Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns · 14 editions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 13,322 finishers
Editions: 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 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 | 8,683 | 4:13:11 | 4:33:05 | 4:45:20 | 5:01:57 | 5:40:10 | 3:48:55 |
| MPRO | 49 | 3:48:55 | 3:51:22 | 3:53:18 | 3:57:26 | 4:11:09 | 3:48:55 |
| M18-24 | 371 | 4:07:33 | 4:15:45 | 4:27:32 | 4:42:33 | 5:25:43 | 4:03:04 |
| M25-29 | 968 | 4:09:00 | 4:25:36 | 4:34:51 | 4:51:58 | 5:28:07 | 4:00:27 |
| M30-34 | 1,405 | 4:11:10 | 4:27:08 | 4:37:03 | 4:55:34 | 5:32:10 | 3:55:51 |
| M35-39 | 1,442 | 4:17:05 | 4:33:12 | 4:44:15 | 4:59:12 | 5:34:19 | 4:00:32 |
| M40-44 | 1,440 | 4:24:14 | 4:39:22 | 4:49:15 | 5:03:56 | 5:39:08 | 4:05:13 |
| M45-49 | 1,174 | 4:27:11 | 4:44:16 | 4:54:30 | 5:09:38 | 5:44:50 | 4:16:17 |
| M50-54 | 895 | 4:32:38 | 4:46:50 | 4:58:05 | 5:15:40 | 5:53:19 | 4:13:46 |
| M55-59 | 524 | 4:42:27 | 4:56:13 | 5:04:25 | 5:23:47 | 6:03:29 | 4:29:11 |
| M60-64 | 261 | 4:43:29 | 5:00:49 | 5:10:15 | 5:22:59 | 5:58:22 | 4:32:18 |
| M65-69 | 109 | 4:59:29 | 5:20:42 | 5:33:02 | 5:50:07 | 6:36:27 | 4:52:06 |
| M70-74 | 39 | 5:26:23 | 5:34:15 | 5:46:38 | 6:04:11 | 6:45:50 | 5:26:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,639 | 4:39:19 | 5:00:53 | 5:14:56 | 5:33:48 | 6:15:17 | 4:19:41 |
| FPRO | 34 | 4:19:41 | 4:24:03 | 4:28:48 | 4:32:47 | 4:39:19 | 4:19:41 |
| F18-24 | 225 | 4:37:48 | 4:51:01 | 5:00:53 | 5:16:52 | 6:05:06 | 4:29:54 |
| F25-29 | 715 | 4:34:56 | 4:54:08 | 5:07:51 | 5:26:55 | 6:08:31 | 4:21:33 |
| F30-34 | 814 | 4:41:58 | 4:58:16 | 5:08:59 | 5:25:37 | 6:03:31 | 4:31:24 |
| F35-39 | 720 | 4:42:04 | 4:58:54 | 5:14:16 | 5:27:52 | 6:09:17 | 4:31:04 |
| F40-44 | 728 | 4:49:11 | 5:05:51 | 5:19:22 | 5:34:22 | 6:15:20 | 4:28:32 |
| F45-49 | 617 | 4:55:15 | 5:10:30 | 5:27:12 | 5:45:25 | 6:23:10 | 4:31:01 |
| F50-54 | 411 | 5:03:19 | 5:18:22 | 5:33:48 | 5:49:30 | 6:26:48 | 4:54:06 |
| F55-59 | 233 | 5:06:43 | 5:34:27 | 5:43:09 | 6:04:49 | 6:41:03 | 4:57:33 |
| F60-64 | 101 | 5:13:41 | 5:43:27 | 5:51:17 | 6:08:00 | 6:46:19 | 5:10:33 |
| F65-69 | 33 | 5:44:53 | 6:10:23 | 6:16:26 | 6:32:55 | 6:56:43 | 5:44:53 |
| F70-74 | 6 | 6:19:19 | 6:19:19 | 6:19:19 | 7:24:08 | 7:37:02 | 6:19:19 |
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.