Course Conditions
Overall, the conditions looked typical for Taupo (adjustment of 7:23 compared to a course rating of 7:45), maybe the bike was a bit faster and the run a bit slower. The close men’s race had the Top 7 going sub-8 – before this year Taupo had only five sub-8s in total. The men set new course records overall and on the bike. Joe Skipper improved on Andrew Staykowicz’s 2019 bike course record, and Mike Phillips took the overall course record from Joe (set in 2020). In addition, agegrouper Sam Askey-Doran set a new swim course record, his 43:15 was more than a minute faster than Dylan McNeice’s 2015 swim.
World Championship Qualifiers
IM New Zealand had four slots each for the men and women. These will be offered to:
- Mike Phillips, Joe Skipper, Jack Moody and Benjamin Zorgnotti for the men (Nice)
and - Jocelyn McCauley, Nina Derron, Gabrielle Lemkes and Kate Gillespie-Jones for the women (Kona).
Female Winner Regan Hollioake was already qualified. The full list of qualifiers can be found here.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Mike Phillips | NZL | 00:47:56 (4) | 04:12:07 (2) | 02:40:52 (2) | 07:45:47 | -17:57 | US$ 12,000 | 81.91 |
| 2 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:51:19 (13) | 04:10:29 (1) | 02:40:53 (3) | 07:48:47 | -10:43 | US$ 7,000 | 78.20 |
| 3 | Jack Moody | NZL | 00:47:52 (2) | 04:13:57 (5) | 02:42:15 (4) | 07:49:12 | -22:57 | US$ 4,250 | 75.69 |
| 4 | Benjamin Zorgnotti | FPO | 00:47:49 (1) | 04:14:38 (6) | 02:46:13 (8) | 07:53:49 | n/a | US$ 3,500 | 71.76 |
| 5 | Tim Van Berkel | AUS | 00:47:58 (5) | 04:13:42 (4) | 02:49:21 (9) | 07:56:00 | -14:02 | US$ 2,750 | 68.93 |
| 6 | Mikel Ugarte Ramos | ESP | 00:47:55 (3) | 04:19:03 (9) | 02:44:38 (6) | 07:56:38 | -13:04 | US$ 2,250 | 66.85 |
| 7 | Ben Hamilton | NZL | 00:49:44 (9) | 04:19:45 (10) | 02:44:32 (5) | 07:59:32 | -24:36 | US$ 2,000 | 64.06 |
| 8 | Arnaud Guilloux | FRA | 00:48:00 (6) | 04:21:45 (11) | 02:45:41 (7) | 08:00:47 | -05:55 | US$ 1,500 | 62.03 |
| 9 | Louis Richard | FRA | 01:09:45 (22) | 04:18:28 (8) | 02:40:30 (1) | 08:15:01 | -09:34 | US$ 1,250 | 55.16 |
| 10 | Liam Duval | AUS | 00:56:08 (19) | 04:23:45 (13) | 02:50:32 (10) | 08:16:07 | -26:27 | US$ 1,000 | 53.42 |
| 11 | Benjamin Hill | AUS | 00:51:12 (10) | 04:21:56 (12) | 02:58:22 (11) | 08:17:10 | 05:55 | 51.81 | |
| 12 | Lukas Stahl | GER | 00:53:50 (14) | 04:28:05 (15) | 03:00:46 (12) | 08:29:04 | 12:05 | 46.15 | |
| 13 | Matt Kerr | NZL | 00:48:05 (8) | 04:28:52 (16) | 03:05:45 (14) | 08:29:23 | -01:31 | 45.00 | |
| 14 | Kevin Portmann | FRA | 00:53:56 (15) | 04:31:53 (18) | 03:07:17 (15) | 08:39:54 | 03:17 | 40.04 | |
| 15 | Pim Van Diemen | NED | 00:48:00 (6) | 04:13:25 (3) | 03:37:20 (17) | 08:44:32 | 30:47 | 37.40 | |
| 16 | Scott Harpham | NZL | 00:54:43 (16) | 04:38:21 (19) | 03:08:33 (16) | 08:47:56 | -06:00 | 35.31 | |
| 17 | Kyle Tremayne | AUS | 00:56:04 (18) | 04:45:34 (21) | 03:02:52 (13) | 08:50:33 | -08:46 | 33.57 | |
| 18 | Colin Szuch | USA | 00:51:12 (10) | 04:15:54 (7) | 03:45:42 (18) | 08:58:28 | 43:04 | 31.77 | |
| 19 | Mike Tong | NZL | 00:55:45 (17) | 04:41:41 (20) | 03:51:25 (19) | 09:33:50 | 23:33 | 31.15 | |
| Nathan Dortmann | FRA | 00:51:13 (12) | 04:29:54 (17) | DNF | |||||
| Jason Christie | NZL | 01:00:56 (21) | 04:24:19 (14) | DNF | |||||
| Brett Clifford | NZL | 00:56:19 (20) | 04:53:45 (22) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Regan Hollioake | AUS | 00:51:44 (4) | 04:48:04 (3) | 03:06:02 (1) | 08:51:30 | -08:43 | US$ 12,000 | 79.50 |
| 2 | Jocelyn McCauley | USA | 00:50:42 (3) | 04:43:18 (1) | 03:17:22 (7) | 08:56:52 | -00:03 | US$ 7,000 | 75.14 |
| 3 | Nina Derron | SUI | 00:51:50 (6) | 04:47:52 (2) | 03:12:42 (4) | 08:57:48 | -27:41 | US$ 4,250 | 72.47 |
| 4 | Gabrielle Lumkes | USA | 00:51:47 (5) | 05:00:59 (5) | 03:09:56 (2) | 09:08:56 | n/a | US$ 3,500 | 66.56 |
| 5 | Kate Gillespie-Jones | AUS | 00:58:48 (9) | 04:57:40 (4) | 03:15:25 (6) | 09:20:00 | -07:04 | US$ 2,750 | 60.84 |
| 6 | Alanis Siffert | SUI | 00:48:24 (1) | 05:15:46 (8) | 03:15:17 (5) | 09:25:52 | 35:24 | US$ 2,250 | 57.04 |
| 7 | Skye Wallace | AUS | 00:58:44 (8) | 05:23:16 (10) | 03:10:02 (3) | 09:38:05 | n/a | US$ 2,000 | 51.25 |
| 8 | Fiona Gallagher | NZL | 00:53:40 (7) | 05:19:14 (9) | 03:19:52 (8) | 09:38:56 | n/a | US$ 1,500 | 49.41 |
| 9 | Danyella Eberle | AUS | 01:01:16 (11) | 05:05:50 (6) | 03:30:17 (10) | 09:43:55 | 06:09 | US$ 1,250 | 46.30 |
| 10 | Christine Massey | USA | 01:00:47 (10) | 05:26:30 (11) | 03:40:13 (12) | 10:14:23 | 26:50 | US$ 1,000 | 37.91 |
| 11 | Sarah Karpinski | USA | 01:08:45 (13) | 05:35:19 (12) | 03:33:28 (11) | 10:26:16 | -00:59 | 36.70 | |
| 12 | Heather Neill | NZL | 01:04:04 (12) | 05:54:47 (13) | 03:30:01 (9) | 10:35:06 | 22:44 | 35.59 | |
| Fenella Langridge | GBR | 00:48:28 (2) | 05:07:11 (7) | DNF |