Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for M70-74

Men 70-74: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

13:10:17median finish needed, 2026
15:01:29most accessible · IRONMAN Wales
12:07:46fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
43M70-74 slots at 33 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in M70-74?

  • M70-74 athletes earned 43 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 33 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results.
  • The median finish time needed for a slot was 13:10:17; it ranged from 12:07:46 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 15:01:29 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: 4 M70-74 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.
  • In 2025: a median 13:13:38 across 33 races (12:23:52 to 15:28:50).
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Where M70-74 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last M70-74 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

15:01:29 needed · 1 slot

#2 · 7 Jun

IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines

15:00:19 needed · 2 slots

#3 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

14:04:07 needed · 1 slot

#4 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wisconsin

14:01:18 needed · 2 slots

#5 · 19 Jul

IRONMAN Lake Placid

13:46:49 needed · 1 slot

M70-74 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

M70-74 athletes earned 43 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 33 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 13:10:17; it ranged from 12:07:46 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 15:01:29 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: 4 M70-74 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.

M70-74 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar1winner15:23:341st13:29:08
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr1winner14:19:321st14:04:07
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr1winner12:05:161st12:57:29
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr313:20:453rd13:33:12
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May1winner13:45:001st13:37:52
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May1winner12:52:341st13:07:19
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May1winner13:38:151st13:41:30
IRONMAN Brazil31 May1winner12:53:011st12:14:36
IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines7 Jun214:34:242nd15:00:19
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun412:29:594th12:32:21
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun1winner11:52:111st12:35:38
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun212:28:392nd12:29:48
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun1winner13:18:591st13:10:17
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun28:06:282nd8:12:54
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul1winner15:08:561st12:57:19
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul1winner12:52:261st13:46:49
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug1winner13:29:401st12:47:38
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug1winner12:25:381st12:33:10
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug1winner11:58:341st12:38:28
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug1winner13:18:001st12:07:46
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug1winner12:51:411st12:25:23
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept213:54:452nd14:01:18
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept213:07:312nd13:29:33
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept1winner16:37:191st15:01:29
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept1winner11:59:431st12:48:39
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept1winner11:35:541st12:44:36
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept1winner13:40:201st13:28:09
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct1winner13:25:351st13:38:37
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct1winner13:28:171st13:15:05
IRONMAN California18 Oct1winner12:49:341st12:42:31
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct1winner13:31:371st13:34:48
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov1winner14:36:421st13:16:39
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov1winner12:23:401st12:51:52
Last slot: the slowest M70-74 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M70-74 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

M70-74 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

M70-74 athletes earned 42 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 33 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 13:13:38; it ranged from 12:23:52 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 15:28:50 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 South Africa: 3 M70-74 qualifiers, the last in 3rd place.

M70-74 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar315:23:273rd15:28:50
IRONMAN Taiwan13 Apr314:49:383rd14:57:37
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr213:20:262nd14:59:08
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May1winner12:20:011st12:29:55
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun1winner14:38:531st12:54:00
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun1winner12:18:221st12:59:40
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun1winner13:29:171st14:18:40
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun1winner15:15:301st13:41:46
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun1winner14:19:161st12:54:44
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun1winner13:46:291st13:17:58
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun213:53:322nd15:28:18
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul1winner14:12:051st12:51:29
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul1winner14:29:411st14:46:52
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul1winner15:04:371st15:27:10
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug1winner13:24:401st14:11:53
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug1winner12:28:181st12:33:17
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug1winner12:42:041st12:23:52
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug1winner14:01:061st12:35:00
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug1winner13:59:001st13:08:49
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept1winner13:14:461st13:35:09
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept1winner12:17:181st13:42:24
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept1winner11:57:061st12:26:55
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept213:03:442nd13:05:55
IRONMAN Gurye Korea28 Sept213:08:482nd13:16:40
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept213:10:112nd13:17:51
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct1winner11:46:551st12:24:16
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct1winner15:01:441st13:01:56
IRONMAN California19 Oct1winner11:40:281st12:25:33
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov1winner13:58:411st13:10:37
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov1winner13:08:131st14:01:57
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov1winner14:54:281st12:39:27
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov1winner13:43:081st13:08:26
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec1winner13:20:571st13:26:07
Last slot: the slowest M70-74 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for M70-74 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/m70-74.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.