Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain · 9 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 6,816 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 5,645 | 3:38:38 | 4:07:20 | 4:22:45 | 4:43:23 | 5:30:01 | 3:11:15 |
| MPRO | 175 | 3:12:26 | 3:18:41 | 3:29:16 | 3:35:03 | 3:47:14 | 3:11:15 |
| M18-24 | 156 | 3:42:59 | 4:06:32 | 4:21:16 | 4:44:36 | 5:29:01 | 3:42:00 |
| M25-29 | 520 | 3:58:29 | 4:11:27 | 4:23:07 | 4:42:41 | 5:39:06 | 3:34:20 |
| M30-34 | 897 | 3:54:07 | 4:11:09 | 4:24:59 | 4:42:50 | 5:28:52 | 3:36:54 |
| M35-39 | 1,196 | 3:54:22 | 4:13:19 | 4:23:48 | 4:41:29 | 5:27:03 | 3:37:38 |
| M40-44 | 1,043 | 4:02:33 | 4:17:47 | 4:30:41 | 4:45:18 | 5:28:48 | 3:35:58 |
| M45-49 | 797 | 3:58:44 | 4:24:06 | 4:35:24 | 4:51:54 | 5:33:59 | 3:41:11 |
| M50-54 | 511 | 4:07:20 | 4:27:36 | 4:41:42 | 4:56:10 | 5:37:21 | 3:54:04 |
| M55-59 | 241 | 4:14:00 | 4:37:38 | 4:47:13 | 5:05:43 | 5:43:11 | 4:09:02 |
| M60-64 | 79 | 4:37:17 | 4:42:20 | 4:57:14 | 5:12:03 | 5:44:00 | 4:37:17 |
| M65-69 | 21 | 4:45:33 | 5:19:25 | 5:38:00 | 5:59:11 | 6:15:29 | 4:45:33 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 6:14:59 | 6:14:59 | 6:14:59 | 6:37:37 | 6:44:46 | 6:14:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,171 | 3:57:14 | 4:16:06 | 4:36:32 | 4:59:51 | 5:47:28 | 3:28:20 |
| FPRO | 85 | 3:28:20 | 3:51:19 | 3:55:51 | 3:59:43 | 4:10:59 | 3:28:20 |
| F18-24 | 40 | 4:01:08 | 4:16:35 | 4:33:33 | 4:48:46 | 5:54:25 | 4:01:08 |
| F25-29 | 122 | 4:23:28 | 4:38:14 | 4:49:55 | 4:59:00 | 5:45:32 | 4:20:59 |
| F30-34 | 198 | 4:08:26 | 4:30:17 | 4:45:23 | 5:05:15 | 5:49:04 | 4:05:59 |
| F35-39 | 225 | 4:26:00 | 4:39:27 | 4:53:05 | 5:12:29 | 5:46:08 | 4:16:56 |
| F40-44 | 227 | 4:31:49 | 4:41:46 | 4:54:24 | 5:13:17 | 5:57:21 | 4:31:12 |
| F45-49 | 145 | 4:16:55 | 4:42:02 | 4:55:19 | 5:14:01 | 6:01:28 | 4:16:24 |
| F50-54 | 78 | 4:29:38 | 5:01:48 | 5:09:21 | 5:21:58 | 5:46:01 | 4:29:38 |
| F55-59 | 39 | 4:48:03 | 4:50:01 | 5:04:13 | 5:35:09 | 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 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.