IM Cairns

Ironman Cairns 2025 – Analyzing Results

June 16, 2025

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Course Conditions

This year was a one of the slower races in Cairns, winds made the swim tougher than usual and probably used up some energy usually reserved for the bike and run. Matt Hanson still had enough energy left to post a new run course record of 2:30:21, improving Braden Curries 2023 run time by more than seven minutes!

Nice and Kona Qualifying

IM Cairns offered five Pro slots each for Nice and Kona. These will be offered to

Matt Marquardt, Nick Thompson, Henrik Gösch, Matt Hanson and Benjamin Hill for the men (Nice)
and
Jackie Hering, Hannah Berry, Lotte Wilms, Penny Slater and Kylie Simpson for the women (Kona).

Jamie Riddle and Regan Holliake were already qualified. You can find all qualifiers here.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Matthew Marquardt	USA	00:49:35 (2)	04:14:04 (3)	02:39:47 (2)	07:50:41	-05:35	US$ 18,000	89.60
2	Nick Thompson	AUS	00:52:14 (11)	04:10:34 (1)	02:46:19 (7)	07:53:31	-12:25	US$ 11,500	86.73
3	Henrik Goesch	FIN	00:51:49 (5)	04:18:39 (4)	02:43:03 (4)	07:57:38	-07:34	US$ 9,000	83.46
4	Jamie Riddle	ZAF	00:49:25 (1)	04:20:57 (6)	02:44:16 (5)	08:00:15	-04:24	US$ 6,000	80.85
5	Matt Hanson	USA	00:55:30 (18)	04:30:59 (15)	02:30:21 (1)	08:01:13	00:14	US$ 5,000	78.94
6	Benjamin Hill	AUS	00:52:17 (13)	04:13:12 (2)	02:53:01 (12)	08:02:16	-12:52	US$ 4,000	77.08
7	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:52:15 (12)	04:20:17 (5)	02:48:13 (9)	08:05:37	02:58	US$ 3,000	74.42
8	Jarrod Osborne	AUS	00:55:27 (17)	04:24:53 (8)	02:41:26 (3)	08:05:52	-20:06	US$ 2,500	73.00
9	Braden Currie	NZL	00:51:52 (6)	04:26:17 (11)	02:47:58 (8)	08:10:05	07:08	US$ 2,000	70.15
10	Ben Hamilton	NZL	00:55:22 (16)	04:24:40 (7)	02:50:08 (10)	08:14:42	-00:07	US$ 1,500	67.21
11	Jack Sosinski	AUS	00:51:55 (7)	04:25:28 (10)	02:54:00 (14)	08:15:52	-21:14		65.64
12	Rhys Corbishley	AUS	01:02:13 (26)	04:27:42 (12)	02:45:37 (6)	08:20:46	n/a		62.71
13	Josh Amberger	AUS	00:49:35 (2)	04:28:43 (13)	03:02:55 (18)	08:25:07	07:57		60.05
14	Jumpei Furuya	JPN	00:51:42 (4)	04:34:54 (21)	02:53:34 (13)	08:25:18	n/a		59.00
15	Will Clarke	AUS	00:52:20 (14)	04:25:19 (9)	03:07:17 (20)	08:29:41	n/a		56.42
16	Nathan Dortmann	FRA	00:58:57 (23)	04:31:02 (16)	02:56:46 (16)	08:31:57	-24:50		54.69
17	Hamish Longmuir	AUS	00:52:00 (9)	04:29:09 (14)	03:07:25 (21)	08:33:52	n/a		53.13
18	Joel Wooldridge	AUS	00:55:32 (19)	04:33:14 (19)	03:01:47 (17)	08:35:22	-17:00		51.78
19	Calvin Amos	AUS	01:00:35 (25)	04:35:13 (22)	02:55:47 (15)	08:38:05	n/a		50.00
20	Kaito Tohara	JPN	01:02:16 (27)	04:45:16 (25)	02:50:48 (11)	08:45:34	06:42		46.46
21	Sven Wies	GER	00:52:03 (10)	04:37:59 (23)	03:12:00 (22)	08:46:07	04:20		45.57
22	Scott Harpham	NZL	00:58:33 (22)	04:32:42 (18)	03:17:27 (23)	08:54:53	02:53		41.61
23	Liam Bird	NZL	00:56:28 (21)	04:32:38 (17)	03:42:47 (26)	09:15:43	n/a		36.87
24	Jason Christie	NZL	01:07:31 (28)	04:34:37 (20)	03:38:00 (25)	09:25:59	03:35		36.29
25	Oliver Terry	AUS	01:08:05 (29)	05:14:23 (27)	03:03:32 (19)	09:31:56	n/a		35.74
26	Tom Somerville	NZL	00:59:22 (24)	04:57:02 (26)	03:34:37 (24)	09:40:09	n/a		35.21
27	Roland Crantock	AUS	00:55:46 (20)	04:41:19 (24)	04:03:15 (27)	09:46:05	n/a		34.71
	Mitchell Kibby	AUS	00:51:58 (8)	05:16:24 (28)		DNF
	Matt Kerr	NZL	00:53:07 (15)			DNF
	Nick Carling	AUS	01:13:52 (30)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Jackie Hering	USA	00:56:28 (5)	04:44:36 (4)	02:56:39 (2)	08:42:15	-10:28	US$ 18,000	88.64
2	Hannah Berry	NZL	00:55:37 (3)	04:44:03 (2)	03:01:33 (4)	08:46:10	-13:03	US$ 11,500	85.50
3	Lotte Wilms	NED	00:53:34 (2)	04:43:35 (1)	03:03:04 (5)	08:47:04	-11:41	US$ 9,000	83.49
4	Penny Slater	AUS	00:58:12 (8)	04:52:27 (6)	02:58:14 (3)	08:54:02	-14:23	US$ 6,000	79.48
5	Regan Hollioake	AUS	00:56:26 (4)	04:44:25 (3)	03:10:37 (7)	08:56:08	-04:44	US$ 5,000	77.23
6	Kylie Simpson	AUS	01:11:53 (16)	04:48:41 (5)	02:55:24 (1)	09:00:33	-10:25	US$ 4,000	74.25
7	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	00:52:12 (1)	04:55:30 (8)	03:13:05 (10)	09:05:43	-12:16	US$ 3,000	71.09
8	Chloe Hartnett	AUS	00:56:30 (6)	04:54:56 (7)	03:11:30 (8)	09:07:29	n/a	US$ 2,500	69.17
9	Skye Wallace	AUS	01:03:16 (11)	04:59:58 (10)	03:12:02 (9)	09:20:31	-20:20	US$ 2,000	63.46
10	Charlotte McShane	AUS	00:59:31 (10)	05:17:40 (13)	03:04:19 (6)	09:27:59	n/a	US$ 1,500	59.72
11	Kate Gillespie-Jones	AUS	01:03:59 (12)	04:56:31 (9)	03:32:54 (15)	09:38:53	11:00		54.87
12	Katie Remond	AUS	01:05:33 (13)	05:08:52 (11)	03:23:10 (12)	09:43:13	12:08		52.31
13	Stephanie Demestichas	AUS	00:58:14 (9)	05:30:50 (16)	03:14:19 (11)	09:49:52	n/a		49.01
14	Alexandra Watt	USA	01:05:49 (14)	05:29:28 (14)	03:29:29 (14)	10:10:36	10:55		43.40
15	Sarah Thomas	AUS	01:12:37 (17)	05:29:28 (14)	03:26:41 (13)	10:13:45	01:36		42.48
16	Gabrielle Suver	USA	01:15:59 (18)	05:52:34 (17)	03:38:26 (16)	11:06:34	55:14		41.60
	Gabrielle Lumkes	USA	00:56:40 (7)	05:17:13 (12)		DNF
	Laura Dennis	AUS	01:06:37 (15)			DNF

