Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for F25-29

Women 25-29: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

10:16:47median finish needed, 2026
12:02:59most accessible · IRONMAN Wales
9:30:01fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
69F25-29 slots at 34 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in F25-29?

  • F25-29 athletes earned 69 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 34 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results.
  • The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:16:47; it ranged from 9:30:01 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 12:02:59 at 2026 IRONMAN Wales.
  • 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 Lake Placid: 5 F25-29 qualifiers, the last in 5th place.
  • In 2025: a median 10:39:59 across 34 races (9:09:58 to 12:38:29).
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Where F25-29 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last F25-29 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 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wales

12:02:59 needed · 2 slots

#2 · 19 Apr

IRONMAN South Africa

11:08:56 needed · 2 slots

#3 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

11:06:30 needed · 1 slot

#4 · 23 May

IRONMAN Lanzarote

11:03:02 needed · 1 slot

#5 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wisconsin

10:53:46 needed · 1 slot

F25-29 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

F25-29 athletes earned 69 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 34 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:16:47; it ranged from 9:30:01 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 12:02:59 at 2026 IRONMAN Wales. 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 Lake Placid: 5 F25-29 qualifiers, the last in 5th place.

F25-29 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar310:01:163rd10:18:56
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr1winner11:33:261st11:06:30
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr1winner9:57:141st9:49:00
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr211:08:562nd11:08:56
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May210:03:322nd10:38:05
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May1winner10:31:201st10:11:40
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May1winner10:50:261st11:03:02
IRONMAN Brazil31 May1winner9:25:541st9:30:04
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun1winner9:54:041st9:54:54
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun1winner9:58:311st9:51:13
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner9:21:351st9:49:28
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun410:24:304th10:24:30
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun46:25:044th6:25:04
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul1winner10:09:161st10:04:53
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz12 Jul1winner10:54:001st10:19:29
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul510:47:085th10:47:08
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug210:01:592nd10:01:59
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug1winner9:12:561st9:39:25
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug1winner9:46:251st9:49:08
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug39:29:223rd9:30:01
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug49:55:434th9:55:43
IRONMAN Vichy23 Aug210:46:282nd10:49:09
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept1winner11:02:291st10:53:46
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept1winner10:09:151st10:39:10
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept212:02:592nd12:02:59
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept39:46:203rd9:47:40
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept39:48:533rd9:57:16
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept1winner9:52:131st10:18:01
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct1winner10:42:231st9:57:39
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct310:20:533rd10:21:04
IRONMAN California18 Oct39:29:563rd9:37:42
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct510:22:125th10:29:23
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov210:43:312nd10:43:31
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov1winner9:34:141st10:15:33
Last slot: the slowest F25-29 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F25-29 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

F25-29 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

F25-29 athletes earned 109 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 10:39:59; it ranged from 9:09:58 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 12:38:29 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 Frankfurt: 12 F25-29 qualifiers, the last in 12th place.

F25-29 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar512:32:505th12:38:29
IRONMAN Taiwan13 Apr311:13:373rd11:20:41
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr410:42:384th10:48:43
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May210:00:452nd10:16:48
IRONMAN Lanzarote17 May212:19:032nd12:38:05
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun810:22:298th10:23:25
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun29:41:552nd10:23:38
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun611:29:426th11:29:42
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun710:30:397th10:55:03
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun510:17:555th10:17:55
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun1210:42:5712th10:46:20
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun412:22:424th12:26:13
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul410:22:164th10:39:59
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul410:55:394th10:58:48
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul812:24:108th12:34:57
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug310:38:583rd10:41:37
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug39:42:063rd9:42:06
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug1winner9:15:231st9:09:58
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug1winner10:17:371st9:51:13
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug29:51:432nd10:11:17
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept210:42:132nd10:48:32
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept1winner11:55:361st10:28:22
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept1winner9:31:361st9:38:12
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept1winner9:23:331st10:52:25
IRONMAN Wales21 Sept1winner11:23:181st11:45:19
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept210:51:212nd10:51:21
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct29:48:402nd10:08:06
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct1winner10:34:381st10:06:06
IRONMAN California19 Oct1winner9:45:141st9:54:21
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov210:39:492nd10:39:48
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov1winner11:17:231st11:34:57
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov39:49:033rd9:49:24
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov1winner11:06:581st10:14:31
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec410:31:524th10:33:45
Last slot: the slowest F25-29 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F25-29 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/f25-29.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.