iQFOiL Games Lanzarote
Marina Rubicón (Playa Blanca) · SpainAlso known as iQFOiL International Games Lanzarote, iQFOiL International Games #1
2026 · iQFOiL Men
- 2Nicolas GoyardFRA
- 1Finn HawkinsGBR
- 3Yun PouliquenFRA
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- One-design
- Boats
- Boards and foils
- Classes
- iQFOiL
- Usually
- January, February
- Next
- Jan 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Marina Rubicón with the International iQFOiL Class
- Waters
- Atlantic
- First held
- 2022 · 4 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in January
Race days 2026
Wind and waves at the venue: monthly climate 2021–2025 and the last edition's race days (ERA5 and marine reanalysis, Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0).
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20267 Feb 2026 – 11 Feb 2026 | Finn HawkinsiQFOiL Men | Not published | 101 | N 7.1 kn, gusts 24.5waves up to 3.04 m | 39 | Official |
| 202528 Jan 2025 – 2 Feb 2025 | Johan SøeiQFOiL Men | Not published | 93 | NE 12 kn, gusts 34.2waves up to 3.16 m | 50 | Official |
| 2024No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202323 Jan 2023 – 28 Jan 2023 | Paweł TarnowskiiQFOiL Men | Not published | 149 | NE 12.7 kn, gusts 29.2waves up to 1.92 m | 43 | Official |
| 202224 Jan 2022 – 29 Jan 2022 | Nicolas GoyardiQFOiL Men | Not published | — | NE 8.4 kn, gusts 27.6waves up to 1.5 m | 35 | Official |
| 2021No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 6 results
FinalSource: 2026iqgameslanzarote.sailti.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Finn Hawkins · GBR
- 2.Nicolas Goyard · FRA
- 3.Yun Pouliquen · FRA
- 1.Emma Wilson · GBR
- 2.Sharon Kantor · ISR
- 3.Marta Maggetti · ITA
2025 · 6 results
FinalSource: 2025iqgameslanzarote.sailti.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Johan Søe · DEN
- 2.Nicolò Renna · ITA
- 3.Manolo Modena · ITA
- 1.Emma Wilson · GBR
- 2.Shahar Tibi · ISR
- 3.Islay Watson · GBR
2023 · 6 results
FinalSource: 2023iqgameslanzarote.sailti.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Paweł Tarnowski · POL
- 2.Sam Sills · GBR
- 3.Nicolas Goyard · FRA
- 1.Pilar Lamadrid Trueba · ESP
- 2.Shahar Tibi · ISR
- 3.Sharon Kantor · ISR
2022 · 6 results
FinalSource: yachtsandyachting.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Nicolas Goyard · FRA
- 2.Mateus Isaac · BRA
- 3.Finn Hawkins · GBR
- 1.Pilar Lamadrid · ESP
- 2.Marion Mortefon · FRA
- 3.Lucie Belbeoch · FRA
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 12.1/3010.1 kn mean
- Gusts 9.6/1528.9 kn
- Sea 12/202.4 m waves
- Distance 0/25not published
- Duration 8.3/106 days
How the score works
Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Marina Rubicón (Playa Blanca) (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2025 (50).
Weather calendar · Marina Rubicón (Playa Blanca)
Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean windkn | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.9 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| From | NE | NE | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NE | NE |
Typical wind at Marina Rubicón (Playa Blanca)
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Jan, Feb.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- iQFOiL Games Lanzarote
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Marina Rubicón (Playa Blanca), Spain
- First held
- 2022
- Editions on record
- 4 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 101 boats (101 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 8
- Organiser
- Marina Rubicón with the International iQFOiL Class
- Next edition
- usually Jan 2027
- Official site
- https://www.iqfoilclassofficial.org/
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- iqfoilclassofficial.org — Class blog: '25 iQG #1 Lanzarote', '26' iQGames #1 Lanzarote', and '26' iQGames #5 Lanzarote' in events menu
- lavozdelanzarote.com — 2023 = second edition (23–28 Jan); 2022 first edition
- pressmare.it — 2025 Games #1 at Marina Rubicón, opening LA28 cycle
- surf-magazin.de — 2026 season opener, 101 riders, results on 2026iqgameslanzarote.sailti.com