Ironman Cairns 2025 (June 15th) – Seedings

May 29, 2025

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Chris McCormack (AUS)	08:15:56	Rebekah Keat (AUS)	09:26:31
2012	David Dellow (AUS)	08:15:04	Carrie Lester (AUS)	09:21:00
2013	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:17:43	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:19:51
2014	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:20:15	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:16:58
2015	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:18:01	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:11:49
2016	Tim Van Berkel (AUS)	08:15:03	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	09:06:18
2017	Josh Amberger (AUS)	08:02:17	Sarah Crowley (AUS)	08:58:14
2018	Braden Currie (NZL)	07:54:58	Teresa Adam (NZL)	08:53:16
2019	Braden Currie (NZL)	08:04:19	Teresa Adam (NZL)	08:48:33
2020	Max Neumann (AUS)	08:13:08	Amelia Watkinson (NZL)	09:20:38
2021	Max Neumann (AUS)	07:58:54	Kylie Simpson (AUS)	09:06:34
2022	Max Neumann (AUS)	07:52:53	Sarah Crowley (AUS)	08:59:40
2023	Braden Currie (NZL)	07:50:10	Kylie Simpson (AUS)	08:40:52
2024	Matt Burton (AUS)	07:45:24	Hannah Berry (NZL)	08:44:31

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Matt Burton	AUS	00:50:38	04:05:54	02:44:08	07:45:24
2	Braden Currie	NZL	00:46:56	04:16:02	02:41:53	07:48:59
3	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:50:38	04:12:04	02:42:32	07:49:21

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Hannah Berry	NZL	00:53:04	04:42:05	03:04:53	08:44:31
2	Lotte Wilms	NED	00:50:38	04:43:26	03:08:32	08:46:53
3	Kylie Simpson	AUS	01:08:18	04:41:18	02:56:06	08:50:12

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:45:24	Matt Burton	2024-06-16
Swim	overall	00:43:28	Josh Amberger	2021-06-06
Bike	overall	04:05:54	Matt Burton	2024-06-16
Run	overall	02:37:44	Braden Currie	2023-06-18
Total	female	08:40:52	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18
Swim	female	00:48:39	Lauren Brandon	2018-06-10
Bike	female	04:40:40	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18
Run	female	02:51:36	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cairns is 06:21.

