# Kona qualifying times for M65-69 (Men 65-69)

Source: https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/kona-qualifying-times/m65-69 · official results, IRONMAN World Championship slot allocation modelled with IRONMAN's age-group multipliers · updated 2026-11-12.

## 2026 season

M65-69 athletes earned 66 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 11:59:56; it ranged from 11:02:37 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:40:48 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 Chattanooga: 6 M65-69 qualifiers, the last in 6th place.

| Race | Date | Slots | Last slot (finish, place) | Needed finish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2026 IRONMAN New Zealand](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-new-zealand) | 2026-03-07 | 1 (winner) | 11:53:54, 1st | 12:16:43 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Penghu](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-penghu) | 2026-04-12 | 2 | 12:09:21, 2nd | 12:48:33 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Texas](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-texas) | 2026-04-18 | 3 | 11:40:30, 3rd | 11:47:54 |
| [2026 IRONMAN South Africa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-south-africa) | 2026-04-19 | 1 (winner) | 11:32:59, 1st | 12:20:24 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Vietnam](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-vietnam) | 2026-05-10 | 1 (winner) | 12:32:56, 1st | 12:24:40 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Jacksonville](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-jacksonville) | 2026-05-16 | 3 | 11:32:37, 3rd | 11:56:51 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Lanzarote](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-lanzarote) | 2026-05-23 | 1 (winner) | 12:22:31, 1st | 12:27:58 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Brazil](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-brazil) | 2026-05-31 | 1 (winner) | 11:15:07, 1st | 11:08:50 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-subic-bay-philippines) | 2026-06-07 | 3 | 13:34:16, 3rd | 13:39:44 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Hamburg](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-hamburg) | 2026-06-07 | 2 | 10:52:51, 2nd | 11:25:01 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-tours-metropole-loire-valley) | 2026-06-14 | 3 | 11:08:27, 3rd | 11:28:00 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-kaernten-klagenfurt-austria) | 2026-06-14 | 2 | 11:10:40, 2nd | 11:22:41 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Cairns](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-cairns) | 2026-06-14 | 2 | 11:57:10, 2nd | 11:59:33 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-frankfurt) (shortened course) | 2026-06-28 | 1 (winner) | 7:49:49, 1st | 7:28:47 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Switzerland Thun](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-switzerland-thun) | 2026-07-06 | 1 (winner) | 11:27:42, 1st | 11:47:44 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-vitoria-gasteiz) | 2026-07-12 | 1 (winner) | 10:52:06, 1st | 11:59:56 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Lake Placid](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-lake-placid) | 2026-07-19 | 1 (winner) | 12:32:09, 1st | 12:32:48 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-canada-ottawa) | 2026-08-02 | 3 | 11:25:42, 3rd | 11:38:55 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-kalmar-sweden) | 2026-08-15 | 1 (winner) | 11:24:27, 1st | 11:25:45 |
| [2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-uk-leeds) (shortened course) | 2026-08-16 | 1 (winner) | 11:37:51, 1st | 11:30:35 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-copenhagen) | 2026-08-16 | 1 (winner) | 11:30:26, 1st | 11:02:37 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Tallinn](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-tallinn) | 2026-08-22 | 1 (winner) | 11:11:56, 1st | 11:18:39 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Vichy](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-vichy) | 2026-08-23 | 1 (winner) | 12:58:29, 1st | 12:43:12 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Wisconsin](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-wisconsin) | 2026-09-13 | 3 | 12:41:45, 3rd | 12:45:59 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-japan-south-hokkaido) | 2026-09-13 | 5 | 12:11:48, 5th | 12:17:05 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Wales](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-wales) | 2026-09-13 | 1 (winner) | 13:43:01, 1st | 13:40:48 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-italy-emilia-romagna) | 2026-09-19 | 2 | 11:39:51, 2nd | 11:39:51 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Maryland](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-maryland) | 2026-09-19 | 3 | 11:28:04, 3rd | 11:36:10 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Chattanooga](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-chattanooga) | 2026-09-27 | 6 | 12:11:52, 6th | 12:15:49 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Gurye Korea](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-gurye-korea) | 2026-10-04 | 2 | 11:54:32, 2nd | 12:25:21 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-portugal-cascais) | 2026-10-17 | 1 (winner) | 11:49:07, 1st | 12:03:55 |
| [2026 IRONMAN California](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-california) | 2026-10-18 | 1 (winner) | 10:58:22, 1st | 11:34:15 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Australia](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-australia) | 2026-10-18 | 2 | 12:20:33, 2nd | 12:21:52 |
| [2026 IRONMAN San Juan](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-san-juan) | 2026-11-01 | 1 (winner) | 13:40:51, 1st | 12:05:21 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Florida](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-florida) | 2026-11-07 | 2 | 11:24:08, 2nd | 11:42:46 |

