Race Conditions
As usual, IM Cairns was a pretty slow course this year – an adjustment of 1:16 leading to a new course rating of 2:44. This year, especially the run was slower than normal (-4:19, with a new run rating of -1:48).
Male Race Results
Luke McKenzie took control of the race on the bike, posting a 4:21 split that was 14 minutes quicker than Clayton Fettel’s (who then struggled on the run). With the 2.000 points from Cairns, he should now be pretty safe for a Kona slot. Tim Berkel managed to run a 2:44 – 15 minutes quicker thank Luke’s solid 3:01 marathon, but never really challenging for the win. Macca posted a second best run (2:54) and validated his “automatic” Kona slot – he probably can’t have asked for much more after his hospital visit for kidney issues earlier in the week. However, if he wants to contend in Kona, he needs to work on his bike endurance so he can again race with the very best.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Luke McKenzie | AUS | 00:49:47 | 04:21:52 | 03:01:32 | 08:17:43 | 08:43:27 |
| 2 | Tim Berkel | AUS | 00:52:25 | 04:40:57 | 02:44:24 | 08:22:16 | 08:46:57 |
| 3 | Chris McCormack | AUS | 00:49:55 | 04:43:38 | 02:54:52 | 08:32:50 | 08:29:52 |
| 4 | Jason Shortis | AUS | 00:58:31 | 04:38:36 | 02:55:47 | 08:38:21 | 08:55:34 |
| 5 | Clayton Fettell | AUS | 00:47:53 | 04:35:36 | 03:13:16 | 08:41:42 | 08:29:08 |
| 6 | Matty White | AUS | 00:51:14 | 04:42:07 | 03:12:50 | 08:51:18 | 08:48:32 |
| 7 | Todd Israel | AUS | 00:51:19 | 04:39:24 | 03:22:51 | 08:58:38 | 09:02:38 |
| 8 | Simon Cochrane | NZL | 00:52:26 | 04:56:55 | 03:11:38 | 09:05:48 | 09:12:15 |
| 9 | Johan Borg | AUS | 00:56:21 | 04:45:20 | 03:22:40 | 09:09:38 | 09:10:05 |
| 10 | Matt Randall | NZL | 01:05:48 | 04:50:55 | 03:46:33 | 09:49:14 | n/a |
Female Race Results
On the women’s side, we saw another IM rookie win with Liz Blatchford outrunning veteran Gina Crawford:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Liz Blatchford | GBR | 00:54:13 | 05:10:23 | 03:09:38 | 09:19:51 | n/a |
| 2 | Gina Crawford | NZL | 00:55:43 | 05:08:26 | 03:13:09 | 09:23:14 | 09:25:15 |
| 3 | Stephanie Jones | USA | 01:06:41 | 05:04:09 | 03:15:17 | 09:31:46 | 10:04:43 |
| 4 | Anna Ross | NZL | 01:02:25 | 05:08:56 | 03:29:06 | 09:46:28 | 09:41:27 |
| 5 | Beth Walsh | USA | 01:06:46 | 05:23:37 | 03:19:42 | 09:55:23 | 09:47:28 |
| 6 | Michelle Gailey | AUS | 00:58:06 | 05:25:13 | 03:42:14 | 10:11:52 | 09:38:01 |