Race Adjustments for IM Cairns

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	06:26	01:37	03:27	01:22	16	06:26	01:37	03:27	01:22
2012	06:48	-00:36	08:46	-01:21	22	06:37	00:30	06:07	00:00
2013	02:58	-01:20	09:25	-05:07	16	05:24	-00:06	07:13	-01:42
2014	04:15	-02:15	03:45	02:45	16 of 21	05:07	-00:39	06:21	-00:36
2015	06:13	01:46	04:22	00:05	16 of 19	05:20	-00:10	05:57	-00:27
2016	-02:45	-01:09	-01:39	00:03	28 of 36	03:59	-00:19	04:42	-00:23
2017	12:13	-01:40	12:00	01:53	29 of 40	05:10	-00:31	05:44	-00:03
2018	13:54	-00:14	12:52	01:17	26 of 33	06:15	-00:29	06:37	00:07
2019	01:42	-00:37	02:25	-00:05	15 of 19	05:45	-00:30	06:09	00:05
2020	-01:50	00:24	02:06	-04:20	16 of 20	04:59	-00:24	05:45	-00:21
2021	09:28	02:15	04:44	02:30	28 of 32	05:24	-00:10	05:40	-00:06
2022	10:17	-00:06	10:04	00:20	19 of 24	05:48	-00:10	06:02	-00:03
2023	05:40	01:11	06:43	-02:14	24 of 27	05:47	-00:03	06:05	-00:13
2024	13:33	-00:48	13:45	00:36	38 of 43	06:21	-00:07	06:38	-00:10

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Cairns has 5m+5f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 125.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 17% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	11	Max Neumann	AUS	07:55:01	08:00:08	00:46:32	04:21:17	05:12:48	02:42:13	61% +22% -18% (6)
2	2	Matthew Marquardt	USA	07:56:26	08:00:35	00:46:53	04:15:59	05:07:52	02:48:34	92% +0% -8% (8)
3	1	Braden Currie	NZL	07:56:53	08:07:27	00:46:28	04:22:27	05:13:55	02:42:58	67% +1% -32% (23)
4	3	Mike Phillips (KQ)	NZL	07:58:49	08:11:59	00:49:38	04:17:19	05:11:56	02:46:53	54% +22% -25% (21)
5	7	Matt Hanson	USA	07:58:50	08:05:24	00:50:28	04:22:47	05:18:15	02:40:35	78% +1% -21% (31)
6	9	Nick Thompson	AUS	08:02:50	08:10:17	00:48:05	04:16:24	05:09:29	02:53:21	74% +26% -0% (6)
7	5	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	08:02:51	08:12:12	00:49:32	04:20:33	05:15:05	02:47:46	55% +28% -17% (18)
8	15	Henrik Goesch	FIN	08:03:30	08:09:35	00:49:41	04:24:03	05:18:43	02:44:47	30% +37% -34% (7)
9	6	Ben Hamilton	NZL	08:04:46	08:19:22	00:50:31	04:19:57	05:15:28	02:49:18	0% +83% -17% (5)
10	10	Jamie Riddle (KQ)	ZAF	08:05:44	08:23:53	00:46:16	04:25:36	05:16:52	02:48:52	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11	16	Mitchell Kibby	AUS	08:06:48	08:29:25	00:50:00	04:22:58	05:17:58	02:48:50	28% +64% -9% (7)
12	4	Sam Appleton (KQ) *	AUS	08:07:54	08:13:58	00:47:00	04:22:10	05:14:10	02:53:44	51% +22% -27% (7)
13	14	Benjamin Hill	AUS	08:13:21	08:19:34	00:53:07	04:20:42	05:18:49	02:54:32	86% +14% -0% (5)
14	12	Josh Amberger	AUS	08:14:53	08:21:48	00:46:29	04:23:47	05:15:15	02:59:38	88% +0% -12% (20)
15	19	Matt Kerr	NZL	08:17:58	08:34:07	00:49:47	04:26:28	05:21:15	02:56:43	58% +26% -16% (6)
16	27	Adam Feigh *	USA	08:25:53	08:39:06	00:52:27	04:26:40	05:24:07	03:01:46	51% +23% -26% (22)
17	26	Maximilian Hammerle	AUT	08:26:52	08:33:37	00:55:11	04:29:39	05:29:50	02:57:02	73% +0% -27% (12)
18	18	Jarrod Osborne	AUS	08:27:30	08:40:41	00:53:24	04:23:37	05:22:00	03:05:30	39% +61% -0% (2)
19	25	Liam Duval	AUS	08:30:06	08:47:17	00:58:32	04:30:01	05:33:34	02:56:32	66% +34% -0% (5)
20	17	Sven Wies	GER	08:31:59	08:51:53	00:49:16	04:34:20	05:28:37	03:03:22	45% +35% -20% (8)
21	21	Kaito Tohara	JPN	08:34:06	08:53:41	00:55:41	04:39:52	05:40:33	02:53:33	60% +13% -28% (20)
22	28	Jack Sosinski	AUS	08:38:11	08:52:08	00:48:17	04:33:05	05:26:22	03:11:49	100% +0% -0% (2)
23	20	Scott Harpham	NZL	08:46:11	09:02:17	00:57:04	04:36:15	05:38:19	03:07:52	46% +20% -34% (5)
