Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena · 9 editions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 14,890 finishers
Editions: 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 11,755 | 4:25:43 | 4:49:18 | 5:03:42 | 5:21:48 | 5:59:14 | 3:23:56 |
| MPRO | 46 | 3:23:56 | 3:27:28 | 3:43:39 | 3:53:14 | 3:59:57 | 3:23:56 |
| M18-24 | 389 | 4:24:40 | 4:39:37 | 4:55:01 | 5:10:00 | 5:45:50 | 4:13:21 |
| M25-29 | 1,190 | 4:24:50 | 4:44:48 | 4:55:16 | 5:13:54 | 5:53:24 | 4:05:08 |
| M30-34 | 2,267 | 4:24:04 | 4:43:39 | 4:58:38 | 5:16:52 | 5:54:40 | 4:04:07 |
| M35-39 | 2,753 | 4:28:17 | 4:47:07 | 4:59:38 | 5:18:21 | 5:55:08 | 3:54:48 |
| M40-44 | 2,472 | 4:36:55 | 4:55:37 | 5:07:21 | 5:24:38 | 5:58:42 | 4:03:37 |
| M45-49 | 1,461 | 4:34:38 | 5:00:06 | 5:14:46 | 5:32:29 | 6:07:41 | 4:21:01 |
| M50-54 | 674 | 4:45:35 | 5:09:08 | 5:20:36 | 5:39:31 | 6:17:15 | 4:27:44 |
| M55-59 | 349 | 5:00:48 | 5:14:50 | 5:29:41 | 5:44:13 | 6:24:10 | 4:48:17 |
| M60-64 | 115 | 5:12:00 | 5:20:10 | 5:38:21 | 5:56:50 | 6:30:55 | 5:02:25 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 5:55:44 | 5:57:02 | 6:27:12 | 6:34:01 | 6:49:41 | 5:55:44 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 6:36:58 | 6:36:58 | 6:36:58 | 6:50:08 | 7:23:00 | 6:36:58 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,135 | 4:48:36 | 5:14:10 | 5:30:16 | 5:49:03 | 6:25:21 | 4:22:54 |
| FPRO | 27 | 4:22:54 | 4:23:20 | 4:23:47 | 4:30:35 | 4:41:28 | 4:22:54 |
| F18-24 | 143 | 5:03:28 | 5:15:17 | 5:23:09 | 5:38:06 | 6:10:58 | 4:47:23 |
| F25-29 | 517 | 4:51:50 | 5:06:02 | 5:23:44 | 5:39:11 | 6:14:47 | 4:43:43 |
| F30-34 | 803 | 4:51:02 | 5:14:31 | 5:31:00 | 5:49:37 | 6:23:48 | 4:35:47 |
| F35-39 | 704 | 4:52:19 | 5:16:35 | 5:30:36 | 5:48:51 | 6:29:05 | 4:36:03 |
| F40-44 | 492 | 5:06:12 | 5:26:22 | 5:39:19 | 5:55:07 | 6:30:22 | 4:36:32 |
| F45-49 | 262 | 5:09:38 | 5:33:20 | 5:44:19 | 5:58:11 | 6:34:37 | 5:04:24 |
| F50-54 | 130 | 5:20:57 | 5:28:53 | 5:41:31 | 5:59:23 | 6:39:22 | 5:19:08 |
| F55-59 | 42 | 5:42:42 | 5:56:45 | 6:11:47 | 6:27:41 | 7:05:16 | 5:42:42 |
| F60-64 | 13 | 6:06:22 | 6:06:22 | 6:07:36 | 6:25:56 | 6:49:44 | 6:06:22 |
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.