Course Conditions
As always, IM Wales was hard with only slow times. Joe Skipper had some issues on the bike losing a fair amount of time, but was still able to post a new course record, improving on Arnaud Guillaux’s time from 2019 by more than 12 minutes. Of course, this required him also posting a new run course record – his 2:37 marathon was 11 minutes quicker than the 2011 time set by Jeremy Jurkiewicz with a 2:48.
Kona Qualifying
IM Wales is the start of Kona 2023 qualifying. With only one slot and no previously qualified athletes, this slot will go to
- Joe Skipper
I have created a new page showing all athletes qualified for 2023.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:49:38 | 05:00:28 | 02:37:24 | 08:35:48 | -01:08 | US$ 15,000 |
| 2 | Boris Stein | GER | 00:52:31 | 04:46:19 | 02:56:24 | 08:43:53 | -04:56 | US$ 9,000 |
| 3 | Kevin Maurel | FRA | 00:49:29 | 04:53:37 | 02:58:22 | 08:50:37 | -02:13 | US$ 7,000 |
| 4 | Andrej Vistica | CRO | 00:57:29 | 04:58:04 | 02:47:18 | 08:52:17 | -06:02 | US$ 5,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Horsfall Turner | GBR | 00:44:28 | 04:49:36 | 03:16:11 | 08:58:35 | n/a | US$ 4,000 |
| 6 | Victor Arroyo Bugallo | ESP | 00:56:39 | 05:00:07 | 02:56:24 | 09:02:02 | 05:15 | US$ 3,000 |
| 7 | Finn Arentz | GBR | 00:52:08 | 05:10:54 | 02:56:28 | 09:08:46 | n/a | US$ 2,500 |
| 8 | Dougal Allan | NZL | 00:53:43 | 04:52:58 | 03:14:31 | 09:11:03 | 10:57 | US$ 2,000 |
| 9 | Maximilian Hammerle | AUT | 00:52:47 | 05:07:34 | 03:08:49 | 09:18:59 | 18:27 | US$ 1,500 |
| 10 | Francesc Artigues Ramis | ESP | 00:58:47 | 05:12:48 | 03:19:46 | 09:41:52 | -01:23 | US$ 1,000 |
| 11 | Simon Billeau | FRA | 00:56:17 | 05:21:32 | 04:03:02 | 10:39:48 | 1:05:17 | |
| 12 | Peter Willem Spiekermann | GER | 00:58:20 | 06:03:14 | 03:36:15 | 10:52:31 | n/a | |
| Harry Palmer | GBR | 00:48:23 | 05:05:37 | DNF | ||||
| Joel Wooldridge | AUS | 00:52:55 | 05:50:44 | DNF | ||||
| William Mennesson | FRA | 00:49:23 | DNF | |||||
| Arthur Horseau | FRA | 00:52:22 | DNF |