Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for M30-34

Men 30-34: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

9:03:42median finish needed, 2026
10:19:52most accessible · IRONMAN Wales
8:20:24fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
116M30-34 slots at 35 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in M30-34?

  • M30-34 athletes earned 116 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 9:03:42; it ranged from 8:20:24 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:19:52 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 Vichy: 9 M30-34 qualifiers, the last in 9th place.
  • In 2025: a median 9:08:11 across 35 races (8:31:29 to 10:38:40).
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Where M30-34 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last M30-34 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

10:19:52 needed · 9 slots

#2 · 7 Jun

IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines

10:19:03 needed · 2 slots

#3 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

9:40:24 needed · 1 slot

#4 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wisconsin

9:38:28 needed · 3 slots

#5 · 23 Aug

IRONMAN Vichy

9:36:22 needed · 9 slots

M30-34 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

M30-34 athletes earned 116 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 9:03:42; it ranged from 8:20:24 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:19:52 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 Vichy: 9 M30-34 qualifiers, the last in 9th place.

M30-34 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar1winner9:16:571st9:16:22
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr1winner9:52:011st9:40:24
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr68:53:216th8:54:36
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr28:44:292nd9:19:09
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May1winner9:11:261st9:22:22
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May28:59:572nd9:01:22
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May39:23:513rd9:24:52
IRONMAN Brazil31 May1winner8:44:321st8:25:06
IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines7 Jun210:09:472nd10:19:03
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun1winner8:17:541st8:37:19
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun48:39:354th8:39:35
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner8:31:421st8:35:33
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun1winner9:02:071st9:03:24
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun35:38:343rd5:38:55
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul68:54:296th8:54:29
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz12 Jul49:03:424th9:03:42
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul79:25:217th9:28:31
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug1winner8:43:201st8:47:49
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug28:27:422nd8:37:53
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug28:22:192nd8:41:31
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug28:17:212nd8:20:24
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug38:27:013rd8:32:31
IRONMAN Vichy23 Aug99:34:519th9:36:22
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept39:38:013rd9:38:28
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept28:57:352nd9:16:39
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept910:08:599th10:19:52
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept78:45:207th8:48:31
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept58:45:455th8:45:45
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept69:12:036th9:15:41
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct1winner9:07:111st9:22:53
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct99:01:469th9:06:42
IRONMAN California18 Oct1winner9:00:401st8:44:18
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct49:20:164th9:20:16
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov1winner8:48:481st9:07:47
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov38:34:133rd8:50:44
Last slot: the slowest M30-34 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M30-34 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

M30-34 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

M30-34 athletes earned 238 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 9:08:11; it ranged from 8:31:29 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 10:38:40 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: 20 M30-34 qualifiers, the last in 20th place.

M30-34 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar1010:37:1710th10:38:40
IRONMAN Taiwan13 Apr510:15:145th10:17:12
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr810:18:158th10:18:15
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May38:31:073rd8:35:38
IRONMAN Lanzarote17 May99:57:399th10:05:27
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun108:51:3210th8:52:12
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun48:55:144th8:56:05
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun109:50:0810th9:50:25
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun159:23:4615th9:25:03
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun108:52:0210th8:52:42
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun119:08:3311th9:08:41
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun2010:38:1820th10:38:18
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul88:50:298th8:50:29
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul1510:09:1015th10:09:48
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul1310:34:3713th10:37:31
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug69:40:236th9:45:45
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug48:37:584th8:37:58
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug48:31:294th8:31:29
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug48:33:314th8:39:08
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug28:59:282nd9:02:23
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept79:18:577th9:20:30
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept29:22:122nd9:25:29
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept28:23:032nd8:33:35
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept49:00:244th9:00:24
IRONMAN Wales21 Sept510:04:255th10:05:40
IRONMAN Gurye Korea28 Sept1winner9:35:371st9:07:47
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept69:02:076th9:08:36
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct68:31:366th8:31:45
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct58:55:425th8:57:39
IRONMAN California19 Oct38:31:473rd8:32:39
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov78:59:087th9:03:38
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov49:34:134th9:38:55
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov58:41:255th8:42:12
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov49:02:084th9:02:08
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec69:05:136th9:14:17
Last slot: the slowest M30-34 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M30-34 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/m30-34.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.