## 2025 season

M65-69 athletes earned 67 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 12:05:54; it ranged from 11:17:16 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 14:05:41 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 Taiwan: 5 M65-69 qualifiers, the last in 5th place.

| Race | Date | Slots | Last slot (finish, place) | Needed finish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2025 IRONMAN South Africa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-south-africa) | 2025-03-30 | 1 (winner) | 15:21:23, 1st | 14:05:41 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Taiwan](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-taiwan) | 2025-04-13 | 5 | 13:19:19, 5th | 13:37:16 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Texas](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-texas) | 2025-04-26 | 2 | 13:27:52, 2nd | 13:38:39 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Australia](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-australia) (shortened course) | 2025-05-04 | 2 | 10:47:17, 2nd | 11:22:47 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Lanzarote](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-lanzarote) | 2025-05-17 | 1 (winner) | 12:45:15, 1st | 13:21:43 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Hamburg](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-hamburg) | 2025-06-01 | 2 | 11:25:08, 2nd | 11:44:43 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Brazil](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-brazil) | 2025-06-01 | 1 (winner) | 13:35:22, 1st | 11:49:52 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Cairns](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-cairns) | 2025-06-15 | 1 (winner) | 13:00:06, 1st | 13:01:49 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-kaerntenklagenfurt-austria) | 2025-06-15 | 2 | 12:21:19, 2nd | 12:28:12 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-les-sables-d-olonne-vendee) | 2025-06-22 | 1 (winner) | 11:59:30, 1st | 11:45:23 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Frankfurt](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-frankfurt) | 2025-06-29 | 2 | 12:04:36, 2nd | 12:06:33 |
| [2025 IRONMAN France Nice](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-france-nice) | 2025-06-29 | 3 | 13:46:44, 3rd | 14:05:12 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-vitoria-gasteiz) | 2025-07-13 | 2 | 11:31:48, 2nd | 11:42:26 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Lake Placid](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-lake-placid) | 2025-07-20 | 3 | 13:10:29, 3rd | 13:27:28 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Leeds](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-leeds) | 2025-07-29 | 1 (winner) | 14:29:46, 1st | 14:04:10 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-canada-ottawa) | 2025-08-03 | 4 | 12:36:25, 4th | 12:55:38 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-kalmar-sweden) | 2025-08-16 | 2 | 11:17:31, 2nd | 11:25:52 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-copenhagen) | 2025-08-17 | 2 | 11:00:29, 2nd | 11:17:16 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Tallinn](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-tallinn) | 2025-08-23 | 1 (winner) | 11:40:52, 1st | 11:27:25 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Switzerland Thun](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-switzerland-thun) | 2025-08-24 | 1 (winner) | 11:41:01, 1st | 11:58:12 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Wisconsin](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-wisconsin) | 2025-09-07 | 1 (winner) | 12:22:28, 1st | 12:22:11 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-japan-south-hokkaido) | 2025-09-14 | 2 | 12:17:04, 2nd | 12:28:47 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Emilia Romagna](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-emilia-romagna) | 2025-09-20 | 3 | 11:01:45, 3rd | 11:20:03 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Maryland](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-maryland) | 2025-09-20 | 1 (winner) | 12:31:32, 1st | 11:55:34 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Wales](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-wales) | 2025-09-21 | 1 (winner) | 13:27:19, 1st | 13:22:00 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Gurye Korea](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-gurye-korea) | 2025-09-28 | 3 | 11:42:22, 3rd | 12:05:22 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Chattanooga](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-chattanooga) | 2025-09-28 | 1 (winner) | 12:20:11, 1st | 12:06:26 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-calella-barcelona) | 2025-10-05 | 1 (winner) | 11:18:43, 1st | 11:17:39 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-portugal-cascais) | 2025-10-18 | 1 (winner) | 11:52:19, 1st | 11:51:56 |
| [2025 IRONMAN California](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-california) | 2025-10-19 | 4 | 11:14:47, 4th | 11:18:49 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Florida](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-florida) | 2025-11-01 | 2 | 11:56:43, 2nd | 11:59:51 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Malaysia](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-malaysia) | 2025-11-01 | 2 | 12:44:34, 2nd | 12:46:35 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Arizona](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-arizona) | 2025-11-16 | 1 (winner) | 11:38:07, 1st | 11:31:28 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Cozumel](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-cozumel) | 2025-11-23 | 4 | 11:57:21, 4th | 11:57:52 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Western Australia](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-western-australia) | 2025-12-07 | 1 (winner) | 11:31:09, 1st | 12:13:57 |

"Needed finish" is the finish time that equalled the pool's age-graded cutoff for this age group at that race (cutoff ÷ age-group multiplier); any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Rolldown is not modelled.