN Wales21 Sept1winner11:38:531st12:17:45
IRONMAN Gurye Korea28 Sept1winner14:26:561st10:47:59
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept1winner11:34:051st11:21:18
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct1winner9:26:221st10:36:04
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct1winner11:05:231st10:33:59
IRONMAN California19 Oct1winner11:28:421st10:21:41
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov1winner10:37:031st11:09:14
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov1winner14:32:251st12:06:55
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov1winner10:13:311st10:16:30
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov1winner10:51:491st10:42:47
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec210:53:102nd11:02:54
Last slot: the slowest F18-24 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F18-24 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

How Kona qualifying works

Every age-group winner gets a slot. The rest of a race’s slots go by age-graded time: each finish time is multiplied by IRONMAN’s factor for the athlete’s age group, and the fastest adjusted times take the remaining slots — from 2026, in separate women’s and men’s pools. So the “needed” time differs by age group even within one race. Each race page models the allocation athlete by athlete, including rolldown.

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Modelled from the official results with IRONMAN’s published age-group factors; always confirm with the official race-day allocation. Plain-text version: /ironmanwc/kona-qualifying-times/f18-24.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.