IRONMAN have revealed the 2026 Pro Series schedule – with Experience Oman as its new title partner – and it features five new race locations.
The performance-based world series will continue to showcase and reward the world’s top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money towards the title of Pro Series champion and their share of $1.7 million USD in year-end bonus pool payouts.
It will be the third edition of the Pro Series and will be contested over 16 races – six IRONMAN and eight IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons from around the globe as well as the IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlons.
That’s effectively exactly the same as this year – 14 support races and then the World Championships. And it means that the top athletes will again have the choice of the Pro Series or the PTO’s T100 Triathlon World Tour – or trying to combine both.
Which are the new races?
The 2026 schedule will see five new race venues added to the calendar including the ANZCO Foods IRONMAN New Zealand, and IRONMAN Kalmar, Sweden.
The three new IRONMAN 70.3 events joining the schedule are: North Ameria’s IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley North American Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 Boise triathlons, as well as IRONMAN 70.3 Elsinore triathlon in Denmark.
The series will culminate in October with the pinnacle race in triathlon – the IRONMAN World Championship event in Kailua-Kona – taking its place as the final and deciding race.
With New Zealand hosting next year’s opening race, the 2026 schedule is an homage to the history of IRONMAN racing, with the world’s two oldest IRONMAN triathlons bookending the series.
All Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series races will continue to be broadcast for free across multiple platforms globally including proseries.ironman.com, and YouTube.
“The Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series continues to evolve in response to the needs and aspirations of our professional athletes, and we’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 schedule,” said Scott DeRue, CEO of The IRONMAN Group.
“The calendar is designed to maintain a compelling narrative from March through October, offering athletes a wide range of strategic options – whether they prefer to start strong early in the season, pace themselves throughout the year, or race closer to home.”
How it works
Only the top five race performances of the year will count towards an athlete’s final ranking, of which a maximum of three full-distance IRONMAN event results can be counted. At each of the 16 designated events, professional athletes will earn points based on their finish times to count towards a final series ranking.
A first placed finish earns maximum points – 5,000 points for an IRONMAN and 2,500 points for a 70.3, while winning the IRONMAN World Championship will earn 6,000 points and the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon will earn 3,000 points.
Every second between the race winner and other finishers equates to a point won or lost.
The end-of-year bonus prize pool will continue to pay out $1.7 million USD to the top 1-50 ranked athletes. An additional $2.5 million in event prize money will be earned at individual races.
The top 10 ranked athletes in each gender at the end of the series will earn a share of $1.3 million USD of the bonus prize pool, with the top placed male and female taking home $200,000 USD each. The remaining $400,000 bonus prize pool for athletes finishing 11th to 50th in the standings is adjusted and weighted according to ranking to encourage year-long competition and reward more professionals who finish higher in the rankings.
The favourites for the respective 2025 titles are defending champion Kat Matthews and Kristian Blummenfelt.
The 2026 schedule in full
| Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series | |||
| Date | Event | Location | Points |
| Mar. 7 | ANZCO Foods IRONMAN New Zealand | Taupō, New Zealand | 5,000 |
| Mar. 22 | IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 2,500 |
| Mar. 28 | Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside | Oceanside, California, USA | 2,500 |
| Apr. 18 | Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship | The Woodlands, Texas, USA | 5,000 |
| May 17 | IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence | Aix-en-Provence, France | 2,500 |
| Jun. 7 | IRONMAN Hamburg European Championship (WPRO) | Hamburg, Germany | 5,000 |
| Jun. 14 | IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley North American Championship | State College, Pennsylvania, USA | 2,500 |
| Jun. 21 | IRONMAN 70.3 Elsinore | Elsinore, Denmark | 2,500 |
| Jun. 28 | Mainova IRONMAN Frankfurt European Championship (MPRO) | Frankfurt, Germany | 5,000 |
| Jul. 12 | IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea | Swansea, Wales, UK | 2,500 |
| Jul. 19 | Athletic Brewing IRONMAN Lake Placid | Lake Placid, New York, USA | 5,000 |
| Jul. 25 | IRONMAN 70.3 Boise | Boise, Idaho, USA | 2,500 |
| Aug. 15 | IRONMAN Kalmar | Kalmar, Sweden | 5,000 |
| Aug. 30 | IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun | Zell am See, Austria | 2,500 |
| Sep. 11-12 | IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship | Nice, France | 3,000 |
| Oct. 10 | IRONMAN World Championship | Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i, USA | 6,000 |
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