Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo · 3 editions (2018, 2019, 2026) · 1,317 finishers
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 | 1,056 | 4:00:09 | 4:25:33 | 4:42:27 | 5:05:05 | 5:54:20 | 3:38:28 |
| M18-24 | 45 | 4:37:42 | 4:44:15 | 4:45:46 | 4:55:23 | 5:54:18 | 4:37:42 |
| M25-29 | 121 | 4:09:12 | 4:29:48 | 4:48:46 | 5:05:24 | 5:51:52 | 4:06:59 |
| M30-34 | 176 | 3:41:27 | 4:17:45 | 4:32:49 | 4:49:00 | 5:28:04 | 3:38:28 |
| M35-39 | 215 | 4:04:21 | 4:22:24 | 4:40:46 | 5:06:14 | 5:53:07 | 3:46:48 |
| M40-44 | 148 | 3:49:04 | 4:09:38 | 4:25:33 | 5:08:57 | 6:09:09 | 3:45:24 |
| M45-49 | 144 | 4:10:05 | 4:31:40 | 4:44:37 | 5:08:10 | 6:01:39 | 3:46:23 |
| M50-54 | 92 | 3:38:29 | 4:34:18 | 4:59:46 | 5:21:26 | 5:59:59 | 3:38:29 |
| M55-59 | 63 | 4:15:25 | 4:38:44 | 4:50:05 | 5:15:56 | 6:14:38 | 4:15:25 |
| M60-64 | 32 | 4:42:19 | 4:58:32 | 5:00:59 | 5:15:30 | 6:15:20 | 4:42:19 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 4:36:09 | 4:36:09 | 4:54:58 | 5:07:18 | 5:38:15 | 4:36:09 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 4:33:39 | 4:33:39 | 4:33:39 | 5:30:28 | 5:42:05 | 4:33:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 261 | 4:15:23 | 4:41:40 | 5:00:16 | 5:21:53 | 6:08:58 | 4:04:36 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:28:30 | 5:28:30 | 5:31:16 | 5:32:25 | 6:38:58 | 5:28:30 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 4:34:13 | 4:34:13 | 4:46:40 | 5:15:42 | 5:45:14 | 4:34:13 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 4:10:06 | 4:26:21 | 4:41:40 | 5:20:45 | 6:38:23 | 4:10:06 |
| F35-39 | 56 | 4:04:36 | 4:32:12 | 4:46:30 | 5:04:16 | 6:05:21 | 4:04:36 |
| F40-44 | 37 | 4:15:23 | 4:24:28 | 5:02:47 | 5:15:42 | 6:01:08 | 4:15:23 |
| F45-49 | 48 | 4:16:58 | 4:55:15 | 5:17:03 | 5:27:14 | 6:23:59 | 4:16:58 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 4:24:53 | 5:13:01 | 5:14:38 | 5:35:27 | 6:01:41 | 4:24:53 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 4:48:09 | 4:48:09 | 4:48:09 | 5:19:41 | 6:37:57 | 4:48:09 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 4:48:30 | 4:48:30 | 4:48:30 | 5:41:11 | 5:49:56 | 4:48:30 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 5:19:18 | 5:19:18 | 5:19:18 | 5:52:32 | 6:02:04 | 5:19:18 |
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.