Course Conditions
The generally fast conditions for Texas held up this year as well: A relatively slow swim, a fast bike and a challenging run which felt fast but only at the front where it was also a result of the caliber of athletes. With a new course rating of +11:41 it continues to be one of the faster Ironman courses but courses such as Roth, Brasil, Copenhagen or Barcelona are still ten minutes quicker.
Men’s winner Kristian Blummenfelt set a new course record which is also a new “fastest ever time” (depending if you want to accept his Cozumel time), and my IM Records page will need a lot of updating with many new national records. After a quick glance: Belgium, France, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Poland – a clear sign of the quality of the field in addition to the fast conditions. Kristian also set a new run course record, narrowly missing the 2:30 barrier.
The women’s side also had some fast times and new national bests (Norway, USA, Spain) but no new course records.
Kona Qualifying
There were six Kona Pro slots each for the men and women. These will be offered to:
- Marten van Riel, Vincent Luis, Rudy von Berg, Brock Hoel, Jonas Schomburg and Kieran Lindars for the men
and - Taylor Knibb, Marta Sanchez, Jackie Hering, Grace Thek, Jana Uderstadt and Gabrielle Lumkes for the women.
In addition, Gustav Iden validated his AQ Kona slot. You can find the list of all qualifiers on my “Kona 2026″ page.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Kristian Blummenfelt | NOR | 00:48:33 (16) | 03:57:46 (8) | 02:30:47 (1) | 07:21:24 | -14:25 | US$ 28,000 | 93.83 |
| 2 | Marten Van Riel | BEL | 00:48:17 (3) | 03:58:02 (13) | 02:32:41 (3) | 07:22:56 | -17:33 | US$ 17,500 | 91.40 |
| 3 | Casper Stornes | NOR | 00:48:26 (10) | 03:57:05 (5) | 02:33:00 (4) | 07:23:50 | -05:21 | US$ 11,000 | 89.33 |
| 4 | Vincent Luis | FRA | 00:48:18 (4) | 03:58:10 (15) | 02:34:52 (5) | 07:25:29 | -14:46 | US$ 8,500 | 87.04 |
| 5 | Rudy von Berg | USA | 00:49:58 (21) | 03:55:35 (2) | 02:40:03 (8) | 07:29:34 | -13:36 | US$ 6,500 | 83.84 |
| 6 | Brock Hoel | CAN | 00:48:22 (8) | 03:58:02 (13) | 02:39:24 (6) | 07:29:56 | -23:11 | US$ 5,000 | 82.23 |
| 7 | Jonas Schomburg | GER | 00:48:16 (2) | 03:58:16 (17) | 02:39:36 (7) | 07:30:10 | -05:28 | US$ 3,500 | 80.74 |
| 8 | Gustav Iden | NOR | 00:50:09 (27) | 03:55:46 (3) | 02:40:11 (9) | 07:30:48 | -04:05 | US$ 3,000 | 79.16 |
| 9 | Kieran Lindars | GBR | 00:48:27 (11) | 03:58:11 (16) | 02:41:25 (10) | 07:32:03 | -24:03 | US$ 2,500 | 77.40 |
| 10 | Cameron Main | GBR | 00:48:24 (9) | 03:57:51 (10) | 02:43:06 (12) | 07:33:02 | -07:23 | US$ 2,000 | 75.80 |
| 11 | Matt Hanson | USA | 00:52:05 (44) | 04:06:31 (27) | 02:31:50 (2) | 07:34:20 | -18:04 | 74.14 | |
