Ironman Kona Tracker (2024)

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How accurate is the IRONMAN Tracker? ›

To meet the high standards of IRONMAN races, Sportstats relies on the MYLAPS ProChip system, the standard for high-speed sports with an accuracy up to 0.003 seconds. The newly launched ProChip Smart Decoder is the smallest and lightest timing decoder in the industry.

So what is the easiest Ironman to qualify for Kona? The best answer – none of them. But Ironman Cairns and Ironman Frankfurt offer double the amount of qualifying spots as other races – 100 slots total for each race.

However, while the air temperatures are generally around 30 ^oC which are not necessarily remarkable, it is the humidity “swamp-like” conditions that really challenge athlete's thermoregulatory capacity when competing in the Ironman World Championships.

Slots are awarded to the fastest athletes in each age group. To accept a slot, qualified athletes must claim their slot in-person at the Roll Down Ceremony, at the advertised time and location, as detailed in the respective event guide.

For men the average IRONMAN finish time is 13 hours, with women typically finishing in 14 hours. The cut-off time to finish IRONMAN and other full distance races is usually between 16-17 hours.

In a typical North American Ironman, nearly 95% of those who start will ultimately finish the race. And it's interesting to note that even with a world-class field, Kona has a 7% DNF rate.

So in order to qualify for Kona these days, you'll need to swim 55-65 minutes, ride around 4:45-5:00, and run in the 3:00-3:15 range. If you haven't already gotten a slot to Kona for 2024, and your historical times are slower than that, 2024 is not likely to be your year and you should target 2026.

Around 2,500 athletes translates to some 10,000 visitors for the coastal town on the west side of the island of Hawaii. For many, it feels like the race subsumes the area.

Run: 8 hours and 30 minutes after the final wave start. Total Time Cut-off: The race will officially end 8 hours and 30 minutes after the final wave. Each athlete will have 8 hours and 30 minutes to complete the race.

Heat and endurance sport is increasingly synonymous. Obviously, the World Ironman Championships takes place every year in Kona, Hawaii at temperatures exceeding 30°C (86°F), with parts of the course reaching closer to 40°C (104°F).

How hard is it to qualify for Ironman Kona? ›

In general, the chance to qualify for Kona or Nice is less than 10% for most age groupers, and for most of the IMQ events, it is less than 5%. That said, many triathletes consider the journey of training and competing in an Ironman event to be its own reward, regardless of whether they qualify for or not.

“So do you have everybody racing one day in Kona or do you have women and men each have their own day, but one of those isn't in Kona. And ultimately, I think our decision was we felt it's vitally important in the long term to have two days of racing, that women deserve their own day.

In 2006, an economic impact study by the firm Markrich Research LLC found the world famous event brought $25 million to the state. In 2019, the amount had grown to $72 million. This year, with more racers and race days, Ironman is expecting it to generate in excess of $100 million.

Live Map Tracking - Athlete locations will be plotted on the Interactive Course Map as progress is made on course. The position of each participant is estimated based on the most recent timing received from the bib read. Real-time Notifications - Get automatic posting as progress is made on the course.

Ironman time prediction = 186.3 + 1.595 × (PB for Olympic-distance triathlon) + 1.318 × (PB for marathon). For example, if you can run a 3:30hr marathon and have recorded a 3:00hr PB for an Olympic-distance triathlon, your predicted Ironman time would be 12.5hrs.

An amulet of accuracy is a reward from the Imp Catcher quest. It is easily obtainable for new players because the quest has no requirements apart from killing imps; however, it is only recommended if the player is an Ironman lacking Magic levels to enchant better amulets.

An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.2 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.2 km) run completed in that order, a total of 140.6 miles (226.3 km).