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IRONMAN Florida Kona qualifying
The time needed at IRONMAN Florida 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 Florida 2025
55 slots. Closed cycle (Kailua-Kona, Oct 10, 2026): cutoffs estimated from the start list.
Slots
40
estimated
Automatic
11
13 age groups
Pool
29
of 29 slots
Age-graded cutoff
9:06:23
#39 in the ranking
Time needed by age group
| AG | Time | Factor | Automatic slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| M18-24 | 9:23:24 | 0.9698 | Marcus Westphal 9:15:00 (2.º) |
| M25-29 | 9:10:44 | 0.9921 | Reilly Walsh 8:25:33 |
| M30-34 | 9:06:23 | 1.0000 | Steven Hoogeveen 8:31:51 |
| M35-39 | 9:12:11 | 0.9895 | Mikita Hryhoryeu 8:34:57 |
| M40-44 | 9:24:16 | 0.9683 | Markus Goldinger 9:06:03 (3.º) |
| M45-49 | 9:41:12 | 0.9401 | Andrzej Brzezinski 9:07:38 |
| M50-54 | 10:06:57 | 0.9002 | Jason Hollander 9:14:14 (2.º) |
| M55-59 | 10:30:25 | 0.8667 | Robert Skaggs 9:11:09 |
| M60-64 | 11:01:19 | 0.8262 | Philippe Martin 10:22:30 |
| M65-69 | 12:03:30 | 0.7552 | David Daggett 11:53:38 |
| M70-74 | 13:14:37 | 0.6876 | John Mcmanus 13:58:41 |
| M75-79 | 13:27:18 | 0.6768 | — |
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 | Mauricio Lehoczki | M50-54 | 9:20:56 | 8:24:57 | Not racing Kona |
| 2 | Marco Cote | M55-59 | 9:43:08 | 8:25:24 | Qualified |
| 3 | Matthew Davidson | M50-54 | 9:26:43 | 8:30:10 | Qualified |
| 4 | Darren Murphy | M55-59 | 9:49:30 | 8:30:55 | Qualified |
| 5 | Kyle Martinelli | M30-34 | 8:35:04 | 8:35:04 | Not racing Kona |
| 6 | Brice Williams | M45-49 | 9:08:12 | 8:35:22 | Qualified |
| 7 | Chad Albright | M55-59 | 9:58:42 | 8:38:54 | Qualified |
| 8 | Patrick Schuster | M50-54 | 9:38:25 | 8:40:41 | Not racing Kona |
| 9 | Sean O'bryan | M30-34 | 8:43:45 | 8:43:45 | Not racing Kona |
| 10 | Allan Jakobsen | M50-54 | 9:44:21 | 8:46:02 | Qualified |
| 11 | Josh Emory | M25-29 | 8:51:11 | 8:46:59 | Qualified |
| 12 | Uwe Moeller | M60-64 | 10:39:33 | 8:48:24 | Qualified |
| 13 | Andreas Thoustrup | M35-39 | 8:54:22 | 8:48:45 | Qualified |
| 14 | Andrea Rubio | M50-54 | 9:47:27 | 8:48:49 | Qualified |
| 15 | Jeffrey Fejfar | M45-49 | 9:23:15 | 8:49:31 | Not racing Kona |
| 16 | Thiago Mohana | M40-44 | 9:06:54 | 8:49:34 | Qualified |
| 17 | Jorge De Amorim Filho | M40-44 | 9:07:13 | 8:49:52 | Qualified |
| 18 | Paulo Gustavo Cardoso | M35-39 | 8:56:49 | 8:51:11 | Qualified |
| 19 | Christian Lund | M35-39 | 8:57:43 | 8:52:04 | Qualified |
| 20 | Mauricio Borges | M50-54 | 9:52:26 | 8:53:19 | Not racing Kona |
| 21 | John Kremar | M25-29 | 8:58:06 | 8:53:51 | Qualified |
| 22 | Nicola Lorenzi | M30-34 | 8:54:22 | 8:54:22 | Qualified |