24	22	Nathan Dortmann	FRA	08:50:47	09:12:22	00:56:10	04:44:15	05:45:25	03:05:22	33% +0% -67% (6)
25	33	Joel Wooldridge	AUS	08:52:39	09:02:29	00:52:30	04:50:08	05:47:38	03:05:01	66% +0% -34% (3)
26	30	Mike Tong	NZL	09:00:50	09:28:24	00:56:18	04:46:38	05:47:56	03:12:54	23% +22% -55% (7)
27	24	Nick Carling	AUS	09:05:27	09:22:52	01:05:07	04:53:57	06:04:04	03:01:23	100% +0% -0% (2)
28	23	Jason Christie	NZL	09:11:57	09:39:01	01:04:01	04:31:23	05:40:24	03:31:33	25% +39% -37% (5)
	31	Roland Crantock	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	32	Calvin Amos	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	34	Hamish Longmuir	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	35	Will Clarke	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	36	Jumpei Furuya	JPN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	37	Tom Somerville	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	38	Oliver Terry	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	39	Nick Bensley	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	40	Rhys Corbishley	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	41	Liam Bird	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	10	Jackie Hering	USA	08:52:11	08:57:31	00:55:52	04:52:29	05:53:21	02:58:50	69% +31% -0% (18)
2	1	Hannah Berry	NZL	08:54:38	09:04:03	00:52:17	04:50:06	05:47:23	03:07:15	100% +0% -0% (7)
3	2	Lotte Wilms	NED	08:54:40	09:03:35	00:50:07	04:50:17	05:45:25	03:09:15	60% +14% -26% (8)
4	3	Kylie Simpson	AUS	08:57:08	09:18:43	01:08:17	04:48:23	06:01:39	02:55:29	50% +12% -38% (14)
5	6	Penny Slater	AUS	08:59:03	09:13:19	00:57:19	04:51:45	05:54:03	03:05:00	17% +58% -26% (9)
6	4	Regan Hollioake (KQ)	AUS	09:00:29	09:16:45	00:52:49	04:52:18	05:50:07	03:10:22	81% +0% -19% (7)
7	5	Katrine Graesboell Christensen (KQ)	DEN	09:02:54	09:09:33	01:02:02	04:53:40	06:00:42	03:02:12	100% +0% -0% (9)
8	12	Gabrielle Lumkes (KQ)	USA	09:12:39	09:33:19	00:53:37	05:03:33	06:02:10	03:10:29	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
9	8	Julie Iemmolo (KQ)	FRA	09:12:53	09:28:23	00:51:52	04:52:24	05:49:16	03:23:37	20% +25% -55% (4)
10	7	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	09:13:15	09:23:00	00:50:02	04:59:16	05:54:19	03:18:56	91% +8% -1% (13)
11	9	Kate Gillespie-Jones (KQ)	AUS	09:24:15	09:33:12	01:00:35	04:56:30	06:02:05	03:22:10	100% +0% -0% (6)
12	11	Katie Remond (KQ)	AUS	09:34:13	09:48:01	01:02:03	05:20:45	06:27:48	03:06:25	46% +54% -0% (2)
13	14	Skye Wallace	AUS	09:42:00	10:03:45	01:00:46	05:25:47	06:31:33	03:10:27	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14	19	Alexandra Watt	USA	09:56:08	10:05:17	01:01:07	05:24:28	06:30:34	03:25:34	73% +14% -13% (7)
15	16	Gabrielle Suver	USA	10:00:07	10:23:38	01:07:49	05:29:26	06:42:16	03:17:51	78% +22% -0% (7)
16	17	Sarah Thomas	AUS	10:06:41	10:17:47	01:06:19	05:28:49	06:40:08	03:26:33	93% +0% -7% (10)
	15	Chloe Hartnett	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	18	Charlotte McShane	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	20	Stephanie Demestichas	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	21	Laura Dennis	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (4)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Max Neumann: 36% (2-1)
Mike Phillips: 16% (5-1)
Nick Thompson: 16% (5-1)
Braden Currie: 12% (7-1)
Matthew Marquardt: 7% (13-1)
Matt Hanson: 7% (13-1)
Henrik Goesch: 2% (43-1)

