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IRONMAN California Kona qualifying
The time needed at IRONMAN California to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship in each age group, who took the automatic slots and how far the roll down went, cycle by cycle.
Kona 2026 · IRONMAN California 2025
55 slots. Closed cycle (Kailua-Kona, Oct 10, 2026): cutoffs estimated from the start list.
Slots
37
estimated
Automatic
13
13 age groups
Pool
24
of 24 slots
Age-graded cutoff
8:35:36
#33 in the ranking
Time needed by age group
| AG | Time | Factor | Automatic slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| M18-24 | 8:51:39 | 0.9698 | Josef Stone 8:42:59 |
| M25-29 | 8:39:42 | 0.9921 | Bryce Morison 8:17:21 |
| M30-34 | 8:35:36 | 1.0000 | George Hoffmann 8:31:47 (3.º) |
| M35-39 | 8:41:04 | 0.9895 | Josh Ramirez 8:22:12 |
| M40-44 | 8:52:29 | 0.9683 | Mihai Vigariu 8:32:32 |
| M45-49 | 9:08:27 | 0.9401 | Thomas Nelson 8:29:31 |
| M50-54 | 9:32:46 | 0.9002 | Ricardo Garcia 8:46:24 |
| M55-59 | 9:54:54 | 0.8667 | Marek Antoniak 9:33:48 (2.º) |
| M60-64 | 10:24:04 | 0.8262 | Ted Albertson 9:52:14 |
| M65-69 | 11:22:44 | 0.7552 | Jim Larrieu 10:27:57 |
| M70-74 | 12:29:51 | 0.6876 | Kurt Madden 11:40:28 |
| M75-79 | 12:41:49 | 0.6768 | Oscar Fricke 14:02:42 |
Pool roll down
Age-graded ranking (excluding automatic slot takers) down to the last athlete who took a slot.
| # | Athlete | AG | Finish | Age-graded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Antonetti | M50-54 | 8:58:35 | 8:04:50 | Qualified |
| 2 | Knut Ole Thoreplass | M50-54 | 9:01:03 | 8:07:03 | Qualified |
| 3 | Pablo Conti | M50-54 | 9:05:58 | 8:11:29 | Qualified |
| 4 | Christian Haupt | M45-49 | 8:43:44 | 8:12:22 | Qualified |
| 5 | Bryan Mooney | M25-29 | 8:18:56 | 8:15:00 | Qualified |
| 6 | Matthew Tatum | M40-44 | 8:33:22 | 8:17:06 | Qualified |
| 7 | Ilya Kosov | M35-39 | 8:22:58 | 8:17:41 | Qualified |
| 8 | Victor Navarro Castello Branco | M35-39 | 8:24:33 | 8:19:15 | Not racing Kona |
| 9 | Robert Loveridge | M55-59 | 9:37:41 | 8:20:41 | Qualified |
| 10 | Alexey Bukleev | M50-54 | 9:16:20 | 8:20:49 | Qualified |
| 11 | Michael Middleton | M55-59 | 9:39:09 | 8:21:57 | Not racing Kona |
| 12 | Joost Van Rens | M50-54 | 9:18:32 | 8:22:48 | Qualified |
| 13 | Jonathan Shearon | M45-49 | 8:54:54 | 8:22:52 | Not racing Kona |
| 14 | Emmanuel Lopez | M40-44 | 8:40:37 | 8:24:07 | Already qualified · IRONMAN Maryland |
| 15 | Paul Thomas | M55-59 | 9:42:05 | 8:24:29 | Qualified |
| 16 | Richard Sivertson | M55-59 | 9:42:06 | 8:24:30 | Not racing Kona |
| 17 | Travis Keane | M50-54 | 9:21:15 | 8:25:14 | Qualified |
| 18 | Ludger Gerdesmeyer | M60-64 | 10:13:26 | 8:26:49 | Qualified |
| 19 | John Craft | M50-54 | 9:23:43 | 8:27:27 | Qualified |
| 20 | Al Aguado | M65-69 | 11:13:21 | 8:28:31 | Not racing Kona |
| 21 | Larry Costantino | M65-69 | 11:14:36 | 8:29:27 | Qualified |
| 22 | Steven Chavez | M65-69 | 11:14:47 | 8:29:36 | Qualified |
| 23 | Olivier Jakob | M55-59 | 9:48:47 | 8:30:18 | Qualified |
| 24 | Nick Abbinanti | M55-59 | 9:49:37 | 8:31:01 | Not racing Kona |
| 25 | Tony Escareno | M40-44 | 8:49:04 | 8:32:18 | Qualified |
| 26 | Pablo Ureta | M45-49 | 9:05:12 | 8:32:33 | Qualified |
| 27 | Martin Capriotti | M40-44 | 8:49:26 | 8:32:39 | Qualified |
| 28 | Jay Lagrone | M60-64 | 10:21:05 | 8:33:08 | Qualified |
| 29 | Sean Mahoney | M35-39 | 8:39:10 | 8:33:43 | Not racing Kona |
| 30 | Scott Sucher | M55-59 | 9:52:50 | 8:33:49 | Qualified |
| 31 | Arthus Del Rio | M55-59 | 9:52:59 | 8:33:56 | Not racing Kona |
| 32 | Yanlong Kai | M35-39 | 8:39:48 | 8:34:21 | Qualified |
| 33 | Timo Ronkainen | M50-54 | 9:32:46 | 8:35:36 | Qualified |
Kona 2026 · IRONMAN California 2025
55 slots. Closed cycle (Kailua-Kona, Oct 10, 2026): cutoffs estimated from the start list.
