Course Conditions
Compared to the last two races in 2019 and 2020, this year’s conditions in Cairns appear to be a few minutes quicker. For example the men’s podiums in 2020 and 2021 were the same athletes in the same order, but this year were quicker by 8 minutes or more.
There were a few new course records: Josh Amberger set a new swim course record, improving on Clayton Fettel’s 2011 swim split by 20 seconds. On the female side, winner Kylie Simpson ran a 2:53:20, besting Kristin Liepold’s 2019 marathon time by 44 seconds.
Kona Slots
IM Cairns had two male and two female Kona Pro slots. These go to
- Males: Tim Van Berkel and Josh Amberger
- Females: Kylie Simpson and Chloe Lane
(Male winner Max Neumann and female second place finisher already secured their slots in previous year’s races.)
The potential rolldown is going to occur in the next few days.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Max Neumann | AUS | 00:43:53 | 04:26:23 | 02:43:56 | 07:58:54 | -04:09 | US$ 15,000 |
| 2 | Tim Van Berkel | AUS | 00:46:12 | 04:29:36 | 02:46:07 | 08:06:38 | -04:24 | US$ 9,000 |
| 3 | Josh Amberger | AUS | 00:43:28 | 04:26:43 | 02:54:44 | 08:10:11 | -08:47 | US$ 7,000 |
| 4 | Simon Hearn | AUS | 00:46:09 | 04:29:37 | 02:50:15 | 08:11:20 | -29:33 | US$ 5,000 |
| 5 | Mike Phillips | NZL | 00:46:10 | 04:29:53 | 02:56:27 | 08:17:02 | 03:49 | US$ 4,000 |
| 6 | Levi Maxwell | AUS | 00:49:45 | 04:38:58 | 02:45:55 | 08:19:11 | -11:33 | US$ 3,000 |
| 7 | Tim Reed | AUS | 00:46:02 | 04:34:11 | 03:00:34 | 08:26:08 | 10:12 | US$ 2,500 |
| 8 | Ben Phillips | NZL | 00:46:12 | 04:38:57 | 03:01:48 | 08:32:27 | 11:09 | US$ 2,000 |
| 9 | Fraser Walsh | AUS | 00:46:17 | 04:42:53 | 03:06:34 | 08:41:45 | -26:08 | US$ 1,500 |
| 10 | Simon Billeau | FRA | 00:51:40 | 04:40:12 | 03:07:39 | 08:44:47 | -14:55 | US$ 1,000 |
| 11 | Blake Kappler | AUS | 00:48:39 | 04:40:57 | 03:10:36 | 08:45:56 | 03:53 | |
| 12 | Leigh Anderson-Voigt | AUS | 00:48:47 | 04:36:24 | 03:18:49 | 08:49:00 | n/a | |
| 13 | Damien Collins | AUS | 00:58:37 | 04:51:06 | 02:56:37 | 08:51:29 | 04:12 | |
| 14 | Cameron Brown | NZL | 00:50:11 | 04:38:07 | 03:23:53 | 08:58:16 | 31:43 | |
| 15 | Clint Kimmins | AUS | 00:49:41 | 04:57:59 | 03:04:44 | 08:58:38 | 06:20 | |
| 16 | Jarrod Harvey | AUS | 00:49:49 | 05:03:06 | 03:04:02 | 09:02:46 | 02:40 | |
| 17 | Levi Hauwert | AUS | 00:52:02 | 04:56:18 | 03:27:04 | 09:21:20 | n/a | |
| 18 | Mitchell Kibby | AUS | 00:49:47 | 05:23:23 | 03:06:18 | 09:29:57 | 54:44 | |
| Lachlan Kerin | AUS | 00:45:54 | DNF | |||||
| David Dellow | AUS | 00:45:56 | DNF | |||||
| Matt Burton | AUS | 00:48:42 | DNF | |||||
| Scott Bayvel | ZAF | 00:48:46 | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Kylie Simpson | AUS | 01:09:31 | 04:58:03 | 02:53:20 | 09:06:34 | -09:15 | US$ 15,000 |
| 2 | Amelia Watkinson | NZL | 00:53:04 | 04:57:32 | 03:13:36 | 09:09:52 | -05:18 | US$ 9,000 |
| 3 | Chloe Lane | AUS | 00:50:29 | 04:58:30 | 03:19:54 | 09:13:59 | -38:48 | US$ 7,000 |
| 4 | Penny Slater | AUS | 00:55:58 | 05:02:36 | 03:13:54 | 09:18:18 | n/a | US$ 5,000 |
| 5 | Renee Kiley | AUS | 00:53:43 | 04:54:29 | 03:27:20 | 09:21:49 | -03:44 | US$ 4,000 |
| 6 | Rebecca Clarke | NZL | 00:48:56 | 05:06:35 | 03:36:48 | 09:38:57 | 06:03 | US$ 3,000 |
| 7 | Courtney Gilfillan | AUS | 00:50:51 | 05:36:06 | 03:20:17 | 09:52:59 | n/a | US$ 2,500 |
| 8 | Helena Hayes | IRL | 00:58:07 | 05:20:38 | 03:38:41 | 10:03:02 | n/a | US$ 2,000 |
| 9 | Sarah Thomas | AUS | 01:06:33 | 05:35:18 | 03:29:13 | 10:16:06 | n/a | US$ 1,500 |
| 10 | Shannon Sutton | AUS | 01:06:44 | 05:51:51 | 03:33:24 | 10:39:55 | -1:12:08 | US$ 1,000 |