Female Race Participants

Hannah Berry: 29% (3-1)
Penny Slater: 25% (3-1)
Lotte Wilms: 19% (4-1)
Jackie Hering: 13% (7-1)
Kylie Simpson: 10% (9-1)
Regan Hollioake: 4% (24-1)

Ironman Cairns 2024 – Analyzing Results

June 16, 2024

Course Conditions

This year’s conditions were among the fastest there have ever been in Cairns, about seven minutes quicker than the long term average. This may have contributed to new course records set by winner Matt Burton, he improved almost ten minutes on Cameron Wurf’s bike course record from 2017 and about five minutes on the overall course record set last year by Braden Currie.

Nice and Kona Qualifying

As a Regional Championship, Cairns had four slots each for the women (Nice) and men (Kona). These will be offered to:

Lauren Brandon, Rebecca Clarke, Fiona Moriarty and Ai Ueda for the women,
and
Braden Currie, Mike Phillips, Arnaud Guillaux and Tristan Olij for the men.

The top three women (Hannah Berry, Lotty Wilms and Kylie Simpson) and men’s race winner Matt Burton were already qualified.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Matt Burton	AUS	00:50:38 (11)	04:05:54 (1)	02:44:08 (5)	07:45:24	-27:50	US$ 25,000
2	Braden Currie	NZL	00:46:56 (3)	04:16:02 (9)	02:41:53 (1)	07:48:59	-04:01	US$ 15,000
3	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:50:38 (11)	04:12:04 (3)	02:42:32 (2)	07:49:21	-13:20	US$ 9,000
4	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	00:50:13 (6)	04:12:17 (4)	02:43:51 (4)	07:50:59	-19:12	US$ 7,500
5	Tristan Olij	NED	00:50:40 (15)	04:16:00 (8)	02:42:45 (3)	07:54:32	-07:18	US$ 5,500
6	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:52:51 (19)	04:09:27 (2)	02:49:54 (7)	07:56:51	01:23	US$ 4,000
7	Mitchell Kibby	AUS	00:50:36 (10)	04:15:57 (7)	02:46:48 (6)	07:57:59	-21:20	US$ 3,000
8	Gregory Barnaby	ITA	00:46:58 (4)	04:15:55 (6)	02:51:42 (8)	07:58:30	16:47	US$ 2,500
9	Nick Thompson	AUS	00:49:54 (5)	04:19:04 (11)	02:53:51 (9)	08:07:15	02:44	US$ 2,000
10	Josh Amberger	AUS	00:46:34 (2)	04:16:25 (10)	03:01:34 (12)	08:08:24	00:59	US$ 1,500
11	Sven Wies	GER	00:50:25 (7)	04:26:20 (17)	02:57:53 (10)	08:19:14	-25:14
12	Ben Phillips	NZL	00:50:42 (18)	04:24:02 (14)	03:04:31 (15)	08:24:52	07:29
13	Caleb Noble	AUS	00:50:41 (16)	04:30:49 (19)	03:00:06 (11)	08:26:43	00:44
14	Jarrod Osborne	AUS	00:54:19 (21)	04:23:41 (13)	03:10:36 (18)	08:32:31	n/a
15	Kosuke Terasawa	JPN	00:50:30 (8)	04:41:16 (21)	03:01:38 (13)	08:39:30	-11:16
16	John Thelwell	GBR	00:54:17 (20)	04:25:55 (16)	03:19:40 (21)	08:45:51	n/a
17	Samuel Doggett	AUS	01:06:19 (27)	04:29:32 (18)	03:05:42 (16)	08:46:58	n/a
18	Mike Tong	NZL	00:56:40 (22)	04:38:49 (20)	03:09:15 (17)	08:48:22	-15:13
19	Andrew Horsfall-Turner	GBR	00:46:29 (1)	04:42:35 (24)	03:12:23 (19)	08:49:06	18:10
20	Jason Christie	NZL	01:03:45 (25)	04:21:50 (12)	03:25:41 (22)	08:57:17	-25:15
21	Levi Hauwert	AUS	00:57:33 (23)	04:42:10 (23)	03:12:48 (20)	08:58:24	-00:41
22	Nick Carling	AUS	01:06:18 (26)	04:45:46 (25)	03:03:11 (14)	09:00:46	05:58
23	Edward Vining	AUS	01:01:38 (24)	05:05:18 (26)	03:29:24 (23)	09:41:31	02:52
	Ben Hamilton	NZL	00:50:39 (14)	04:13:23 (5)		DNF
	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:50:38 (11)	04:24:58 (15)		DNF
	Henrik Goesch	FIN	00:50:32 (9)	04:41:52 (22)		DNF
	Tuan Chun Chang	TWN	00:50:41 (16)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Hannah Berry	NZL	00:53:04 (4)	04:42:05 (2)	03:04:53 (4)	08:44:31	-09:29	US$ 25,000
2	Lotte Wilms	NED	00:50:38 (1)	04:43:26 (4)	03:08:32 (6)	08:46:53	-07:24	US$ 15,000
3	Kylie Simpson	AUS	01:08:18 (15)	04:41:18 (1)	02:56:06 (1)	08:50:12	-10:04	US$ 9,000
4	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:50:42 (2)	04:43:21 (3)	03:14:26 (9)	08:52:33	-26:19	US$ 7,500
5	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	00:50:42 (2)	04:52:33 (8)	03:15:54 (10)	09:03:43	-06:49	US$ 5,500
6	Fiona Moriarty	IRL	00:58:47 (6)	04:49:46 (6)	03:12:47 (8)	09:05:53	-37:02	US$ 4,000
7	Ai Ueda	JPN	00:59:33 (7)	05:04:22 (11)	02:56:56 (2)	09:06:50	-23:33	US$ 3,000
8	Giorgia Priarone	ITA	00:59:40 (8)	05:06:24 (12)	02:58:39 (3)	09:09:05	05:34	US$ 2,500
9	Kate Gillespie-Jones	AUS	01:00:59 (9)	04:46:44 (5)	03:22:54 (12)	09:16:02	-06:07	US$ 2,000
10	Meredith Hill	AUS	01:02:43 (10)	04:51:10 (7)	03:26:42 (13)	09:27:03	06:08	US$ 1,500
11	Danyella Eberle	AUS	01:05:34 (14)	05:00:26 (10)	03:20:53 (11)	09:32:10	-00:38
12	Katie Remond	AUS	01:02:55 (12)	05:18:28 (14)	03:06:00 (5)	09:33:57	n/a
13	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	01:02:54 (11)	05:09:18 (13)	03:29:32 (14)	09:48:32	-07:01
14	Olivia Dietzel	USA	01:08:30 (16)	05:31:37 (15)	03:09:11 (7)	09:56:49	-12:03
15	Cassandra Heaslip	AUS	01:04:30 (13)	05:36:19 (16)	03:31:02 (15)	10:17:03	n/a
	Radka Kahlefeldt	AUS	00:54:02 (5)	04:57:49 (9)		DNF

