Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for M25-29

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

9:08:01median finish needed, 2026
10:24:48most accessible · IRONMAN Wales
8:24:23fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
102M25-29 slots at 35 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in M25-29?

  • M25-29 athletes earned 102 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 9:08:01; it ranged from 8:24:23 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:24:48 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 Hamburg: 5 M25-29 qualifiers, the last in 5th place.
  • In 2025: a median 9:12:33 across 35 races (8:35:33 to 10:43:45).
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Where M25-29 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last M25-29 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

10:24:48 needed · 4 slots

#2 · 7 Jun

IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines

10:23:59 needed · 1 slot

#3 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

9:45:02 needed · 2 slots

#4 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wisconsin

9:43:05 needed · 3 slots

#5 · 23 Aug

IRONMAN Vichy

9:40:58 needed · 5 slots

M25-29 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

M25-29 athletes earned 102 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 9:08:01; it ranged from 8:24:23 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:24:48 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 Hamburg: 5 M25-29 qualifiers, the last in 5th place.

M25-29 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar39:19:403rd9:20:47
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr29:44:552nd9:45:02
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr48:46:384th8:58:51
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr49:11:144th9:23:36
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May29:20:432nd9:26:51
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May1winner8:49:001st9:05:40
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May49:26:074th9:29:22
IRONMAN Brazil31 May1winner8:12:421st8:29:08
IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines7 Jun1winner10:47:341st10:23:59
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun58:39:125th8:41:26
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun38:36:453rd8:43:43
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner8:36:221st8:39:40
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun59:07:445th9:07:44
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun25:41:342nd5:41:37
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul1winner8:52:281st8:58:44
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz12 Jul39:06:453rd9:08:01
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul39:28:033rd9:33:02
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug28:52:022nd8:52:02
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug38:41:353rd8:42:00
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug48:44:464th8:45:41
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug48:21:444th8:24:23
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug28:30:332nd8:36:36
IRONMAN Vichy23 Aug59:37:465th9:40:58
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept39:41:073rd9:43:05
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept1winner9:39:341st9:21:05
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept410:24:224th10:24:48
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept48:50:214th8:52:44
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept58:42:055th8:49:56
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept29:17:472nd9:20:06
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct39:04:163rd9:27:22
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct49:09:444th9:11:03
IRONMAN California18 Oct38:45:523rd8:48:28
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct59:22:445th9:24:43
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov1winner9:17:191st9:12:08
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov28:51:452nd8:54:58
Last slot: the slowest M25-29 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M25-29 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

M25-29 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

M25-29 athletes earned 168 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 9:12:33; it ranged from 8:35:33 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:43:45 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 France Nice: 15 M25-29 qualifiers, the last in 15th place.

M25-29 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar710:42:567th10:43:45
IRONMAN Taiwan13 Apr1winner10:02:281st10:22:07
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr1110:09:0311th10:23:10
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May68:39:196th8:39:45
IRONMAN Lanzarote17 May1010:00:0410th10:10:16
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun88:56:278th8:56:27
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun48:57:444th9:00:22
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun99:54:159th9:55:07
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun69:29:146th9:29:33
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun88:56:348th8:56:57
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun109:13:0210th9:13:03
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun1510:42:3615th10:43:22
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul58:37:075th8:54:42
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul910:10:519th10:14:39
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul710:33:077th10:42:36
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug79:47:547th9:50:25
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug1winner8:19:401st8:42:05
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug48:28:574th8:35:33
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug28:38:032nd8:43:16
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug39:05:043rd9:06:42
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept29:17:322nd9:24:57
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept1winner9:47:371st9:29:59
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept1winner8:18:001st8:37:40
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept39:00:563rd9:04:42
IRONMAN Wales21 Sept310:07:373rd10:10:29
IRONMAN Gurye Korea28 Sept1winner9:13:471st9:12:09
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept1winner8:36:301st9:12:58
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct1winner8:35:581st8:35:50
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct38:53:493rd9:01:56
IRONMAN California19 Oct28:18:562nd8:36:43
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov59:07:315th9:07:57
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov1winner9:51:021st9:43:32
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov28:23:402nd8:46:21
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov28:48:092nd9:06:27
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec79:18:427th9:18:42
Last slot: the slowest M25-29 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M25-29 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/m25-29.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.