Course Conditions
Conditions in Taupo were quite favorable today (adjustment of 8:51 leading to a new course rating of 7:47), especially the bike was reported quite calm and lead to a couple of quick times (bike adjustment 8:11). The performance of the day was Teresa Adam’s bike leg, her 4:36:11 broke the old course record (on a slightly different course) by Lucy Gossage from 2016 by almost 15 minutes, while no one else was able to beat Lucy’s time. Teresa also had the fastest swim of the day, combined with a 3:05 marathon she also set a new overall course record of 8:40:29, improving on Jocelyn McCauley’s winning time of 8:53 from 2019.
On the men’s side, Joe Skipper and Philipp Koutny got close to Andrew Starykowicz’s 4:12 bike record, then Joe also had a blazing fast 2:43 marathon and set a new course record of 7:54:17, improving Terenzo Bozzone’s first sub-8 in Taupo from 2018.
Kona Qualifying
IM New Zealand offered 1m+1f+2u Kona Pro slots. 17 male and 13 female starters resulted in even slots. With Teresa Adam, Meredith Kessler and Joe Skipper already qualified, these slots will go to:
- Judith Corachan
- Rachel McBride
- Mike Philipps
and - Braden Currie.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:51:58 | 04:13:02 | 02:43:06 | 07:54:17 | -12:52 | US$ 12,000 |
| 2 | Mike Phillips | NZL | 00:47:37 | 04:23:04 | 02:45:24 | 08:01:27 | -20:40 | US$ 6,000 |
| 3 | Braden Currie | NZL | 00:47:37 | 04:27:01 | 02:44:35 | 08:04:36 | -02:07 | US$ 4,000 |
| 4 | Philipp Koutny | SUI | 00:51:49 | 04:13:23 | 02:56:01 | 08:07:03 | -07:49 | US$ 2,750 |
| 5 | Dougal Allan | NZL | 00:57:05 | 04:18:47 | 02:51:15 | 08:13:15 | -10:54 | US$ 2,000 |
| 6 | Cameron Brown | NZL | 00:51:45 | 04:25:06 | 02:51:15 | 08:14:35 | -14:15 | US$ 1,500 |
| 7 | Mark Bowstead | NZL | 00:47:40 | 04:22:29 | 02:59:53 | 08:16:12 | -10:49 | US$ 1,000 |
| 8 | Ben Phillips | NZL | 00:47:39 | 04:31:20 | 02:57:36 | 08:22:07 | n/a | US$ 750 |
| 9 | Mathias Lyngsoe Petersen | DEN | 00:47:34 | 04:35:32 | 02:58:58 | 08:27:46 | 16:25 | |
| 10 | Olly Shaw | NZL | 00:51:51 | 04:37:56 | 02:54:08 | 08:29:50 | n/a | |
| 11 | Simon Cochrane | NZL | 00:49:54 | 04:43:24 | 03:00:26 | 08:41:05 | 00:12 | |
| 12 | Fabian Rahn | GER | 00:57:16 | 04:46:13 | 02:58:25 | 08:48:08 | 12:26 | |
| 13 | George Gwynn | NZL | 00:51:47 | 04:49:21 | 03:05:49 | 08:52:21 | n/a | |
| 14 | Dylan McNeice | NZL | 00:45:42 | 04:38:57 | 03:22:26 | 08:53:35 | 18:02 | |
| 15 | Nathan Shearer | AUS | 01:05:45 | 04:52:23 | 03:04:24 | 09:09:00 | 30:43 | |
| 16 | Justin Wendemuth | AUS | 00:59:19 | 04:56:42 | 03:09:48 | 09:13:59 | 02:45 | |
| 17 | Chris Schroeder | USA | 00:50:02 | 04:50:37 | 04:55:41 | 10:43:57 | n/a |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Teresa Adam | NZL | 00:50:25 | 04:36:11 | 03:05:18 | 08:40:29 | -15:21 | US$ 12,000 |
| 2 | Meredith Kessler | USA | 00:52:26 | 04:52:41 | 03:04:52 | 08:56:03 | -19:39 | US$ 6,000 |
| 3 | Judith Corachan Vacquero | ESP | 00:52:38 | 05:00:03 | 03:04:43 | 09:03:21 | -22:03 | US$ 4,000 |
| 4 | Rachel McBride | CAN | 00:52:37 | 04:55:52 | 03:15:28 | 09:10:06 | -16:22 | US$ 2,750 |
| 5 | Julia Grant | NZL | 01:02:10 | 05:05:30 | 03:21:25 | 09:35:24 | -20:01 | US$ 2,000 |
| 6 | Lisa Roberts | USA | 01:04:51 | 05:10:44 | 03:13:40 | 09:36:02 | 20:28 | US$ 1,500 |
| 7 | Federica De Nicola | ITA | 01:03:51 | 05:11:07 | 03:19:57 | 09:42:33 | 04:00 | US$ 1,000 |
| 8 | Alyssa Godesky | USA | 01:02:05 | 05:10:02 | 03:33:44 | 09:53:33 | -04:20 | US$ 750 |
| 9 | Melanie Burke | NZL | 01:09:42 | 05:01:21 | 03:39:15 | 09:57:39 | 29:30 | |
| 10 | Kelsey Withrow | USA | 00:52:38 | 05:21:11 | 03:59:48 | 10:22:23 | 48:48 | |
| Jocelyn McCauley | USA | 00:52:35 | 05:17:50 | DNF | ||||
| Jennifer Lentzke | CAN | 01:11:01 | 05:57:27 | DNF | ||||
| Radka Kahlefeldt | CZE | 00:52:33 | DNF |