Ironman Cairns 2024 (June 16th) – Seedings

June 6, 2024

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Chris McCormack (AUS)	08:15:56	Rebekah Keat (AUS)	09:26:31
2012	David Dellow (AUS)	08:15:04	Carrie Lester (AUS)	09:21:00
2013	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:17:43	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:19:51
2014	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:20:15	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:16:58
2015	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:18:01	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:11:49
2016	Tim Van Berkel (AUS)	08:15:03	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	09:06:18
2017	Josh Amberger (AUS)	08:02:17	Sarah Crowley (AUS)	08:58:14
2018	Braden Currie (NZL)	07:54:58	Teresa Adam (NZL)	08:53:16
2019	Braden Currie (NZL)	08:04:19	Teresa Adam (NZL)	08:48:33
2020	Max Neumann (AUS)	08:13:08	Amelia Watkinson (NZL)	09:20:38
2021	Max Neumann (AUS)	07:58:54	Kylie Simpson (AUS)	09:06:34
2022	Max Neumann (AUS)	07:52:53	Sarah Crowley (AUS)	08:59:40
2023	Braden Currie (NZL)	07:50:10	Kylie Simpson (AUS)	08:40:52

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Braden Currie	NZL	00:45:09	04:23:13	02:37:44	07:50:10
2	Steven McKenna	AUS	00:45:11	04:23:12	02:48:27	08:00:59
3	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:48:12	04:29:26	02:42:52	08:04:54

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Kylie Simpson	AUS	01:04:03	04:40:40	02:51:36	08:40:52
2	Radka Kahlefeldt	AUS	00:51:31	04:53:21	03:09:31	08:58:48
3	Penny Slater	AUS	00:56:36	05:01:14	03:03:03	09:05:49

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:50:10	Braden Currie	2023-06-18
Swim	overall	00:43:28	Josh Amberger	2021-06-06
Bike	overall	04:15:13	Cameron Wurf	2017-06-11
Run	overall	02:37:44	Braden Currie	2023-06-18
Total	female	08:40:52	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18
Swim	female	00:48:39	Lauren Brandon	2018-06-10
Bike	female	04:40:40	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18
Run	female	02:51:36	Kylie Simpson	2023-06-18

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cairns is 05:47.

Race Adjustments for IM Cairns

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	06:26	01:41	03:27	01:22	16	06:26	01:37	03:27	01:22
2012	06:48	-00:44	08:46	-01:21	22	06:37	00:30	06:07	00:00
2013	02:58	-01:33	09:25	-05:07	16	05:24	-00:06	07:13	-01:42
2014	04:15	-02:18	03:45	02:45	16 of 21	05:07	-00:39	06:21	-00:36
2015	06:13	01:44	04:22	00:05	16 of 19	05:20	-00:10	05:57	-00:27
2016	-02:45	-00:11	-01:39	00:03	28 of 36	03:59	-00:19	04:42	-00:23
2017	12:13	-01:01	12:00	01:53	29 of 40	05:10	-00:31	05:44	-00:03
2018	13:54	00:22	12:52	01:17	26 of 33	06:15	-00:29	06:37	00:07
2019	01:42	00:11	02:25	-00:05	15 of 19	05:45	-00:30	06:09	00:05
2020	-01:50	00:44	02:06	-04:20	16 of 20	04:59	-00:24	05:45	-00:21
2021	09:28	02:36	04:44	02:30	28 of 32	05:24	-00:10	05:40	-00:06
2022	10:17	-00:04	10:04	00:20	19 of 24	05:48	-00:10	06:02	-00:03
2023	05:40	02:01	06:43	-02:14	24 of 27	05:47	-00:03	06:05	-00:13