| 12 | Kristian Hogenhaug | DEN | 00:50:22 (39) | 03:54:03 (1) | 02:46:11 (17) | 07:35:40 | -10:50 | 72.52 | |
| 13 | Kacper Stepniak | POL | 00:48:21 (7) | 03:58:00 (12) | 02:45:30 (16) | 07:35:54 | -11:44 | 71.41 | |
| 14 | Ben Kanute | USA | 00:48:20 (6) | 03:57:51 (10) | 02:48:08 (19) | 07:38:06 | -18:50 | 69.54 | |
| 15 | Sam Long | USA | 00:54:11 (57) | 03:59:07 (19) | 02:42:29 (11) | 07:39:56 | -13:25 | 67.88 | |
| 16 | Jan Stratmann | GER | 00:48:32 (15) | 03:57:21 (6) | 02:52:08 (28) | 07:42:10 | -07:32 | 66.10 | |
| 17 | Federico Scarabino | URU | 00:50:05 (23) | 04:00:52 (21) | 02:47:37 (18) | 07:43:44 | -12:17 | 64.63 | |
| 18 | Nick Thompson | AUS | 00:50:10 (28) | 03:55:56 (4) | 02:52:54 (30) | 07:44:04 | -06:37 | 63.70 | |
| 19 | Jonas Hoffmann | GER | 00:50:19 (37) | 04:06:46 (28) | 02:43:07 (13) | 07:44:33 | -06:36 | 62.75 | |
| 20 | Paul Schuster | GER | 00:50:06 (24) | 04:06:04 (26) | 02:49:41 (24) | 07:50:23 | -04:37 | 59.68 | |
| 21 | Pamphiel Pareyn | BEL | 00:50:10 (28) | 04:07:42 (31) | 02:49:28 (23) | 07:51:55 | -23:32 | 58.38 | |
| 22 | Mitch Wismans | NED | 00:51:51 (43) | 04:09:28 (32) | 02:50:44 (27) | 07:56:52 | -19:21 | 55.73 | |
| 23 | Dries Matthys | BEL | 00:50:16 (35) | 04:13:43 (40) | 02:48:49 (21) | 07:57:08 | -13:48 | 55.01 | |
| 24 | Mathias Petersen | DEN | 00:48:42 (20) | 04:01:58 (22) | 03:02:35 (40) | 07:57:58 | 06:05 | 54.08 | |
| 25 | Cory Mayfield | USA | 00:48:39 (19) | 04:16:03 (45) | 02:49:22 (22) | 07:59:14 | n/a | 53.02 | |
| 26 | Julian Becker | GER | 00:50:15 (33) | 04:15:15 (44) | 02:49:50 (25) | 08:00:25 | n/a | 52.02 | |
| 27 | Mathieu Merland | FRA | 00:52:16 (49) | 04:18:58 (48) | 02:45:01 (15) | 08:00:43 | -04:41 | 51.40 | |
| 28 | Andrea Salvisberg | SUI | 00:48:13 (1) | 04:06:01 (25) | 03:02:36 (41) | 08:01:12 | 02:29 | 50.72 | |
| 29 | Robert Wilkowiecki | POL | 00:50:19 (37) | 04:14:50 (43) | 02:50:05 (26) | 08:01:23 | 00:50 | 50.20 | |
| 30 | Ognjen Stojanovic | SRB | 00:48:27 (11) | 04:11:43 (36) | 02:58:09 (35) | 08:03:42 | 03:18 | 48.83 | |
| 31 | John Killeen | USA | 01:00:26 (71) | 04:05:50 (24) | 02:53:32 (31) | 08:04:18 | -15:37 | 48.19 | |
| 32 | Leonard Arnold | GER | 00:54:13 (58) | 03:58:55 (18) | 03:07:32 (43) | 08:05:06 | 15:46 | 47.47 | |
| 33 | Filipe Azevedo | POR | 00:50:15 (33) | 04:12:07 (38) | 02:58:03 (34) | 08:05:52 | -00:30 | 46.79 | |
| 34 | Andy Krueger | USA | 00:57:19 (64) | 04:12:39 (39) | 02:52:53 (29) | 08:07:57 | -15:06 | 45.60 | |
| 35 | Luke Jones | USA | 00:52:20 (50) | 04:16:48 (46) | 02:55:57 (33) | 08:09:43 | 18:35 | 44.56 | |
| 36 | Matthew Collins | GBR | 00:50:14 (31) | 04:07:19 (29) | 03:09:48 (46) | 08:12:05 | -10:38 | 43.29 | |
| 37 | Tomasz Szala | POL | 00:50:36 (42) | 04:11:45 (37) | 03:07:49 (45) | 08:14:59 | -00:53 | 41.81 | |
