Courses · IRONMAN · Taupō, Waikato, New Zealand
179.7 km measured along the road and 1086 m of climbing read off the ground, in 5 climbs.
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A model, not a measurement. What it can show depends on the numbers above — what you typed, and what your files recorded — and on assumptions this page states; anything it cannot stand behind says so rather than drawing a tidier line.
Each piece named by what the ground is: the climbs, the flats and the descents.
| Piece of road | Length | Slope | Rise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climb, 1.3 km at 2.9% from km 0.0 | 1.3 km | 2.9% | 36 m |
| Flat, 9.2 km from km 1.3 | 9.2 km | 0.5% | 47 m |
| Descent, 1.3 km at 5.7% from km 10.5 | 1.3 km | -5.7% | — |
| Flat, 8.1 km from km 11.8 | 8.1 km | 1.0% | 77 m |
| Descent, 1.1 km at 2.8% from km 20.0 | 1.1 km | -2.8% | — |
| Flat, 2.1 km from km 21.1 | 2.1 km | -1.2% | — |
| Descent, 1.1 km at 3.5% from km 23.2 | 1.1 km | -3.5% | — |
| Flat, 51.5 km from km 24.3 | 51.5 km | — | — |
| Climb, 2.7 km at 2.6% from km 75.8 | 2.7 km | 2.6% | 71 m |
| Flat, 9.3 km from km 78.6 | 9.3 km | — | 1 m |
| Descent, 1.7 km at 2.7% from km 87.9 | 1.7 km | -2.7% | — |
| Climb, 1.3 km at 3.3% from km 89.6 | 1.3 km | 3.3% | 43 m |
| Flat, 1.1 km from km 90.9 | 1.1 km | 0.5% | 5 m |
| Climb, 2.0 km at 2.5% from km 92.0 | 2.0 km | 2.5% | 52 m |
| Flat, 6.1 km from km 94.0 | 6.1 km | — | — |
| Descent, 1.3 km at 5.8% from km 100.1 | 1.3 km | -5.8% | — |
| Flat, 8.1 km from km 101.5 | 8.1 km | 0.9% | 77 m |
| Descent, 1.1 km at 2.8% from km 109.6 | 1.1 km | -2.8% | — |
| Flat, 2.1 km from km 110.8 | 2.1 km | -1.2% | — |
| Descent, 1.1 km at 3.5% from km 112.9 | 1.1 km | -3.5% | — |
| Flat, 51.9 km from km 113.9 | 51.9 km | — | — |
| Climb, 2.8 km at 2.6% from km 165.8 | 2.8 km | 2.6% | 72 m |
| Flat, 9.3 km from km 168.6 | 9.3 km | — | — |
| Descent, 1.7 km at 2.6% from km 177.9 | 1.7 km | -2.6% | — |
Predict your time on this courseThis page describes the road. How long it takes depends on who rides it.
How the road was measured
The length is measured along the mapped roads (OpenStreetMap), which all of the route followed, rather than along a GPS trace, which is longer or shorter than the road by however far its receiver wandered. The course file itself said 179.7 km, and a head unit measuring its own trace will read something close to that.
The climbing is read off a terrain model of the ground, averaged along the road, rather than off a barometer, which cannot tell a change in the weather from a hill. The file's own altimeter said 1336 m, near enough the same road.
The course as described from the course IRONMAN published for 2027. watts & time is not connected with the event or its organisers; a course changes from year to year, so check the current one before you plan on it.
179.7 km with 1086 m of climbing, in 5 climbs. The distance is measured along the mapped roads (OpenStreetMap) rather than a GPS trace, and the climbing is read off a terrain model of the ground rather than a barometer, which drifts with the weather, so a head unit will often show slightly different figures.
In the order you meet them: Climb, 1.3 km at 2.9% from km 0; Climb, 2.7 km at 2.6% from km 75.8; Climb, 1.3 km at 3.3% from km 89.6; Climb, 2.0 km at 2.5% from km 92; Climb, 2.8 km at 2.6% from km 165.8.
That depends on you, so the page does not guess: open the course in the predictor. Set your weight, the power you will hold on each kind of slope and the position you will ride in, and it answers with the time and the band around it, climb by climb. Nothing to upload: the course is already there.