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Cairns has 4m+4f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	11	Gregory Barnaby	ITA	07:51:06	08:03:15	00:47:09	04:18:06	05:10:16	02:40:50	61% +0% -39% (3)
2	1	Braden Currie	NZL	07:55:29	08:09:37	00:46:31	04:22:14	05:13:45	02:41:44	66% +1% -32% (20)
3	3	Joe Skipper	GBR	08:01:32	08:15:46	00:51:30	04:19:01	05:15:32	02:46:00	59% +1% -40% (41)
4	10	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	08:09:40	08:22:00	00:49:12	04:20:18	05:14:30	02:55:10	41% +46% -13% (13)
5	6	Mike Phillips	NZL	08:09:46	08:14:28	00:49:09	04:20:44	05:14:53	02:54:53	66% +14% -19% (17)
6	18	Tristan Olij	NED	08:09:54	08:18:42	00:49:59	04:22:38	05:17:37	02:52:17	79% +21% -0% (4)
7	13	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	08:10:34	08:21:16	00:49:28	04:29:14	05:23:43	02:46:51	71% +13% -16% (38)
8	7	Henrik Goesch	FIN	08:11:06	08:16:18	00:49:35	04:28:23	05:22:57	02:48:09	40% +49% -11% (6)
9	4	Nick Thompson (KQ)	AUS	08:13:22	08:21:43	00:49:14	04:22:20	05:16:34	02:56:48	100% +0% -0% (3)
10	8	Josh Amberger	AUS	08:13:22	08:19:41	00:46:30	04:25:01	05:16:31	02:56:51	78% +1% -21% (17)
11	12	Ben Hamilton (KQ)	NZL	08:16:35	08:38:00	00:51:48	04:27:11	05:23:59	02:52:36	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	2	Sam Long *	USA	08:17:16	08:27:01	00:52:39	04:19:09	05:16:48	03:00:28	57% +12% -31% (19)
13	14	Matt Burton (KQ)	AUS	08:17:47	08:24:55	00:51:54	04:19:21	05:16:15	03:01:32	20% +29% -52% (24)
14	16	Mitchell Kibby	AUS	08:22:59	08:36:26	00:50:12	04:30:54	05:26:06	02:56:53	47% +38% -15% (6)
15	20	Ben Phillips	NZL	08:23:14	08:30:03	00:48:58	04:29:56	05:23:55	02:59:19	100% +0% -0% (7)
16	17	Caleb Noble	AUS	08:29:59	08:43:54	00:48:08	04:41:16	05:34:25	02:55:34	68% +24% -8% (4)
17	19	Andrew Horsfall-Turner	GBR	08:34:07	08:49:27	00:46:17	04:29:14	05:20:32	03:13:35	30% +0% -70% (8)
18	31	Sven Wies	GER	08:39:25	09:02:22	00:48:43	04:34:33	05:28:16	03:11:09	14% +43% -43% (5)
19	15	Tuan Chun Chang	TWN	08:42:05	09:06:47	00:46:48	04:38:33	05:30:21	03:11:44	31% +33% -37% (3)
20	26	Levi Hauwert	AUS	08:58:52	09:23:43	00:54:13	04:45:52	05:45:06	03:13:46	39% +12% -49% (7)
21	25	Kosuke Terasawa	JPN	09:00:39	09:20:17	00:51:46	04:51:15	05:48:01	03:12:38	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22	28	Mike Tong	NZL	09:01:38	09:22:25	00:56:43	04:49:22	05:51:05	03:10:33	17% +49% -33% (4)
23	29	Nick Carling	AUS	09:03:50	09:24:59	01:04:28	04:56:53	06:06:20	02:57:30	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24	23	Jason Christie	NZL	09:32:38	09:41:47	01:06:05	04:38:47	05:49:52	03:42:46	65% +35% -0% (3)
25	21	Edward Vining	AUS	09:49:49	10:11:14	00:56:09	05:21:46	06:22:55	03:26:54	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	22	Jarrod Osborne	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	24	John Thelwell	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	32	Samuel Doggett	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 19% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Kylie Simpson (KQ)	AUS	08:54:16	09:13:35	01:08:28	04:46:31	05:59:59	02:54:17	76% +24% -0% (10)
2	3	Lotte Wilms (KQ)	NED	09:00:01	09:07:31	00:50:15	04:52:37	05:47:52	03:12:09	53% +27% -20% (5)
3	4	Hannah Berry (KQ)	NZL	09:00:08	09:07:10	00:53:07	04:51:43	05:49:50	03:10:18	100% +0% -0% (5)
4	6	Radka Kahlefeldt	AUS	09:05:33	09:17:08	00:52:55	04:56:56	05:54:51	03:10:42	81% +16% -3% (7)
5	15	Giorgia Priarone	ITA	09:14:04	09:34:11	00:56:27	05:02:57	06:04:24	03:09:40	62% +0% -38% (2)
6	5	Lauren Brandon	USA	09:16:41	09:32:14	00:49:00	04:56:50	05:50:50	03:25:51	28% +32% -40% (22)
7	8	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	09:17:06	09:24:11	00:50:08	04:59:30	05:54:38	03:22:28	86% +12% -2% (11)
8	9	Kate Gillespie-Jones	AUS	09:28:32	09:36:06	01:00:51	04:59:15	06:05:05	03:23:27	100% +0% -0% (4)
9	17	Meredith Hill	AUS	09:29:23	09:40:54	00:58:18	05:07:32	06:10:51	03:18:32	100% +0% -0% (5)
10	11	Ai Ueda	JPN	09:37:10	09:49:57	00:58:15	05:26:27	06:29:42	03:07:28	84% +16% -0% (7)
11	14	Danyella Eberle (KQ)	AUS	09:43:46	10:04:58	01:05:26	05:09:53	06:20:19	03:23:27	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	10	Fiona Moriarty *	IRL	09:45:16	10:02:35	01:01:51	05:11:27	06:18:18	03:26:58	48% +9% -43% (12)
13	13	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	09:59:28	10:16:25	01:04:28	05:24:54	06:34:22	03:25:06	65% +35% -0% (3)
14	18	Olivia Dietzel *	USA	10:01:06	10:30:06	01:10:03	05:32:04	06:47:08	03:13:58	73% +27% -0% (5)
	12	Cassandra Heaslip	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	16	Katie Remond	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Braden Currie: 45% (1-1)
Gregory Barnaby: 28% (3-1)
Joe Skipper: 10% (9-1)
Mike Phillips: 7% (14-1)
Matt Burton: 3% (34-1)
Arnaud Guilloux: 2% (39-1)
Henrik Goesch: 2% (46-1)
Tim Van Berkel: 2% (65-1)