| 38 | Romain Rezsohazy | BEL | 00:57:25 (65) | 04:14:47 (42) | 02:58:54 (36) | 08:16:07 | -10:42 | 41.07 | |
| 39 | Adam Feigh | USA | 00:57:16 (63) | 04:22:58 (53) | 02:48:22 (20) | 08:16:21 | -07:36 | 40.71 | |
| 40 | Fraser Minnican | GBR | 00:48:28 (13) | 04:14:40 (41) | 03:13:12 (47) | 08:21:09 | n/a | 38.50 | |
| 41 | Connor Weaver | USA | 00:56:43 (61) | 04:35:55 (64) | 02:43:34 (14) | 08:21:17 | -01:51 | 38.21 | |
| 42 | Matthew Richard | USA | 01:01:30 (74) | 04:22:18 (52) | 02:55:33 (32) | 08:24:13 | -03:13 | 36.79 | |
| 43 | Emil Holm | DEN | 00:50:12 (30) | 04:10:34 (35) | 03:17:22 (51) | 08:26:33 | 26:53 | 35.63 | |
| 44 | Lukas Stahl | GER | 00:57:43 (66) | 04:27:59 (57) | 03:01:49 (38) | 08:33:25 | 20:47 | 32.64 | |
| 45 | Lionel Sanders | CAN | 00:54:05 (54) | 04:03:14 (23) | 03:31:38 (53) | 08:34:09 | 33:40 | 32.44 | |
| 46 | Ole-Bernard Fuskevag | NOR | 00:59:40 (69) | 04:23:04 (54) | 03:07:37 (44) | 08:35:04 | n/a | 32.25 | |
| 47 | Albert Askengren | SWE | 00:53:58 (51) | 04:23:05 (55) | 03:13:48 (48) | 08:36:01 | -14:43 | 32.07 | |
| 48 | Jan Kepinski | POL | 00:59:37 (68) | 04:18:30 (47) | 03:14:28 (49) | 08:38:17 | n/a | 31.90 | |
| 49 | Connor Readman | USA | 01:00:30 (72) | 04:30:32 (58) | 03:03:27 (42) | 08:40:07 | n/a | 31.74 | |
| 50 | Mark Saroni | USA | 01:01:27 (73) | 04:35:53 (63) | 02:59:25 (37) | 08:42:10 | n/a | 31.59 | |
| 51 | Matt Jackson | USA | 01:00:20 (70) | 04:37:57 (66) | 03:02:04 (39) | 08:44:59 | 01:10 | 31.44 | |
| 52 | Tom Vaelen | BEL | 00:50:06 (24) | 04:00:47 (20) | 03:53:55 (55) | 08:49:21 | 44:15 | 31.30 | |
| 53 | Jason Quinn | USA | 00:50:16 (35) | 04:35:13 (61) | 03:15:09 (50) | 08:50:53 | n/a | 31.17 | |
| 54 | Levi Lukacs | HUN | 00:50:08 (26) | 04:32:44 (59) | 03:28:54 (52) | 08:56:48 | n/a | 31.05 | |
| 55 | Alex Ion | ROM | 00:50:27 (41) | 04:35:07 (60) | 03:44:11 (54) | 09:14:58 | 00:28 | 30.93 | |
| 56 | Simon Shi | USA | 00:48:36 (17) | 04:21:54 (51) | 04:19:35 (56) | 09:35:11 | 27:20 | 30.82 | |
| Antonio Benito Lopez | ESP | 00:48:19 (5) | 03:57:46 (8) | DNF | |||||
| Jelle Geens | BEL | 00:48:29 (14) | 03:57:40 (7) | DNF | |||||
| Jason West | USA | 00:48:37 (18) | 04:07:24 (30) | DNF | |||||
| Scott Steenberg | DEN | 00:50:24 (40) | 04:09:34 (33) | DNF | |||||
| Nicholas Chase | USA | 00:52:14 (48) | 04:09:37 (34) | DNF | |||||
| Almog Elazary | ISR | 00:50:01 (22) | 04:19:21 (49) | DNF | |||||
| Elliot Bach | USA | 00:54:09 (56) | 04:19:50 (50) | DNF | |||||
| Brad Bischoff | USA | 00:54:01 (52) | 04:26:31 (56) | DNF | |||||
| Robert Kallin | SWE | 00:52:09 (46) | 04:35:31 (62) | DNF | |||||
| Michael Arishita | USA | 00:54:02 (53) | 04:36:57 (65) | DNF | |||||
| Strahinja Trakic | SRB | 00:52:12 (47) | 04:39:17 (68) | DNF | |||||
