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 |