Female Race Participants

Kylie Simpson: 36% (2-1)
Lotte Wilms: 20% (4-1)
Hannah Berry: 19% (4-1)
Radka Kahlefeldt: 18% (5-1)
Lauren Brandon: 4% (25-1)
Rebecca Clarke: 3% (29-1)

Ironman Cairns 2023 – Analyzing Results

June 22, 2023

Course Conditions

Conditions were a bit slower than in earlier years – about three minutes on the bike and two minutes on the run. With a faster swim, the overall times were about 3 and a half minutes slower. Nonetheless, we’ve seen a few new course records. Kylie Simpson posted new bike and run records (beating the old records by Sarah Crowley from 2022 and her own marathon record from 2021), she also set a new overall course record, beating Teresa Adams’ time from 2019. On the men’s side, Braden Currie set a new run course record, improving his own time from 2018.

Nice and Kona Qualifying

As a Regional Championship, Cairns offered four slots for each gender. As there were a number of athletes already qualified, these rolled down quite a lot, there must also have been a few declines and the last female slot wasn’t filled The slots were awarded to

Ben Philipps (6th), Matt Burton (7th), Tuam Chun Chang (8th), Nathan Dorfmann (10th)
for the men (Nice) and
Kate Gillespie-Jones (5th), Laura Brown (7th), and Sarah Thomas (8th)
for the women (Kona).

You can find the full list of qualifiers here.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Braden Currie	NZL	00:45:09 (2)	04:23:13 (4)	02:37:44 (1)	07:50:10	-11:01	US$ 25,000
2	Steven McKenna	AUS	00:45:11 (3)	04:23:12 (3)	02:48:27 (3)	08:00:59	-07:44	US$ 15,000
3	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:48:12 (9)	04:29:26 (5)	02:42:52 (2)	08:04:54	-11:39	US$ 9,000
4	Pete Jacobs	AUS	00:45:11 (3)	04:29:38 (7)	02:49:16 (4)	08:09:48	-1:11:40	US$ 7,500
5	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:46:52 (6)	04:21:28 (2)	03:04:44 (9)	08:17:13	08:10	US$ 5,500
6	Ben Phillips	NZL	00:48:10 (8)	04:29:26 (5)	02:57:16 (5)	08:19:01	-12:19	US$ 4,000
7	Matt Burton	AUS	00:51:09 (12)	04:19:31 (1)	03:16:47 (13)	08:33:11	10:15	US$ 3,000
8	Tuan Chun Chang	TWN	00:45:08 (1)	04:35:08 (9)	03:11:19 (11)	08:36:21	-21:59	US$ 2,500
9	Matt Kerr	NZL	00:48:13 (10)	04:47:23 (13)	02:58:15 (6)	08:39:02	10:38	US$ 2,000
10	Nathan Dortmann	FRA	00:55:28 (14)	04:40:41 (10)	03:03:12 (8)	08:45:09	n/a	US$ 1,500
11	Blake Kappler	AUS	00:48:07 (7)	04:42:43 (12)	03:15:00 (12)	08:50:46	02:53
12	Michael Tong	NZL	00:55:56 (15)	04:50:46 (14)	03:05:56 (10)	08:56:50	-32:48
13	Nick Carling	AUS	01:02:56 (17)	04:55:51 (15)	02:58:53 (7)	09:02:40	n/a
14	Jordan Bryden	CAN	00:51:48 (13)	04:41:21 (11)	03:46:43 (15)	09:25:59	24:54
15	Jason Christie	NZL	01:03:05 (18)	04:34:59 (8)	03:52:37 (16)	09:37:56	12:46
16	Paul Marchant	AUS	00:57:48 (16)	05:07:39 (17)	03:39:46 (14)	09:56:14	n/a
	Fraser Walsh	AUS	00:48:16 (11)	04:58:46 (16)		DNF
	Nick Kastelein	AUS	00:46:24 (5)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Kylie Simpson	AUS	01:04:03 (7)	04:40:40 (1)	02:51:36 (1)	08:40:52	-32:33	US$ 25,000
2	Radka Kahlefeldt	AUS	00:51:31 (1)	04:53:21 (3)	03:09:31 (3)	08:58:48	-18:07	US$ 15,000
3	Penny Slater	AUS	00:56:36 (4)	05:01:14 (5)	03:03:03 (2)	09:05:49	-20:56	US$ 9,000
4	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:51:34 (2)	04:52:32 (2)	03:36:03 (8)	09:24:59	22:46	US$ 7,500
5	Kate Gillespie-Jones	AUS	00:59:06 (6)	04:57:19 (4)	03:25:46 (6)	09:29:00	n/a	US$ 5,500
6	Emily Donker	AUS	00:56:15 (3)	05:13:02 (6)	03:19:29 (4)	09:34:51	-59:16	US$ 4,000
7	Laura Brown	AUS	00:59:04 (5)	05:18:23 (7)	03:23:16 (5)	09:46:29	01:10	US$ 3,000
8	Sarah Thomas	AUS	01:04:06 (8)	05:25:20 (9)	03:26:32 (7)	10:00:58	-06:21	US$ 2,500
	Shannon Sutton	AUS	01:05:12 (9)	05:24:08 (8)		DNF