Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Desaru Coast · 4 editions (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 2,195 finishers
Editions: 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 | 1,893 | 4:40:56 | 5:06:53 | 5:23:57 | 5:47:30 | 6:40:47 | 4:13:02 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 4:18:23 | 4:40:56 | 5:10:13 | 5:35:06 | 6:35:29 | 4:18:23 |
| M25-29 | 102 | 4:26:28 | 4:55:45 | 5:08:31 | 5:32:59 | 6:19:44 | 4:13:02 |
| M30-34 | 193 | 4:35:39 | 4:57:07 | 5:08:10 | 5:28:13 | 6:24:46 | 4:29:12 |
| M35-39 | 346 | 4:36:41 | 4:54:11 | 5:12:19 | 5:39:11 | 6:28:04 | 4:26:28 |
| M40-44 | 413 | 4:44:33 | 5:10:06 | 5:28:04 | 5:44:41 | 6:34:37 | 4:24:27 |
| M45-49 | 367 | 4:51:17 | 5:21:14 | 5:34:41 | 5:58:39 | 6:50:14 | 4:35:40 |
| M50-54 | 257 | 4:51:22 | 5:19:00 | 5:37:10 | 6:02:45 | 6:57:20 | 4:27:23 |
| M55-59 | 112 | 5:01:12 | 5:20:13 | 5:39:46 | 6:07:12 | 7:01:40 | 4:58:42 |
| M60-64 | 48 | 5:31:42 | 5:38:35 | 5:43:14 | 6:04:02 | 6:57:05 | 5:31:42 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 6:34:42 | 6:34:42 | 6:56:02 | 7:00:53 | 7:15:25 | 6:34:42 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 6:58:40 | 6:58:40 | 6:58:40 | 7:17:15 | 7:39:40 | 6:58:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 302 | 4:58:43 | 5:26:34 | 5:37:54 | 6:02:08 | 6:43:09 | 4:49:53 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 5:03:10 | 5:03:10 | 5:03:10 | 5:03:10 | 7:09:41 | 5:03:10 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 5:40:54 | 5:40:54 | 5:49:59 | 6:01:24 | 6:42:05 | 5:40:54 |
| F30-34 | 41 | 4:58:43 | 5:28:02 | 5:31:01 | 5:42:24 | 6:38:12 | 4:58:43 |
| F35-39 | 56 | 4:49:53 | 4:55:26 | 5:19:29 | 5:42:44 | 6:22:08 | 4:49:53 |
| F40-44 | 65 | 4:58:59 | 5:31:11 | 5:52:58 | 6:08:31 | 6:46:19 | 4:58:59 |
| F45-49 | 61 | 5:22:48 | 5:37:54 | 5:49:46 | 6:13:25 | 6:52:45 | 5:22:48 |
| F50-54 | 34 | 5:17:19 | 5:18:21 | 5:49:38 | 6:13:38 | 6:44:53 | 5:17:19 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 5:53:51 | 5:53:51 | 6:16:38 | 6:37:24 | 7:25:36 | 5:53:51 |
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.