Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Duisburg · 5 editions (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 9,183 finishers
Editions: 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 | 7,478 | 4:07:13 | 4:23:17 | 4:35:40 | 4:50:13 | 5:22:47 | 3:44:50 |
| M18-24 | 493 | 3:57:10 | 4:11:28 | 4:21:28 | 4:39:03 | 5:19:03 | 3:54:53 |
| M25-29 | 961 | 3:58:33 | 4:14:28 | 4:25:42 | 4:43:42 | 5:15:37 | 3:49:49 |
| M30-34 | 1,176 | 4:06:30 | 4:19:49 | 4:30:38 | 4:45:24 | 5:15:54 | 3:44:50 |
| M35-39 | 1,156 | 4:05:18 | 4:20:08 | 4:32:57 | 4:45:57 | 5:14:44 | 3:47:51 |
| M40-44 | 1,069 | 4:09:23 | 4:22:37 | 4:35:07 | 4:48:41 | 5:19:06 | 3:59:44 |
| M45-49 | 816 | 4:18:38 | 4:30:46 | 4:40:41 | 4:50:58 | 5:23:58 | 4:12:07 |
| M50-54 | 842 | 4:26:18 | 4:38:18 | 4:46:42 | 5:01:28 | 5:31:03 | 4:13:57 |
| M55-59 | 603 | 4:29:43 | 4:43:08 | 4:50:18 | 5:04:38 | 5:35:39 | 4:17:22 |
| M60-64 | 275 | 4:42:18 | 4:53:24 | 5:04:39 | 5:15:09 | 5:49:41 | 4:38:44 |
| M65-69 | 66 | 4:57:00 | 5:19:09 | 5:22:57 | 5:33:40 | 5:56:45 | 4:57:00 |
| M70-74 | 13 | 5:34:08 | 5:34:08 | 5:55:32 | 5:59:45 | 6:13:27 | 5:34:08 |
| M75-79 | 7 | 6:26:01 | 6:26:01 | 6:26:01 | 7:09:19 | 7:57:39 | 6:26:01 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,705 | 4:29:43 | 4:51:11 | 5:01:29 | 5:16:42 | 5:49:15 | 4:11:22 |
| F18-24 | 137 | 4:24:36 | 4:52:25 | 4:56:53 | 5:17:34 | 5:47:06 | 4:23:01 |
| F25-29 | 278 | 4:28:50 | 4:49:25 | 4:59:44 | 5:14:04 | 5:45:11 | 4:28:32 |
| F30-34 | 293 | 4:15:35 | 4:38:48 | 4:51:11 | 5:06:24 | 5:42:44 | 4:11:22 |
| F35-39 | 243 | 4:31:19 | 4:44:29 | 4:54:20 | 5:06:39 | 5:43:39 | 4:12:04 |
| F40-44 | 239 | 4:37:31 | 4:52:08 | 5:04:06 | 5:16:32 | 5:50:08 | 4:29:19 |
| F45-49 | 188 | 4:51:15 | 5:05:57 | 5:10:45 | 5:26:55 | 5:52:40 | 4:46:27 |
| F50-54 | 163 | 4:42:43 | 5:05:29 | 5:15:04 | 5:30:15 | 5:58:13 | 4:42:03 |
| F55-59 | 112 | 5:04:55 | 5:10:30 | 5:18:58 | 5:29:45 | 5:48:42 | 5:01:28 |
| F60-64 | 42 | 5:21:45 | 5:26:04 | 5:29:41 | 5:46:32 | 6:07:29 | 5:21:45 |
| F65-69 | 9 | 5:58:17 | 5:58:17 | 5:58:17 | 6:18:17 | 6:57:07 | 5:58:17 |
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.