Two routes get an age grouper to Kona: win your age group, or race close enough to the Kona Standard for a Performance Pool slot. Here is how the age-graded ranking works, what times have been getting slots, every 2027 qualifying race with its slot count, how to claim a slot, and what a qualifier’s training year looked like in TrainerRoad data.
How to Qualify for Kona in 2027: Kona Standard, Slots, and What It Takes
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