Kat Matthews, Kristian Blummenfelt Take IRONMAN Pro Series Titles
With the wrap-up of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, we also have reached the conclusion of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series.
For the second straight season, Kat Matthews earned top honors in the women’s table, taking home a $200,000 bonus for the points title. Matthews narrowly held off IRONMAN World Champion Solveig Løvseth for the crown, as Matthews season-long consistency (finishing no worse than second in her five points earning finishes) helped her overcome not finishing the 70.3 Worlds race with a calf injury. Løvseth would have had to finish within 100 seconds of the win at 70.3 world to have had a chance at the Pro Series crown, but she was nearly 10 minutes arrears of champion Lucy Charles-Barclay.
Lisa Perterer used her strong performance in Kona to lock up third place in the season standings, despite not starting in Marbella. Last year’s runner up in the series Jackie Hering wound up finishing in fourth place, with Laura Jansen edging Regan Hollioake to fifth.
Within the top 10, 70.3 Worlds wound up making a difference for both Hollioake and Danielle Lewis. Hollioake moved ahead of Anne Reischmann with her finish to claim sixth place. Lewis, meanwhile, was able to leapfrog over Hannah Berry and Maja Stage Nielsen to get up into eighth position.
The big movers and shakers were much further down the order in the season-long points, despite strong results at 70.3 Worlds. Katrine Græsbøll Christensen moved up six places into 15th, matching her finishing position at 70.3 Worlds and netting her $8,000 in bonus funds. Taylor Knibb jumped 15 spots into 24th with her runner-up performance, adding $5,500 to her bank account. And Marjolaine Pierré climbed 11 positions into 26th, also earning $5,500.
The top 10 and their respective earnings are below.
| Place | Name | Points | Pro Series Bonus | Total Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kat Matthews | 20,845 | $200,000 | $325,500 |
| 2nd | Solveig Løvseth | 20,351 | $130,000 | $274,500 |
| 3rd | Lisa Perterer | 17,956 | $85,000 | $134,000 |
| 4th | Jackie Hering | 16,330 | $70,000 | $99,750 |
| 5th | Laura Jansen | 14,961 | $50,000 | $70,500 |
| 6th | Regan Hollioake | 14,852 | $40,000 | $53,000 |
| 7th | Anne Reischmann | 14,587 | $30,000 | $71,500 |
| 8th | Danielle Lewis | 12,669 | $20,000 | $34,750 |
| 9th | Hannah Berry | 12,157 | $15,000 | $56,500 |
| 10th | Maja Stage Nielsen | 12,075 | $10,000 | $16,500 |
On the men’s side, the Norwegian trio of Kristian Blummenfelt, IRONMAN World Champion Casper Stornes, and Gustav Iden nearly swept the top three positions. Alas, they’d have to settle for three of the top five positions. Blummenfelt’s sprint battle with 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens would see the Norwegian lock up the Pro Series title and its $200,000 paycheck.
Stornes third place finish in Marbella, combined with his victory in Kona, were easily enough for him to lock into second position. He joined Matthews and Blummenfelt as athletes bringing home more than $300,000 in earnings. Iden, meanwhile, slid down to fifth place in the series standings with his 36th place finish in Marbella. Had he finished roughly six and a half minutes faster in Marbella, he’d have held onto third place and the extra $35,000 that came with it.
Instead, that honor went to Kristian Høgenhaug, who leapt up from sixth with his 21st place. Nick Thompson, too, jumped up the leaderboard, more than tripling his earnings by going from eighth place up to fourth; he was less than two minutes out of knocking Høgenhaug from third. Rudy Von Berg also moved up four places, with Jonas Schomburg the big mover of the day, leaping into the top 10 with his fourth place finish at 70.3 Worlds.
The two in the top 10 who did not start in Marbella — Leon Chevalier and Jonas Hoffman — both slid down the standings significantly. Chevalier dropped from fourth to ninth, and potentially $55,000; Hoffman went from fifth to tenth and with it, a possible $40,000 difference.
The top 10 in the men’s Pro Series:
| Place | Name | Points | Pro Series Bonus | Total Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kristian Blummenfelt | 21,200 | $200,000 | $353,500 |
| 2nd | Casper Stornes | 20,414 | $130,000 | $307,500 |
| 3rd | Kristian Høgenhaug | 18,530 | $85,000 | $122,000 |
| 4th | Nick Thompson | 18,415 | $70,000 | $103,750 |
| 5th | Gustav Iden | 18,145 | $50,000 | $127,250 |
| 6th | Rudy Von Berg | 17,753 | $40,000 | $66,000 |
| 7th | Jonas Schomburg | 17,173 | $30,000 | $81,250 |
| 8th | Henrik Goesch | 16,954 | $20,000 | $33,000 |
| 9th | Leon Chevalier | 16,553 | $15,000 | $28,500 |
| 10th | Jonas Hoffmann | 16,345 | $10,000 | $18,500 |
The 2026 IRONMAN Pro Series will kick-off in March with IRONMAN New Zealand, and conclude at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. The full 2026 Pro Series schedule is below.
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