Course Conditions
This year, conditions in Thun were probably the fastest we have seen (other than the short first edition in 2021). We have also seen a full set of new male course records. Ruben Zepuntke improved on the swim record set by Daniela Ryf (!) in 2022 by more than three minutes, then Marius Bjerkeset set a new bike course record (beating Zepuntke’s time from 2023 by ten minutes), finally winner Leonard Arnold set new run and overall course records. His 2:36 marathon and 7:49 finish were quicker than Jan van Berkel’s times from 2023 (2:40 and 8:05).
Kona Qualifying
IM Switzerland was the first race that offered two Pro slots for Kona 2026. These will be offered to:
- Leonard Arnold,
and - Marius Bjerkeset.
You can find the full list of qualifiers on the “Kona 2026” page.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Leonard Arnold | GER | 00:49:44 (3) | 04:18:46 (3) | 02:36:12 (1) | 07:49:20 | -13:42 | US$ 15,000 | 82.21 |
| 2 | Marius Bjerkeset | NOR | 00:53:46 (25) | 04:07:23 (1) | 02:49:56 (7) | 07:56:17 | n/a | US$ 9,000 | 77.04 |
| 3 | Frederic Funk | GER | 00:49:43 (2) | 04:21:20 (4) | 02:41:21 (2) | 07:57:38 | 08:29 | US$ 7,000 | 74.18 |
| 4 | Valentin Rouvier | FRA | 00:49:48 (6) | 04:23:23 (7) | 02:46:59 (4) | 08:05:16 | n/a | US$ 5,000 | 69.15 |
| 5 | Jari Claes | SUI | 00:50:15 (11) | 04:21:56 (6) | 02:51:29 (8) | 08:08:47 | n/a | US$ 4,000 | 65.83 |
| 6 | Ruben Zepuntke | GER | 00:47:40 (1) | 04:18:35 (2) | 03:00:53 (13) | 08:12:55 | -01:15 | US$ 3,000 | 62.45 |
| 7 | Zachary Bernier-Michaud | CAN | 00:52:27 (19) | 04:29:58 (9) | 02:47:48 (5) | 08:15:54 | 00:11 | US$ 2,500 | 59.64 |
| 8 | Yvan Jarrige | FRA | 00:49:50 (7) | 04:33:01 (15) | 02:49:49 (6) | 08:18:05 | -05:32 | US$ 2,000 | 57.27 |
| 9 | Ernest Mantell | USA | 00:49:54 (10) | 04:30:04 (10) | 02:53:02 (10) | 08:18:19 | -06:07 | US$ 1,500 | 55.75 |
| 10 | Fabian Dutli | SUI | 00:57:34 (28) | 04:31:42 (13) | 02:46:03 (3) | 08:20:54 | -06:26 | US$ 1,000 | 53.47 |
| 11 | Lukas Stahl | GER | 00:52:26 (18) | 04:31:53 (14) | 02:55:50 (11) | 08:26:16 | 05:13 | 50.25 | |
| 12 | Pierre Stieremans | FRA | 00:53:45 (24) | 04:35:28 (16) | 02:52:30 (9) | 08:27:33 | n/a | 48.65 | |
| 13 | Patrick Cometta | SUI | 00:51:54 (13) | 04:30:52 (11) | 03:02:39 (15) | 08:30:54 | -15:21 | 46.37 | |
| 14 | Romain Aymon | SUI | 00:52:23 (16) | 04:38:56 (19) | 03:01:25 (14) | 08:38:51 | n/a | 42.45 | |
| 15 | Maxence Castel Gautier | FRA | 00:52:24 (17) | 04:39:10 (20) | 03:08:51 (16) | 08:47:45 | n/a | 38.24 | |
| 16 | Lorenzo Delco | SUI | 01:01:38 (30) | 04:42:46 (23) | 02:59:11 (12) | 08:49:15 | -14:55 | 36.88 | |
| 17 | Louis Naeyaert | BEL | 00:49:47 (5) | 04:40:16 (21) | 03:14:09 (18) | 08:49:31 | n/a | 36.05 | |
| 18 | Jan Poplawski | POL | 00:53:44 (23) | 04:38:10 (18) | 03:15:56 (20) | 08:53:34 | 11:41 | 33.85 | |
| 19 | James Scott-Farrington | GBR | 00:49:52 (8) | 04:44:43 (24) | 03:13:44 (17) | 08:54:50 | 19:34 | 32.75 | |
| 20 | Jesse Vondracek | USA | 00:53:43 (21) | 04:51:45 (26) | 03:14:34 (19) | 09:06:32 | 21:27 | 29.50 | |
| 21 | Kevin Brann | SUI | 00:56:03 (26) | 04:42:36 (22) | 03:26:52 (22) | 09:19:00 | n/a | 28.98 | |
| 22 | Toby Nisbet | GBR | 00:52:20 (14) | 05:03:31 (27) | 03:17:27 (21) | 09:19:48 | 25:10 | 28.49 | |
| 23 | Stefan Graf | SUI | 00:57:32 (27) | 05:20:17 (28) | 03:36:56 (23) | 10:02:10 | n/a | 28.05 | |
| Stenn Goetstouwers | BEL | 00:49:46 (4) | 04:23:44 (8) | DNF | |||||
| Jonathan Guisolan | SUI | 00:53:43 (21) | 04:21:53 (5) | DNF | |||||
| Kevin Rundstadler | FRA | 00:50:43 (12) | 04:31:32 (12) | DNF | |||||
| William Mennesson | FRA | 00:49:52 (8) | 04:37:00 (17) | DNF | |||||
| Loris Millot | FRA | 00:59:44 (29) | 04:51:03 (25) | DNF | |||||
| Florian Seifert | GER | 00:52:22 (15) | DNF | ||||||
| Michal Grabowski | POL | 00:53:35 (20) | DNF |