Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain · 6 editions (2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 4,468 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2018 · 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 | 3,745 | 3:36:27 | 4:05:16 | 4:20:05 | 4:40:42 | 5:27:15 | 3:11:15 |
| MPRO | 108 | 3:12:26 | 3:15:52 | 3:21:23 | 3:32:37 | 3:41:15 | 3:11:15 |
| M18-24 | 106 | 3:42:59 | 4:04:47 | 4:15:03 | 4:38:13 | 5:27:15 | 3:42:00 |
| M25-29 | 324 | 3:57:01 | 4:08:49 | 4:17:59 | 4:38:17 | 5:32:45 | 3:34:20 |
| M30-34 | 568 | 3:47:01 | 4:08:42 | 4:22:30 | 4:39:21 | 5:22:51 | 3:36:54 |
| M35-39 | 803 | 3:50:58 | 4:11:37 | 4:20:14 | 4:38:20 | 5:24:18 | 3:37:38 |
| M40-44 | 724 | 4:02:14 | 4:16:41 | 4:28:32 | 4:43:17 | 5:28:46 | 3:35:58 |
| M45-49 | 513 | 3:56:57 | 4:20:37 | 4:33:27 | 4:49:42 | 5:36:14 | 3:41:11 |
| M50-54 | 349 | 4:02:43 | 4:21:48 | 4:39:02 | 4:53:12 | 5:31:51 | 3:54:04 |
| M55-59 | 173 | 4:11:15 | 4:34:44 | 4:45:29 | 5:02:49 | 5:45:57 | 4:09:02 |
| M60-64 | 57 | 4:42:20 | 4:49:03 | 5:01:44 | 5:12:03 | 5:46:16 | 4:42:20 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 5:19:25 | 5:19:25 | 5:38:00 | 5:59:11 | 6:13:21 | 5:19:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 723 | 3:56:56 | 4:13:17 | 4:33:33 | 4:56:49 | 5:43:12 | 3:28:20 |
| FPRO | 49 | 3:28:20 | 3:39:35 | 3:51:19 | 3:57:18 | 4:07:11 | 3:28:20 |
| F18-24 | 30 | 4:01:08 | 4:17:19 | 4:33:33 | 4:42:18 | 5:36:34 | 4:01:08 |
| F25-29 | 72 | 4:20:59 | 4:33:28 | 4:46:01 | 4:56:27 | 5:44:56 | 4:20:59 |
| F30-34 | 113 | 4:08:26 | 4:26:20 | 4:33:39 | 4:53:04 | 5:40:17 | 4:05:59 |
| F35-39 | 135 | 4:20:40 | 4:36:23 | 4:52:45 | 5:03:43 | 5:43:11 | 4:16:56 |
| F40-44 | 151 | 4:31:49 | 4:41:46 | 4:56:49 | 5:11:15 | 5:56:12 | 4:31:26 |
| F45-49 | 83 | 4:16:55 | 4:41:45 | 4:55:19 | 5:11:52 | 5:54:59 | 4:16:55 |
| F50-54 | 51 | 4:29:38 | 4:55:01 | 5:08:17 | 5:20:54 | 5:41:30 | 4:29:38 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 4:48:03 | 4:50:01 | 5:04:13 | 5:33:02 | 6:13:00 | 4:48:03 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 5:15:51 | 5:15:51 | 5:15:51 | 5:53:26 | 6:09:00 | 5:15:51 |
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.