Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Acapulco · 5 editions (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 3,355 finishers
Editions: 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,744 | 4:31:44 | 4:50:29 | 5:03:14 | 5:20:51 | 6:03:14 | 3:58:05 |
| M18-24 | 179 | 4:13:12 | 4:41:24 | 4:50:52 | 5:07:31 | 5:53:31 | 4:08:02 |
| M25-29 | 300 | 4:29:04 | 4:42:23 | 4:53:01 | 5:11:35 | 5:56:22 | 4:13:18 |
| M30-34 | 391 | 4:25:32 | 4:44:31 | 4:56:18 | 5:11:37 | 5:51:29 | 4:18:55 |
| M35-39 | 489 | 4:29:45 | 4:48:40 | 4:57:50 | 5:15:07 | 5:51:22 | 4:15:35 |
| M40-44 | 548 | 4:37:52 | 4:54:30 | 5:05:56 | 5:22:01 | 6:02:23 | 4:25:27 |
| M45-49 | 383 | 4:45:17 | 5:05:14 | 5:12:27 | 5:33:39 | 6:12:17 | 4:29:41 |
| M50-54 | 263 | 4:43:00 | 5:05:37 | 5:20:29 | 5:38:03 | 6:18:58 | 4:35:46 |
| M55-59 | 111 | 5:06:34 | 5:20:51 | 5:29:26 | 5:42:32 | 6:28:41 | 4:56:52 |
| M60-64 | 56 | 4:58:35 | 5:20:01 | 5:30:14 | 5:47:37 | 6:34:42 | 4:58:35 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 5:14:15 | 5:14:15 | 5:24:12 | 5:51:18 | 6:28:47 | 5:14:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 611 | 4:51:19 | 5:04:47 | 5:18:48 | 5:35:39 | 6:15:59 | 4:26:55 |
| F18-24 | 48 | 4:46:21 | 4:58:44 | 4:59:06 | 5:13:52 | 5:44:09 | 4:46:21 |
| F25-29 | 99 | 4:43:31 | 5:02:06 | 5:11:55 | 5:24:41 | 6:05:30 | 4:43:31 |
| F30-34 | 100 | 4:47:39 | 5:00:05 | 5:12:27 | 5:34:05 | 6:04:41 | 4:47:39 |
| F35-39 | 107 | 4:52:41 | 5:01:11 | 5:09:04 | 5:35:02 | 6:11:03 | 4:29:32 |
| F40-44 | 108 | 4:54:21 | 5:06:32 | 5:21:18 | 5:39:43 | 6:15:20 | 4:26:55 |
| F45-49 | 81 | 5:08:29 | 5:23:45 | 5:33:44 | 5:53:25 | 6:37:58 | 5:08:29 |
| F50-54 | 37 | 5:09:12 | 5:16:50 | 5:21:56 | 5:51:05 | 6:46:29 | 5:09:12 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 5:29:31 | 5:29:31 | 5:51:34 | 6:11:04 | 6:29:55 | 5:29:31 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 6:13:12 | 6:13:12 | 6:13:12 | 6:50:14 | 7:32:20 | 6:13:12 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 6:37:04 | 6:37:04 | 6:37:04 | 7:14:31 | 7:41:16 | 6:37:04 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.