Slots
15
estimated
Automatic
11
12 age groups
Pool
4
of 7 slots
Age-graded cutoff
10:09:32*
#8 in the ranking
Time needed by age group
| AG | Time | Factor | Automatic slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| F18-24 | 10:38:43* | 0.9543 | Emily Kearney 11:28:42 |
| F25-29 | 10:10:38* | 0.9982 | Emily Pincus 9:45:14 |
| F30-34 | 10:09:32* | 1.0000 | Johanna Pennella 9:54:21 |
| F35-39 | 10:17:07* | 0.9877 | Natalie Markland 10:35:24 |
| F40-44 | 10:28:27* | 0.9699 | Rebekah Walker 10:01:37 (2.º) |
| F45-49 | 10:43:39* | 0.9470 | Carrie Heidrich 10:26:31 (3.º) |
| F50-54 | 11:13:27* | 0.9051 | Dana Haldeman 10:47:20 |
| F55-59 | 11:43:27* | 0.8665 | Stephanie Disciglio 10:38:47 |
| F60-64 | 12:38:02* | 0.8041 | Beverley Anderson-Abbs 11:26:11 |
| F65-69 | 13:21:23* | 0.7606 | Alison Freeman 14:55:06 (2.º) |
| F70-74 | 14:09:46* | 0.7173 | Mary Podbielski 16:16:57 |
| F75-79 | 16:31:07* | 0.6150 | — |
Pool roll down
Age-graded ranking (excluding automatic slot takers) down to the last athlete who took a slot.
| # | Athlete | AG | Finish | Age-graded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonnie Chuter | F55-59 | 10:54:43 | 9:27:19 | Qualified |
| 2 | Leslie Henwick | F60-64 | 12:03:53 | 9:42:04 | Qualified |
| 3 | Kayla Kielar | F40-44 | 10:05:04 | 9:46:51 | Not racing Kona |
| 4 | Cindy Cortes | F30-34 | 9:56:08 | 9:56:08 | Not racing Kona |
| 5 | Nicole Sarafolean | F55-59 | 11:33:33 | 10:00:58 | Qualified |
| 6 | Meghan Fillnow | F40-44 | 10:23:05 | 10:04:20 | Not racing Kona |
| 7 | Taylor Cuenin | F25-29 | 10:09:20 | 10:08:14 | Not racing Kona |
| 8 | Grace Banas | F30-34 | 10:09:32 | 10:09:32 | Qualified |
IRONMAN California results: all editions →
How it works
- Since the 2026 cycle, each age group winner gets an automatic slot (if declined, it rolls to 2nd and 3rd). The remaining slots are split between women and men by their share of starters.
- The remaining slots are offered by age-graded time: finish time times the official age group factor (Kona Standard). An M60-64 multiplies by 0.8262; an M30-34, by 1.
- IRONMAN doesn't publish who accepted each slot. We estimate it by matching results against the World Championship start list: we go through the season in order, and at each race a slot goes to whoever is on the start list and didn't already have one. That shows how far the roll down went.
- Checked against the slots by gender published by IRONMAN: exact for Hawaii 70.3 and Jacksonville, within 1–2 for Texas and Brazil.
- * Approximate cutoff: we couldn't rebuild the whole pool (athletes who took a slot and aren't on the start list, or that we couldn't match). The real cutoff was probably a bit slower.
- For a cycle in progress there's no start list yet: we assume winners take their slot and the roll down goes as deep as it did at that race the year before.
- Americas races only. Age group winners qualify even if slower than the cutoff.
Sources: IRONMAN Age Group Qualification · IRONMAN World Championship slots