| 23 | Matthew Lee | M30-34 | 8:55:45 | 8:55:45 | Not racing Kona |
| 24 | Lucas Caron | M30-34 | 8:58:35 | 8:58:35 | Qualified |
| 25 | Leonardo Melgar | M30-34 | 8:59:08 | 8:59:08 | Qualified |
| 26 | Ken Marker | M45-49 | 9:33:38 | 8:59:16 | Qualified |
| 27 | Phil Dull | M65-69 | 11:56:43 | 9:01:16 | Already qualified · IRONMAN Chattanooga |
| 28 | Dan Brownstein | M25-29 | 9:06:03 | 9:01:44 | Qualified |
| 29 | Mauricio Baiz | M25-29 | 9:07:31 | 9:03:11 | Not racing Kona |
| 30 | Andrew Reardon | M45-49 | 9:38:02 | 9:03:25 | Qualified |
| 31 | James Curran | M40-44 | 9:21:17 | 9:03:29 | Qualified |
| 32 | Fredrik Hallsten | M55-59 | 10:27:09 | 9:03:33 | Qualified |
| 33 | Nicholas Modrzejewski | M40-44 | 9:21:26 | 9:03:38 | Qualified |
| 34 | Jordy Lauret | M40-44 | 9:21:29 | 9:03:41 | Qualified |
| 35 | Ulli Krastev | M55-59 | 10:27:26 | 9:03:48 | Qualified |
| 36 | Vincent Hall | M30-34 | 9:05:08 | 9:05:08 | Qualified |
| 37 | Olaf Schenk | M55-59 | 10:29:50 | 9:05:53 | Qualified |
| 38 | Nicolas Frison | M35-39 | 9:12:06 | 9:06:18 | Not racing Kona |
| 39 | Matt Hughes | M35-39 | 9:12:11 | 9:06:23 | Qualified |
Kona 2026 · IRONMAN Florida 2025
55 slots. Closed cycle (Kailua-Kona, Oct 10, 2026): cutoffs estimated from the start list.
Slots
15
estimated
Automatic
10
10 age groups
Pool
5
of 5 slots
Age-graded cutoff
10:39:09
#7 in the ranking
Time needed by age group
| AG | Time | Factor | Automatic slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| F18-24 | 11:09:45 | 0.9543 | Gabriella Woll 10:37:03 |
| F25-29 | 10:40:18 | 0.9982 | Felicia Watson 10:30:16 |
| F30-34 | 10:39:09 | 1.0000 | Victoria Salata 10:04:40 |
| F35-39 | 10:47:07 | 0.9877 | Jenny Marshall 10:15:38 |
| F40-44 | 10:58:59 | 0.9699 | Nataliia Matsupko 9:15:31 |
| F45-49 | 11:14:55 | 0.9470 | Wendy Fejfar 10:30:59 |
| F50-54 | 11:46:10 | 0.9051 | Heather Lewandowski 11:46:54 |
| F55-59 | 12:17:37 | 0.8665 | Kelly Svendsen 12:23:06 |
| F60-64 | 13:14:52 | 0.8041 | Karen Tamson 12:48:24 |
| F65-69 | 14:00:19 | 0.7606 | Gail Norman 13:21:59 |
| F70-74 | 14:51:03 | 0.7173 | — |
| F75-79 | 17:19:16 | 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 | Cathy Parker | F60-64 | 12:58:36 | 10:26:04 | Qualified |
| 2 | Stephanie Nevin | F35-39 | 10:36:50 | 10:29:00 | Not racing Kona |
| 3 | Kellie Branagan | F30-34 | 10:29:44 | 10:29:44 | Qualified |
| 4 | Heather Schuh | F45-49 | 11:10:12 | 10:34:41 | Qualified |
| 5 | Neeltje Adriana Baldé | F40-44 | 10:56:49 | 10:37:03 | Not racing Kona |
| 6 | Lauren Lucas | F25-29 | 10:39:49 | 10:38:40 | Qualified |
| 7 | Ella Platek | F18-24 | 11:09:46 | 10:39:09 | Qualified |
IRONMAN Florida 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