Course Conditions
Conditions were almost exactly average for Cairns: The 2026 race adjustment was 6:52, the new course rating is 6:52. No new course records were set this year.
Kona Qualifying
This year, IM Cairns offered 2 male and 2 female Pro slots. These will be offered to:
- Benjamin Hill and Jarrod Osborne for the men
and - Penny Slater and Skye Wallace for the women.
Nick Thompson, Jumpey Furuya and Jack Moody were already qualified. You can find the full list of Kona qualifiers on my Kona 2026 page.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Nick Thompson | AUS | 00:50:19 (4) | 04:10:14 (1) | 02:44:30 (2) | 07:49:48 | -06:24 | US$ 15,000 | 82.00 |
| 2 | Benjamin Hill | AUS | 00:55:30 (13) | 04:11:57 (2) | 02:45:27 (3) | 07:56:52 | -13:02 | US$ 9,000 | 76.79 |
| 3 | Jumpei Furuya | JPN | 00:49:12 (1) | 04:20:29 (4) | 02:45:46 (4) | 08:01:32 | -04:53 | US$ 7,000 | 72.68 |
| 4 | Jack Moody | NZL | 00:52:52 (9) | 04:28:09 (13) | 02:40:46 (1) | 08:06:21 | 02:01 | US$ 5,000 | 68.70 |
| 5 | Jarrod Osborne | AUS | 00:54:24 (12) | 04:22:10 (6) | 02:51:34 (5) | 08:12:22 | -04:23 | US$ 4,000 | 64.44 |
| 6 | Caleb Noble | AUS | 00:50:48 (5) | 04:25:51 (9) | 02:53:01 (6) | 08:14:42 | -02:49 | US$ 3,000 | 61.73 |
| 7 | Jack Sosinski | AUS | 00:50:13 (3) | 04:25:58 (10) | 02:56:18 (9) | 08:16:58 | 02:34 | US$ 2,500 | 59.19 |
| 8 | Hamish Longmuir | AUS | 00:52:01 (6) | 04:27:31 (12) | 02:54:57 (8) | 08:19:13 | -09:09 | US$ 2,000 | 56.80 |
| 9 | Calvin Amos | AUS | 00:58:05 (17) | 04:22:49 (7) | 02:54:27 (7) | 08:20:13 | -18:12 | US$ 1,500 | 54.99 |
| 10 | Nathan Dortmann | FRA | 00:56:18 (14) | 04:24:55 (8) | 02:58:50 (12) | 08:25:15 | -13:54 | US$ 1,000 | 51.78 |
| 11 | Roland Crantock | AUS | 00:52:54 (10) | 04:31:38 (17) | 02:57:42 (11) | 08:26:33 | xx:-18:28 | 50.08 | |
| 12 | Scott Harpham | NZL | 00:57:32 (16) | 04:28:25 (14) | 02:57:20 (10) | 08:28:25 | -22:11 | 48.27 | |
| 13 | Thomas Page | AUS | 01:00:15 (21) | 04:18:52 (3) | 03:11:24 (13) | 08:34:36 | n/a | 44.92 | |
| 14 | Matt Burton | AUS | 00:52:26 (8) | 04:28:37 (15) | 03:32:44 (14) | 08:58:44 | 34:52 | 34.91 | |
| 15 | Kosuke Terasawa | JPN | 00:52:03 (7) | 04:32:47 (18) | 03:34:33 (15) | 09:05:58 | 08:09 | 33.08 | |
| Kyle Tremayne | AUS | 01:00:00 (20) | 04:21:47 (5) | DNF | |||||
| Colin Szuch | USA | 00:56:28 (15) | 04:26:01 (11) | DNF | |||||
| Tristan Price | AUS | 00:49:53 (2) | 04:32:58 (19) | DNF | |||||
| Rhys Corbishley | AUS | 00:58:46 (18) | 04:29:00 (16) | DNF | |||||
| Patrick Bleasel | AUS | 01:03:15 (22) | 04:45:20 (20) | DNF | |||||
| Ben Hamilton | NZL | 00:53:28 (11) | 05:01:31 (21) | DNF | |||||
| Kaito Tohara | JPN | 00:58:53 (19) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Penny Slater | AUS | 00:59:35 (4) | 04:47:37 (2) | 03:07:10 (1) | 08:59:28 | -07:48 | US$ 15,000 | 76.64 |
| 2 | Skye Wallace | AUS | 01:00:25 (6) | 04:51:36 (3) | 03:11:14 (2) | 09:08:11 | -20:15 | US$ 9,000 | 71.19 |
| 3 | Rebecca Clarke | NZL | 00:52:26 (1) | 04:57:30 (5) | 03:16:53 (5) | 09:11:34 | -07:26 | US$ 7,000 | 67.72 |
| 4 | Chloe Hartnett | AUS | 00:55:22 (3) | 05:06:02 (6) | 03:15:43 (4) | 09:21:24 | 16:02 | US$ 5,000 | 62.30 |
| 5 | Danyella Eberle | AUS | 01:06:53 (9) | 05:06:20 (7) | 03:14:54 (3) | 09:33:38 | -04:49 | US$ 4,000 | 56.25 |
| 6 | Kate Gillespie-Jones | AUS | 01:04:24 (7) | 04:55:25 (4) | 03:34:40 (7) | 09:43:05 | 15:13 | US$ 3,000 | 51.29 |
| 7 | Emily Donker | AUS | 01:00:20 (5) | 05:17:24 (8) | 03:30:09 (6) | 09:54:32 | 08:23 | US$ 2,500 | 45.81 |
| Regan Hollioake | AUS | 00:55:15 (2) | 04:41:23 (1) | DNF | |||||
| Caitlin Davis | AUS | 01:05:59 (8) | DNF |