| David Reynolds | USA | 00:55:06 (59) | 04:38:36 (67) | DNF | |||||
| Arnaud Guilloux | FRA | 00:50:14 (31) | DNF | ||||||
| Patrick Lange | GER | 00:52:07 (45) | DNF | ||||||
| Matt Kerr | NZL | 00:54:06 (55) | DNF | ||||||
| Marius Bjerkeset | NOR | 00:55:09 (60) | DNF | ||||||
| Jason Pohl | CAN | 00:57:01 (62) | DNF | ||||||
| Zack Cooper | GBR | 00:59:32 (67) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Solveig Loevseth | NOR | 00:56:44 (5) | 04:20:22 (1) | 02:49:52 (1) | 08:11:09 | -09:58 | US$ 28,000 | 97.43 |
| 2 | Taylor Knibb | USA | 00:53:36 (3) | 04:22:26 (2) | 02:54:06 (2) | 08:14:48 | -08:37 | US$ 17,500 | 94.33 |
| 3 | Marta Sanchez | ESP | 00:53:31 (2) | 04:32:56 (4) | 02:59:41 (5) | 08:31:06 | -13:49 | US$ 11,000 | 86.83 |
| 4 | Jackie Hering | USA | 00:56:59 (9) | 04:35:31 (6) | 02:58:44 (4) | 08:36:26 | -09:39 | US$ 8,500 | 83.31 |
| 5 | Grace Thek | AUS | 00:56:54 (7) | 04:36:09 (8) | 03:03:02 (6) | 08:40:44 | 02:03 | US$ 6,500 | 80.25 |
| 6 | Sara Svensk | SWE | 01:05:16 (16) | 04:33:19 (5) | 02:58:10 (3) | 08:41:38 | -07:59 | US$ 5,000 | 78.46 |
| 7 | Hannah Berry | NZL | 00:56:29 (4) | 04:29:23 (3) | 03:12:41 (12) | 08:43:16 | 03:00 | US$ 3,500 | 76.49 |
| 8 | Jana Uderstadt | GER | 01:04:26 (13) | 04:35:58 (7) | 03:10:56 (10) | 08:55:34 | -05:32 | US$ 3,000 | 70.79 |
| 9 | Kate Curran | GBR | 00:56:57 (8) | 04:49:28 (11) | 03:09:28 (8) | 09:00:40 | 14:08 | US$ 2,500 | 67.73 |
| 10 | Gabrielle Lumkes | USA | 00:57:13 (12) | 04:38:37 (9) | 03:24:32 (16) | 09:04:52 | 00:20 | US$ 2,000 | 65.04 |
| 11 | Rebecca Kawaoka | USA | 01:05:38 (18) | 04:50:36 (13) | 03:05:20 (7) | 09:06:27 | n/a | 63.34 | |
| 12 | Katie Remond | AUS | 01:05:17 (17) | 04:51:01 (14) | 03:12:45 (13) | 09:14:03 | -17:52 | 59.57 | |
| 13 | Johanna Ahrens | GER | 00:57:10 (11) | 04:40:13 (10) | 03:33:14 (18) | 09:15:12 | -07:17 | 58.13 | |
| 14 | Margarita Ryan | USA | 00:53:25 (1) | 05:12:07 (18) | 03:10:31 (9) | 09:21:31 | 07:58 | 54.92 | |
| 15 | Carolyn Olsen | USA | 01:10:10 (21) | 04:55:11 (16) | 03:17:29 (14) | 09:28:07 | n/a | 51.65 | |
| 16 | Leslie Homol | USA | 01:08:49 (19) | 04:56:20 (17) | 03:19:05 (15) | 09:29:33 | -16:39 | 50.27 | |
| 17 | Joanna Ryter | SUI | 01:08:52 (20) | 04:50:13 (12) | 03:33:35 (19) | 09:36:27 | 14:57 | 46.98 | |
| 18 | Olivia Dietzel | USA | 01:26:09 (23) | 05:29:18 (20) | 03:12:12 (11) | 10:06:33 | 00:47 | 43.29 | |
| 19 | Sarah Karpinski | USA | 01:14:53 (22) | 05:13:41 (19) | 03:31:10 (17) | 10:08:09 | -08:57 | 42.53 | |
| Lottie Lucas | UAE | 00:56:59 (9) | 04:52:28 (15) | DNF | |||||
| Kat Matthews | GBR | 00:56:49 (6) | DNF | ||||||
| Annamarie Strehlow | USA | 01:04:28 (14) | DNF | ||||||
| Danielle Lewis | USA | 01:05:15 (15) | DNF |